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January 30, 2026

• Anti-ICE Protests and Marches Happening Today Across the U.S.; Bruce Springsteen Plays New Anti-ICE Song in Minneapolis; Award- Winning Actress Catherine O'Hara Has Died at 71; Jury Begins Deliberating in Brendan Banfield Double-Murder Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Epstein Survivors Say Many Victims' Names Unredacted in Files; Deputy AG: DOJ Opens Civil Rights Probe into Alex Pretti Shooting; Bruce Springsteen Plays New Anti-ICE Song in Minneapolis; Congress Scrambles for Deal to Avert Lengthy Government Shutdown; Justice Department Releasing Remaining Epstein Files 3-3:30p ET
• Fulton County, Georgia Vows to Fight Trump DOJ in Voter Fraud Probe; DOJ Defends DNI Tulsi Gabbard Being on Site of FBI Raid in Fulton County Election Center; Interview with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT): Congress Scrambles for Deal to Avert Lengthy Government Shutdown; Award-Winning Actress Catherine O'Hara has Died at 71; Trump Threatens Tariffs on Countries Supplying Oil to Cuba. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Justice Department Releasing Remaining Epstein Files; Deputy AG Says DOJ Has Opened Civil Rights Probe Into Alex Pretti Shooting; FBI Seizes 2020 Fulton County Ballots During Elections Office Search; DOJ Compiled List of Tips That Made Allegations Against Trump; Anti-ICE Protests and Marches Planned Today Across the U.S.; Lawmakers Working to Avoid Partial Government Shutdown. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Congress Scrambles for a Deal to Avert a Lengthy Government Shutdown; Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Arrested After Minnesota Church Protest; Actress Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71; A.I. Manipulated Images Impersonating Celebrities on Facebook. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA); Government Shutdown Imminent?; DOJ Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Alex Pretti Shooting; Justice Department Releases More Epstein Files. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump's Obsession with 2020 Election; Former CNN Anchor Taken into Custody; Brian Boitano is Interviewed about Vonn's Fall. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Arrested; Potential Death Penalty for Mangione. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Don Lemon Taken into Custody; Doug Kelley is Interviewed about the Lemon Arrest; Mo Ivory is Interviewed about the FBI Seizing Fulton County Ballots. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Interview with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY): Trump's Deal with Senate Leaders to Avert Shutdown Hits Snags; Former CNN Anchor Don Lemon Taken into Custody. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Mayors React To ICE Operations, Immigration Concerns In Cities; Bomb Cyclone Expected To Bring Snow, Strong Winds To Southeast; Iran Warns Of Immediate Retaliation To Any U.S. Attack. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Contradicts Homan's Plan to Reduce Agents in Minnesota; Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh for Fed Chair; Patel Says, Judge Found Probable Cause for Search of Georgia Elections Office. Aired 7-7:30a ET

