February 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM EST
Trump's DHS doesn't know what its own agents are saying in court: lawyer

Marimar Martinez is one of several people who've been shot by federal agents in recent weeks. And she and her attorney are speaking to the media about the Chicago native's experience and the ongoing battle against the Department of Homeland Security's lies about the incident. Martinez is also speaking to Congress about her clash with federal agents.

February 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM EST
Trump's abrupt Kennedy Center closure poised to spark staff legal battle

Donald Trump's abrupt announcement of an extended closure for the Kennedy Center might now result in a legal battle, according to KFOX 14 News, as the union for employees at the arts center has weighed in. Over the weekend, Trump took to Truth Social to announce that the Kennedy Center would be shutting down for two years, starting on July 4, to coincide with the 250th birthday of the U.S. He claimed that this decision was made after a year-long review of the center that revealed it to be in need of extensive repairs, a claim that has already been heavily disputed.

February 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM EST
FBI's botched warrant might be used to fight Fulton County raid: legal expert

A body-worn camera from local police officers in Fulton County captured the FBI raid of the Georgia elections center. And professor James Sample, Hofstra University School of Law, told MS NOW that the arguments in the short 93-second bodycam video shows a debate over the process of the warrant. Sample says it might be enough for a court challenge.

February 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM EST
Marine Trump tapped for DOJ ripped as 'total moron' by insiders who worked with him

Within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Donald Trump loyalist Daren Margolin is serving as director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review -- which oversees asylum claims and deportations in immigration cases. And he's doing so as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol agents carry out militarized raids in Minneapolis and other American cities. The Daily Beast, according to reporter Will Neal, discussed Margolin with four immigration officials who have worked with him. And they were highly critical of his performance.

February 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM EST
Trump goes on wild overnight attack against NYT -- demands $1 billion

President Donald Trump extended his late-night tirade against The New York Times early Tuesday, after posting a series of attacks late Monday night. The Times reported that the Trump administration had dropped its $200 million demand for a payment from Harvard University, setting off a fresh burst of anger from the president. "Why hasn't the Fake News New York Times adjusted its phony article on the corruption and antisemitism which has taken place at Harvard," Trump railed Tuesday morning. "They never call for facts, or factchecks, because the Times' is a corrupt, unprincipled, and pathetic vehicle of the Left."

February 3, 2026 at 5:45 AM EST
Inside Trump's plot to fix the midterm elections

We speak with Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman about the shocking FBI raid on an elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia. Federal agents were seeking records related to the 2020 presidential election, which President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim he won despite his loss to Joe Biden that year. During his efforts to overturn the election results, Trump pressured local officials to "find" him an additional 11,780 votes. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was on the scene Friday despite having no domestic law enforcement authority. The raid comes amid an ongoing federal probe into the 2020 election.

February 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM EST
'Mind-boggling': Expert says Epstein files release a 'perfect storm' of 'incompetency'

The Justice Department on Friday released an additional 3 million pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration says it was the final release of Epstein files, even though some 2 million more documents remain unreleased. The latest batch reveals new details about Epstein's connections to the rich and powerful, including Hollywood figures, tech billionaires, public officials and more. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said it is unlikely anyone else would be prosecuted.

February 3, 2026 at 5:04 AM EST
Trump takes the Art of the Deal into a surreal new dimension

Trump has sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion. In the suit, filed in Miami federal court on Thursday, Trump alleges that the IRS was responsible for the leak of some of Trump's tax documents to press in September 2020. The leak occurred by an IRS contractor.

February 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM EST
The Trump administration began an investigation and vowed revenge

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon, now an independent journalist who's been covering the anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, has just been arrested, along with local independent journalist Georgia Fort, for covering an anti-ICE protest inside a church in St. Paul over a week ago. Lemon was taken into custody in Los Angeles, while Fort, speaking on a Facebook Live video she made as federal agents were outside her door, was arrested in Minneapolis.

February 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM EST
Military helping Trump build massive network of 'concentration camps'

In the wake of immigration agents' killings of three US citizens within a matter of weeks, the Department of Homeland Security is quietly moving forward with a plan to expand its capacity for mass detention by using a military contract to create what Pablo Manr?quez, the author of the immigration news site Migrant Insider calls "a nationwide 'ghost network' of concentration camps." On Sunday, Manr?quez reported that "a massive Navy contract vehicle, once valued at $10 billion, has ballooned to a staggering $55 billion ceiling to expedite President Donald Trump's 'mass deportation' agenda."

February 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM EST
Looking for an answer to the most asked question in US history

I don't like these polls that ask if we simply "approve or disapprove" of the job Donald Trump is doing. These words just seem wildly inadequate in this case. So today I'd like to speak to (and for) the 60 percent or so of us Americans who not only "disapprove" of Trump, but see him at bare minimum as dangerous, grotesque and revolting.

February 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM EST
Two Republicans plan to blow up Trump's plan to avoid shutdown

President Donald Trump has previously demanded the pending bill to keep the government funded be sent to his desk promptly, without changes. Two Republicans have a different idea. On Monday, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) tweeted that she is prepared to mount a "standing filibuster" of the bill the Republican-controlled Senate sent to the House of Representatives. Luna is insisting that the SAVE Act - which would require voters provide proof of citizenship before being able to cast a ballot -- be included in the House version of the bill. Luna insisted in her post that Trump supports including the SAVE Act in the final legislation.