POLITICS * Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims victory in country’s first election since 2024 uprising - (Associated Press) * Japan Seizes Chinese Fishing Boat and Arrests Its Skipper - (The Wall Street Journal) * Ocasio-Cortez, Rubio to offer dueling visions of world order in Munich - (The Washington Post) * Second US aircraft carrier
POLITICS * Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe Says UK Is ‘Colonized’ by Immigrants - (Bloomberg) * Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in Tumbler Ridge shootings - (BBC News) * Poll: Top NATO allies don’t think US helps deter enemies anymore - (Politico) * US Energy Secretary Chris Wright visits Venezuela to assess oil industry overhaul
POLITICS * Three House Republicans cross party lines to block effort to shield Trump from challenges to his tariffs - (CNN) * The Swamp: What Kennedy Center Boss Really Knew About Trump’s Shutdown - (Daily Beast) * Democratic governors pledge to boycott White House events after a Trump snub - (Politico) * Minnesota
POLITICS * How the Trump administration skirts — and defies — court rulings on ICE detentions - (Politico) * After Greenland, it’s the micro-agressions - (Politico) * 'Despicable and reprehensible': China lashes out at UK expansion of visa scheme following Jimmy Lai conviction - (CNBC) * House approves housing bill, setting stage for
POLITICS * Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of fabricating report its troops had crossed the border - (BBC News) * Israeli security cabinet approves rules to increase control over West Bank - (Al Jazeera English) * Hong Kong court jails pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai for 20 years - (BBC News) * Japan election: Japanese stocks
POLITICS * Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins District 60 seat, replacing Chad Brown - (The Advocate) * Immigrant whose skull was broken in 8 places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked - (NPR) * Appeals court affirms Trump policy of jailing immigrants without bond - (Associated Press) * Trump aims to hold the
POLITICS * State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office - (NPR) * Zelenskyy says U.S. gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach agreement to end war - (Yahoo Entertainment) * DOJ Over-Seized Hannah Natanson’s Garmin Device and Other Reporting Materials - (Emptywheel.net) * Scoop:
POLITICS * Democrats involved in 'illegal orders' video say they won't cooperate with DOJ probe - (NBC News) * US strikes another boat in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 - (CNN) * DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos - (Minnesota Public Radio News)
POLITICS * New Start: US-Russia nuclear weapons treaty due to expire raising fears of arms race - (BBC News) * Dems embrace "law and order" in ICE shutdown fight - (Axios) * What to know about the congressional fight over ICE restrictions, and another possible government shutdown - (ABC News) * Israel
POLITICS * Judge restricts federal use of tear gas, munitions at Portland ICE protests - (OregonLive) * Defense Dept. effort to punish Mark Kelly draws skepticism from judge - (The Washington Post) * Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of ex-Libyan leader, reportedly shot dead - (BBC News) * Senate Banking Democrats demand delay on Warsh
POLITICS * Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X - (BBC News) * As some states try to show ICE the door, others put out the welcome mat - (NPR) * China Bans Hidden Car Door Handles in World-First Safety Policy - (Bloomberg) * Don Lemon says a dozen agents
POLITICS * Trump plans to close Kennedy Center for about two years, starting in July - (The Washington Post) * Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 1, 2026 - (Understandingwar.org) * Mayor of Portland, Oregon, demands ICE leave the city after federal agents gas protesters - (Associated Press) * Don Lemon’s arrest balances