January 29, 2026

• Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): Looking for Bold, Transformative Changes to DHS; Interview with Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN): Democrats Demand ICE Changes Amid Government Shutdown Fight; FBI Seizes 700 Boxes of Ballots in Fulton County, Georgia Fraud Investigation; Elon Musk Betting Tesla's Future on Humanoid Robots. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Minneapolis Mayor Warns Mayors Not to let Fear Silence Them; Border Czar: ICE & CBP Working on Minneapolis "Drawdown Plan"; Video Shows Clash Between Pretti & Agents 11 Days Before Shooting; Trump Weighs New Strike on Iran Over Stalled Nuclear Talks; Banfield Resumes Testifying in Own Defense 3-3:30p ET
• Officials Fear Lessons Learned from Iraq's Oil Might be Ignored with Venezuela; Philadelphia City Council Members Introduce "ICE Out" Legislation; CNN Speaks to Accusers of Ft. Hood Doctor in Sexual Misconduct Scandal. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Banfield Resumes Testifying in Own Defense at Double Murder Trial; Minneapolis Mayor Speaks During Conference in Washington, D.C., Call Immigration Operation an Invasion; Border Czar Says ICE & CBP Are Working on Minneapolis Drawdown Plan; Government Inches Closer to a Shutdown; Trump Says Putin Agreed to Pause Some Strikes on Ukraine, Citing Cold. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Tom Homan Says ICE & CBP Are Working on Minneapolis Drawdown Plan; Fox News Poll Shows Majority of Voters Say ICE is Too Aggressive; Obamacare Enrollment Drops After Enhanced Premium Subsidies Expire; NYPD Opens Hate Crime Investigation After Car Rams Into Chabad Headquarters Building; Trump's National Guard Deployments Have Cost Nearly $500 Million. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Weighing New Strike on Iran; Another Government Shutdown?; Tom Homan Takes Over Minnesota Immigration Crackdown. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Homan: ICE & CBP Working On A Drawdown Plan In Minneapolis; Sources: WH & Senate In Talks To Avert Government Shutdown; Bomb Cyclone Could Bring Another Major Storm To The Southeast. Aired 9:30- 10a ET
• Border Czar Tom Homan Speaks After Taking Over Minneapolis Immigration Crackdown; Interview with Representative Greg Landsman (D- OH); FBI Searches Georgia Elections Office in Alleged Voter Fraud Probe. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Border Czar Tom Homan Holds New Conference in Minneapolis. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• New Orders Tell ICE Agents Not to Interact with Agitators; Border Czar Tom Homan Holds News Conference in Minneapolis. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Soon: Trump's Border Czar Holds News Conference In Minneapolis; Axios: Google "AI Playbook" To Help Mayors Use Tech At Local Level; Iran Says It Added 1,000 Drones To Its Military Stockpile. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Soon, Trump's Border Czar Holds News Conference in Minneapolis; FBI Searches Georgia Elections Office in Alleged Voter Fraud Probe; Soon, Banfield Retakes the Stand at His Double-Murder Trial. Aired 7- 7:30a ET

January 28, 2026

• Protests Outside Texas Family Detention Center Housing 5-Year- Old Minneapolis Boy and His Father; Top White House Aide Says CBP Agents May Have Breached Protocol; Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Threat to Its Independence; Social Media Giants Face Trial Over Youth Addition Claims. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• AG Bondi: 16 People Arrested in Minneapolis Today for Allegedly Assaulting Federal Law Enforcement; Capitol Police Weighing Possible Federal Charges in Omar Attack; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Discusses About Votes to Fund Department of Homeland Security; Shutdown Looms as Dems Push for DHS Reform, Threaten Funding; Rubio: U.S. Use of Force in Venezuela Unlikely But Not Off Table; Secretary of State Rubio Testifies on U.S. Policy in Venezuela; Texas Lawmaker Visits ICE Facility Where 5-Year-Old Minneapolis Boy and His Father are Being Held 3-3:30p ET
• Capitol Police Weighing Possible Federal Charges in Omar Attack; Couple Says Alex Pretti's Research Saved Veteran's Life; Bill Belichick Snubbed for Hall of Fame; East Coast Braces for Potential Bomb Cyclone. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Ukraine Says Russia Struck Train in Kharkiv, Killing at Least Five; Anger in Italy Over U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Winter Olympics; Officers in Pretti Shooting Placed on Administrative Leave; FBI Serving Warrant at Fulton County, Georgia Elections Office; Federal Reserve Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Marco Rubio Says Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Sold to Fund Government Services There; Shutdown Looms as Democrats Push for DHS Reform, Threaten Funding; Growing Calls for Kristi Noem to Resign or Be Impeached; Police Believe Substance Sprayed on Ilhan Omar Was Apple Cider Vinegar; FBI Serving Warrant at Fulton County Elections Office as It Investigates Alleged Voter Fraud; V.A. Imposes Near-total Abortion Ban. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• U.S. Plan For Venezuela?; Threats Against Members of Congress Surging; Federal Reserve Expected to Keep Interest Rates Steady; Ilhan Omar Attacked. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• WH Doing Damage Control After Fatal Shooting Of Alex Pretti; DOJ Investigating Jerome Powell And Federal Reserve; Report: Bill Belichick Will Not Be A First-Ballot Hall Of Famer. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Man Charged with Assault After Spraying Substance to Representative Ilhan Omar; Secretary of State Macro Rubio to Testify Before Senate Panel About Venezuela; Measles Cases Surging in South Carolina; White House Doing Damage Control After Fatal Shooting of Alex Pretti. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• DOJ Release of Epstein Files; The Numbers on Trump, Immigration and Latinos; V.A. Secretary Faces Lawmakers; Minnesota Businesses Become Target; Melania Trump's Documentary. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Powell Vows to Stand Firm Amid DOJ Investigation into the Fed; Man Charged with Assault After Spraying Substance at Rep. Omar; White House Damage Control After Fatal Shooting of Alex Pretti; Potential Bomb Cyclone Could Slam East Coast this Weekend. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump: "We're Going To De-Escalate A Little Bit" In Minnesota; Man Charged With Assault After Spraying Substance At Rep. Omar; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) On Growing Calls To Fire DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Man Charged With Assault After Spraying Substance at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN); At Least 300,000 Still Without Power Amid Brutal Cold; Fed Reserve to Make First Rate Decision Since Powell Rebuke of Trump. Aired 7-7:30a ET

