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Analysts floored by police chief's 'extraordinary' allegation against Trump's ICE

A Minneapolis-area police chief left one political analyst stunned on Tuesday with comments he made about how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are conducting themselves in the area.

Mark Bruley, police chief for the city of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, spoke at a press conference with local law enforcement officers, telling reporters that his office has received "endless complaints about civil rights violations" stemming from interactions with ICE.

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Analyst taken aback as Trump admits 'he has a problem' with ICE: 'Biggest tell to date'

President Donald Trump admitted for the first time Tuesday that he has concerns over the public perception of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Trump, who gave a marathon speech at the White House press briefing room to mark the first anniversary of his inauguration, seemed to signal he was troubled after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot dead 37-year-old mother Renee Good in her car earlier this month in Minneapolis, sparking outrage and protest throughout the Twin Cities as ICE continues its aggressive operations. Trump spent much of his time at the podium talking about immigration and sharing a slideshow of placards of alleged suspects wanted by ICE.

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Trump's most 'feral belief' stuns presidential historian

Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley was stunned on Tuesday as President Donald Trump unveiled his "feral belief" about the presidency during a rambling speech.

Trump gave a more than 80-minute monologue during the White House press briefing to mark the anniversary of his first year in office. At one point, he said his public relations team was not doing a good enough job of selling his accomplishments in office, like how Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are deporting people to third countries and his efforts to annex Greenland.

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Furious dog-sledders snub Trump admin from major event in Greenland

A group of angry dog-sledders snubbed the Trump administration from attending a major event in Greenland, according to reports Tuesday.

Louisiana Gov. and U.S. envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry was disinvited by Greenlanders to a dogsled race, an annual event with cultural significance for the self-governing Arctic country's majority native population, The Daily Beast reported.

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Mike Johnson's ex-attorney teed up to bring down GOP's new Epstein plot

One of Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) former attorneys is teed up to help bring down the GOP's latest gambit related to the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to a new report.

Ashley Callen, the co-chairwoman of the congressional investigations practice at Chicago-based law firm Jenner & Block and a Republican lawyer who previously worked as general counsel for Speaker Mike Johnson, was recently hired by Bill and Hillary Clinton to represent them against GOP subpoenas for their testimony, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. Callen was hired at a time when negotiations between the Clintons and top Republicans in the House of Representatives had "broken down," the Times reported.

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Anti-Trump message lights up Davos ahead of president's big speech

A sign protesting President Donald Trump lit up a mountain near Davos, where the U.S. leader was expected to address the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.

NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander noted that reporters first noticed the "No Kings" sign in Switzerland about the time Trump began his Tuesday remarks in the White House briefing room.

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'Went on forever': Trump's lengthy 'whining' gets low marks from CNN panel

The panel on CNN's "The Arena" with Kasie Hunt gave President Donald Trump poor marks for his speech on Tuesday.

Trump spoke at the White House press briefing for about 80 minutes before taking questions from reporters, meandering through topics ranging from foreign policy to being allegedly snubbed for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump appeared to use the time to spread his campaign messaging ahead of the midterm election, according to CNN analysts, but he delivered the speech in such a "low-energy" way that he seemed to resemble how he described his predecessor.

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Usha Vance makes big announcement amid marriage questions

Second lady Usha Vance announced Tuesday that she is expecting her fourth child.

She made a joint announcement with her husband, Vice President JD Vance, on social media that they are having a son. The couple has three other children, ages 3, 5 and 8, according to The Daily Beast.

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Unprepared Trump looked 'angry' during speech as world pans his grievances: CNN reporter

President Donald Trump appeared unprepared and angry when he spoke at the White House podium during Tuesday's press briefing, according to one CNN reporter.

Trump spoke for about 80 minutes at the briefing before taking questions from the press. His speech meandered through topics ranging from foreign policy to the economy and past election results. One issue that seemed to stick out in his mind was the Nobel Peace Prize, which CNN reporter Kristen Holmes argued was a sign that the president is still miffed about not being awarded the honor.

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Trump's 'litany of lies' called out by CNN fact-checker after marathon ramble

A CNN fact-checker on Tuesday called out President Donald Trump's rambling speech for its 'litany of lies."

Daniel Dale described how several points that Trump made during his nearly two-hour-long press conference on the first anniversary of the inauguration of his second term were hard to keep up with — and that each topic the president attempted to hit was full of confusing comments and misinformation.

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Trump triggers new calls for his removal with bizarre ramble marking one-year anniversary

President Donald Trump's bizarre and rambling speech Tuesday, marking the one-year anniversary of his inauguration and return to the White House, triggered fresh calls for his removal.

The nearly two-hour-long press conference centered on what he called accomplishments in his second term and focused mainly on immigration and foreign affairs.

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Trump claims his new Board of Peace might replace the United Nations

President Donald Trump said that his so-called Board of Peace "might" replace the United Nations.

During a Tuesday press conference, Trump was asked about the future of his new project.

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Trump fawns over violent motorcycle gang while blasting migrants: 'They voted for me'

President Donald Trump fawned over a violent outlaw motorcycle gang while simultaneously blasting criminal immigrants during an unusual and rambling press conference on Tuesday marking the anniversary of his second inauguration.

Trump spoke for more than 70 minutes, claiming during a bizarre speech and unusual slideshow presentation featuring placards of suspected criminal immigrants, that the immigrants ICE wants to apprehend were more dangerous than the notorious gang Hells Angels — dubbed a criminal enterprise by the Department of Justice.

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