White House border czar Tom Homan announced new cooperation from Minnesota law enforcement after President Donald Trump deployed him to the Twin Cities. ... Read full Story
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan held a press conference Thursday morning as he assumes command of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The Senate is also scrambling as a Jan. 30 partial shutdown deadline quickly approaches and Democrats dig their heels in on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding. After Saturday's fatal shooting of Alex... ... Read full Story
Chicago Teachers Union members filmed themselves protesting at Target over ICE enforcement, sparking widespread criticism from experts and users questioning the priorities. ... Read full Story
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has informed her that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ceased enhanced operations in Maine, something Collins had repeatedly discussed with Noem in recent days. “I can report that Secretary Noem has informed me that ICE has ended its enhanced activities in the State of Maine,”... ... Read full Story
A federal appeals court ruled that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem unlawfully ended legal protections for Venezuelan and Haitian migrants. ... Read full Story
New video revealed Wednesday appears to show Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was shot and killed over the weekend by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, in an altercation with federal authorities over a week before his death. The footage, taken on Jan. 13, shows an alleged Pretti hurling expletives at the officers next to... ... Read full Story
GOP Sen. Susan Collins noted in a post on X that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem notified her that ICE has concluded "enhanced" activity in Maine. ... Read full Story
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison vowed to continue suing the Trump administration after boasting on a call with Democrats that he has brought more than 50 cases. ... Read full Story
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Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ White House, Senate leaders eye last-minute deal ▪ FBI carries out search warrant at election office ▪ Fears renewed around political violence ▪ Next “No Kings” protest planned Democrats and Republicans are wrestling over a potential funding solution that is unlikely to prevent at... ... Read full Story
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois fired back at Vice President JD Vance after he likened her sparring session with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about America's Venezuela policy to an argument between the fictional character Forrest Gump and Isaac Newton. ... Read full Story
Former Rick Scott staffer Austin Rogers launches congressional bid for Florida's 2nd Congressional District, invoking President Trump and promising to "root out waste and abuse." ... Read full Story
Public outrage over the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis is scrambling the politics of immigration. The Trump administration’s initial reaction to the Pretti killing, in particular, sparked something akin to a national crisis, with massive uproar, hastily arranged protests and criticism coming even from some conservative quarters. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)... ... Read full Story
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The U.S. Department of Education said a California policy allowing school districts to keep students' gender transition from their parents violates federal law. ... Read full Story
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New Jersey councilwoman slammed comparisons between ICE agents and Nazis as "ignorance" during heated township meeting on immigration enforcement policies. ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump nominated Colin McDonald as assistant attorney general for national fraud enforcement in a newly created DOJ division. ... Read full Story
Outside Minneapolis’ Karmel Mall, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called federal deportation efforts an "occupation," demanded charges against agents tied to two deaths. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 29, 2026 is:
reciprocate \rih-SIP-ruh-kayt\ verb
To reciprocate is to do something for or to someone who has done something similar for or to you. Reciprocate can also mean “to have (a feeling) for someone who has the same feeling for you.”
// It was kind of my friend to give me a ride to the airport, and on the flight I was thinking of how to reciprocate the favor.
“She entered the post office and greeted Tommaso, who reciprocated with a smile, then Carmine, who stroked his beard and shot her the usual skeptical glance.” — Francesca Giannone, The Letter Carrier (translated by Elettra Pauletto), 2025
Did you know?
“Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours,” “do unto others as you would have them do to you,” “share and share alike”: such is the essence of the verb reciprocate, which implies a mutual or equivalent exchange or a paying back of what one has received. Reciprocate traces back to the Latin verb reciprocare (“to move back and forth”), which in turn comes from the adjective reciprocus, meaning “returning the same way” or “alternating.” Indeed, one of the meanings of reciprocate is “to move forward and backward alternately,” as in “a reciprocating saw.” Most often, however, reciprocate is used for the action of returning something in kind or degree, whether that be a gift, favor, or feeling.