January 27, 2026

• NTSB Chair: DC Midair Crash 100 Percent Preventable; Family, Friends, Coworkers Honor ICU Nurse Alex Pretti; Interview with Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO): House Democrats Ramp Up Effort to Impeach Kristi Noem; Senate Democrats Threaten Partial Shutdown Over DHS Funding; Iran's Leadership Sends Defiant Warning to U.S. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Soon: Trump Delivers Economic Speech in Iowa; New Video of Moments After Alex Pretti was Fatally Shot; Trump Backs DHS Secretary Noem, Says She's Not Stepping Down; NTSB: Not Focusing Blame But Ensuring System Does Not Fail Again. 3-3:30p ET
• 500,000+ Customers Still Without Power Amid Brutal Cold; Trump Says He'll Be Watching Over Pretti Shooting Investigation; Natural Gas Prices Skyrocket in Wake of Massive Winter Storm; TikTok Users Accuse App of Censoring Anti-ICE Videos. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Senate Democrats Threaten Partial Shutdown Over DHS Funding; Walz Meets With Border Czar as Two Agree to Ongoing Dialog; Democrats Demand Sen. Thune Strip DHS Funding From Spending Package; Winter Storm Death Toll Rises; TikTok Accused of Censoring Users; Trump Says He Does Not Think Pretti Was an Assassin, Contradicting Top Aide. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Nashville Utility Says No Power for Some Residents for a Week, Ice & Bitter Cold Prolong Dangerous Conditions; Walz Meets With White House Border Czar as Two Agree to Ongoing Dialogue; CIA Quietly Working to Gain a Permanent Foothold in Venezuela; Ukraine Officials Say at Least Three Killed in Overnight Attack on Odesa Region; Meta, YouTube Defend Platforms Over Youth Harm Claims. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Crippling Winter Storm; NTSB Announces Findings on DCA Crash; Administration Sidelines Gregory Bovino. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Meta, TikTok and YouTube Head to Trial; Numbers on Trump, the Economy and Iowa; U.S. Planning CIA Foothold in Venezuela; Anthony Anderson is Interviewed about "Star Search." Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Border Czar Arrives in Minneapolis Today; Trump Meets with Noem; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is Interviewed about Minnesota and DHS Funding; NTSB to Detail Failures in DC Midair Collision; Meta, TikTok and YouTube Head to Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Border Czar Arrives in Minneapolis Today; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) is Interviewed about Minnesota and the Government Shutdown; Trump Heads to Iowa; A Look at Who Alex Pretti Was; Derrick Johnson is Interviewed about ICE and DHS Funding. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• NYT: Trump Meets with Noem Amid Backlash Over Pretti Shooting; Patel: FBI Looking at Signal Chats Used by Minnesota Protesters; Minnesota Officials Push for Access to Shooting Investigation; At Least 500,000 Still Without Power Amid Brutal Cold; NTSB Meets to Discuss Deadly DC Plane Collision. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• NYT: Trump Meets With Noem Amid Backlash Over Pretti Shooting; CIA Moves To Establish Venezuela Foothold Following Maduro Capture; TikTok Users Claim Censorship Over ICE Videos, App Blames Outage. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• New York Times Reports, Trump Meets With Noem Amid Backlash Over Pretti Shooting; Video Contradicts DHS Account of Fatal Minneapolis Shooting; 200 Million-Plus People Remain Under Cold Alerts in Wake of Historic Ice Storm. Aired 7-7:30a ET

January 26, 2026

January 23, 2026

• "ICE Out" Protest March Underway in Minneapolis; FEMA Halts Disaster Worker Job Cuts Ahead of Arctic Winter Storm; Philadelphia Sues Trump Administration Over Slavery Exhibit Removal; Alex Honnold to Try to Climb Taipei 101 Skyscraper. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• 230 Million People On Alert As Crippling Winter Storm Moves In; Demonstrators Detained During Airport Protest; Officials Defend Federal Agents After Five-Year-Old Taken Into Custody; Trump Says A "Massive" U.S. Armada Is Heading Toward Iran; Deal To Secure TikTok's Future In The U.S. Finally Closes. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Officials Defend Agents After 5-Year-Old Taken into Custody; Storm to Dump Heaviest Snow in 5 Years on Northeast Cities; Democrats Show Fractures After Clintons Defy Epstein Subpoenas. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Brendan Banfield Expected to Testify in His Own Defense; Au Pair Testified Earlier That Defendant Wanted to Get Rid of His Wife; 2,000 Miles of Snow and Ice Threaten Millions of Americans; ICE Official Says Agents Did Not Target Five-year-old Taken Into Custody; Danish PM Says Situation in Greenland is Serious. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• ICE Makes 100+ Arrests in Maine as Immigration Operation Starts; 1,700+ Saturday Flights Canceled Ahead of Storm; Vance Defends ICE Agents' Tactics as Tensions Grow; Brendan Banfield Expected to Testify in His Own Defense; Defense Attorney Says Wife Created Sex Fetish Account Using Personal Email. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trilateral Talks in Russia-Ukraine War; Border Patrol and ICE Officials Defend Enforcement Tactics; Massive Winter Storm. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Five-Year-Old Boy Being Held at Texas ICE Facility With His Dad. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Potentially Historic Winter Storm to Impact Much of the U.S.; Trump Says a Massive U.S. Armada is Heading Toward Iran; Experts Say, Climate Change May Be Making Severe Winter Storms More Likely. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• FEMA Halts Terminations; The Numbers on the Upcoming Storm; Natural Gas Prices Surge; Emilia Gonzalez Avalos is Interviewed about an Economic Protest in Minnesota; Rep. Gabe Amo (D-RI) is Interviewed about Ukraine and Russia Talks; Defense grills Investigators in Banfield Trial. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Sues JPMorgan, CEO Dimon Alleged Blacklist After January 6; More than Half of U.S. Bracing for Potentially Historic Winter Storm; Growing Outrage Over 5-Year-Old Boy Detained by ICE; Axios: The Rich are Powering Spending in the U.S. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Potentially Historic Winter Storm To Impact Much Of The U.S.; One-On-One With Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey; Rep. Warren Davidson (R- OH) On U.S. Armada Headed Toward Iran. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Potentially Historic Winter Storm to Impact Much of the U.S.; Growing Outrage Over Five-Year-Old Boy Detained by Ice; Trump Says a Massive U.S. Armada is Heading Toward Iran. Aired 7-7:30a ET

January 22, 2026

• Ex-Trump Prosecutor Jack Smith Testifies on Elections, Classified Documents Probes; Extreme Storm to Dump Heavy Snow, Crippling Ice Across U.S.; No Written Document Detailing Trump's Greenland Framework. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Vance in Minneapolis Amid Tension Between Federal Agents & Protesters; Vance in MN Amid Debate Over Entering Homes Without Judge's Warrant; Source: 5-Year-Old Boy Detained Arriving Home from Preschool; Jack Smith Responds to President Trump's Attacks; Ex-Trump Prosecutor Testifies on Election, Classified Docs Probes 3-3:30p ET
• Former Special Counsel, Jack Smith appears before the House Oversight Committee. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Jack Smith Testifies on Election, Classified Documents Probes; Vance in Minneapolis with Tensions High Over ICE Actions. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Former Special Counsel Jack Smith appears before the House Oversight Committee. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Jack Smith Testifies to Congress. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Smith Testifies before Committee; Tom Dupree is Interviewed about the Smith Testimony; Northeast Snow Drought. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Smith to Testify on Capitol Hill; Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) is Interviewed about the Smith Testimony; The Path of a Major Winter Storm; Kaohly Her is Interviewed about ICE Crackdowns in Minnesota. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Ken Graham is Interviewed about the Winter Storm; John Sandweg is Interviewed about ICE in Minnesota; Jury Acquits Former Uvalde Officer; Trist in Redistricting Battle; Dr. Janna R. Gewirtz O'Brien is Interviewed about Medical Crisis Due to ICE. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump: Greenland Negotiations Give U.S. Total Access for Defense; Trump Backs Off Greenland Threats After Insulting Allies; Vance to Visit Minneapolis as Tensions High Over Immigration Crackdown; Trump Wraps Up Meeting with Zelenskyy in Davos; Jack Smith Testifies on Capitol Hill About Trump Investigations. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• More Than Two Dozen States In The Path Of Major Winter Storm; Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) On ICE Memo Authorizing Officers To Enter Homes Without Judge's Warrant; Trump On Greenland: We Have A "Concept Of A Deal." Aired 7:30-8a ET
• No Major European Allies Attend Trump's Board of Peace Ceremony; Vance to Visit Minneapolis as Tensions High Over Immigration Crackdown; Soon, Jack Smith Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee. Aired 7-7:30a ET

January 21, 2026

• Trump Says He and NATO Chief Have Framework of Future Greenland Deal; Stocks Rally After Trump Announces Greenland Deal Framework. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Says He & NATO Chief have "Framework" of Future Greenland Deal; Trump Claims "Framework" Reached on Future Greenland Deal After Meeting with NATO Chief; Withdraws Tariff Threat; Trump: Greenland Deal Framework "Gets Us Everything We Needed" 3-3:30p ET
• Trump: We Have Framework of Future Deal on Greenland. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Major Storm to Lash U.S. With Damaging Ice, Heavy Snow; Trump Urges Immediate Negotiations for U.S. To Own Greenland; Halligan Leaves DOJ After Judge Calls Her Leadership a Charade; ICE Using Face- scanning Software to Check Immigration Status; Appeals Court Pauses Restrictions on ICE Agents' Tactics. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• NATO Chief Assures Trump, Your Allies Will Be With You; House Oversight Committee Moves Ahead With Contempt Vote on Clintons; Ghislaine Maxwell to Be Deposed February 9 in House Epstein Probe; E.U. Suspends Work on U.S. Trade Deal Indefinitely; Major Storm to Lash U.S. With Damaging Ice, Heavy Snow. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Renews Demand for Greenland, Calls Denmark Ungrateful; Trump Slams U.S. Allies By Name in Davos Address; Justices Skeptical of Trump's Push to Oust Fed Governor; Trump Meets with NATO Secretary General. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• President Donald Trump Speaks at World Economic Forum. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• President Trump Speaks at World Economic Forum. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) is Interviewed about Greenland; Trump Speaks at World Economic Forum. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Speaks at World Economic Forum Amid Push for Greenland; Immigrations Agents Increasingly Using Cellphone Cameras on Duty. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Stocks Tumble Over Greenland And Renewed Tariff Threats; DOJ Pushed FBI To Probe Campaign Contributions To Minnesota Officials; Zelenskyy Skips Davos To Focus On Power Outages Across Ukraine. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Arrives in Switzerland Amid Aggressive Push for Greenland; Trump Arrives in Switzerland After Air Force One Forced to Turn Around for Minor Electrical Issue; Major Winter Storm Set to Hit from the Plains to East Coast. Aired 7-7:30a ET

January 20, 2026

• Trump Speaks on One-Year Anniversary of His Second Inauguration; Trump Takes Questions From Reporters; Trump On How Far He'll Go to Get Greenland: You'll Find Out; Border and ICE Officials Comment on Operations in Minnesota. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump Speaks on One-Year Anniversary of His Second Inauguration; Trump Takes Questions from Reporters; Trump Says His Board of Peace "Might" Replace U.N.; Trump: "I Lost A Lot of Respect for Norway" After Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize; Trump on How Far He'll Go to Get Greenland: "You'll Find Out" 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Speaks on One-Year Anniversary of His Second Inauguration. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Speaks to the Press on One-year Anniversary of His Second Inauguration. Aired 2-2:30p ET