New: Former intel officials call for probe into CIA note at heart of Trump’s 2020 election document dump The CIA doc in question is on China’s alleged efforts to undermine Trump in ‘20 Intel vets want to know when/why it was written, and who requested it www.ms.now/news/cia-not...

Former intel officials call for investigation into Trump's 2020 election document dump

One of the 58 documents Trump declassified and published online is drawing scrutiny from former intelligence officials who want more public information about when and why it was written.

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Scoop: Her DACA status doesn't expire till 2027. ICE deported her anyway, separating Jessica Treviño from her 3 U.S. citizen kids “I'm not mad at the country, I'm more mad at the president,” said Sarah, Jessica’s 14yo daughter. “Why is he just separating families?” www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

The Trump administration is deporting ‘Dreamers.’ Their kids are paying for it.

Jessica Treviño Villegas’ DACA status was still valid when she was deported to Mexico. Her children, who are U.S. citizens, are now navigating life without her.

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SCOOP: Deported Dreamer released from Texas detention after ICE brought him back to U.S. Last week ICE flew Jose Contreras Diaz back to TX and then detained him. DHS said “he will not be able to remain in the U.S.” Today he was released and met his newborn son www.ms.now/news/deporte...

MS Now's @lbarronlopez.bsky.social details her exclusive reporting on how the Trump Administration reassured a deported DACA recipient that he would return home, but instead he was detained by ICE. She also shares what his sister wishes she could tell the President.

EXCLUSIVE: Deported Dreamer told he’ll be allowed back into U.S. Jose Contreras Diaz was deported in January, missing the birth of his son. Now, he’s heading home to TX. The Trump admin is reversing his deportation. Jose shared his story for the first time w @ms.now www.ms.now/news/deporte...

Deported Dreamer told he’ll be allowed back into U.S.

Jose Contreras Diaz had valid DACA status and no criminal record when ICE put him on a plane to Honduras. He missed the birth of his son. This week, he's going home.

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News/Update: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez sent a letter today to President Trump, DHS Sec Mullin calling on them “to exercise prosecutorial discretion to ensure the prompt release of Juan Sebastian Chavez and Jahasiel Pena Enriquez” Both arrested despite having valid DACA status, both have citizen kids

Laura Barrón-López@lbarronlopez.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW: ICE detained DACA recipient Juan Chavez Velasco 12 days after his youngest child was born prematurely. The father of 3 U.S. citizen kids was driving to deliver milk to her in NICU "I never got to hold her" Juan told me, sharing his story for first time w/ @ms.now www.ms.now/news/ice-det...

"We ate with our hands handcuffed." A former ICE detainee shares her experience with @lbarronlopez.bsky.social

ICE detained a DACA recipient who was going to visit his preemie daughter in the NICU. His DACA status expired last week while he was in custody. The government did not respond to the renewal application he submitted in November. exclusive by @lbarronlopez.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/ice-det...

‘Americans at heart’: ICE detains DACA recipient on way to visit premature baby in NICU

Juan Chavez Velasco’s case reflects a growing pattern: The Trump administration is targeting Dreamers who once believed DACA shielded them — and letting their renewals expire unanswered.

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NEW: ICE detained DACA recipient Juan Chavez Velasco 12 days after his youngest child was born prematurely. The father of 3 U.S. citizen kids was driving to deliver milk to her in NICU "I never got to hold her" Juan told me, sharing his story for first time w/ @ms.now www.ms.now/news/ice-det...

‘Americans at heart’: ICE detains DACA recipient on way to visit premature baby in NICU

Juan Chavez Velasco’s case reflects a growing pattern: The Trump administration is targeting Dreamers who once believed DACA shielded them — and letting their renewals expire unanswered.

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Delivery company FedEx said in a statement on Thursday that it will return any tariff refund it might get to shippers and customers who paid them.

FedEx says it will return to customers any refunds it gets back from Trump's illegal tariffs

Delivery company FedEx said in a statement on Thursday that it will return any tariff refund it might get to shippers and customers who paid them.

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TONIGHT: Funding for DHS runs out at midnight – Top Goldman Sachs lawyer departs amid reported ties to Epstein – & Attorney confirms Mark Zuckerberg to go to trial Wednesday. @stephruhle.bsky.social @lbarronlopez.bsky.social @davidrohde.bsky.social @byjacobward.bsky.social @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social

Minnesota SOS Steve Simon tells @ms.now states now have to plan for “federal interference with our elections” like fed agents showing up at polls “This now belongs in the same category as a power outage, a bomb threat” New reporting w/ @davidrohde.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/trump-e...

‘Trump is showing us the playbook’: Officials scramble to protect against election interference

Election officials across the U.S. are taking Trump’s latest threats seriously, bolstering their defenses against federal efforts to block their constitutionally mandated role running elections.

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Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Breaking MS NOW: The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week. The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.

Scoop: Trump admin plans to remove ~400 individuals, including children and families, to Mexico in first known restart of controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy during Trump’s 2nd term, sources tell me and Jake Traylor @ms.now They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico

Exclusive: ICE plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings of thousands of protesters in Iran. Two of the deportees are gay & terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says. w/ @lbarronlopez.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/trump-d...

Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran

Two of the deportees are gay and are terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says.

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MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: “The deportation flight is scheduled to depart from Arizona on Sunday, these people said, just days after the country’s hardline regime crushed mass protests by killing at least 3,000 demonstrators.” www.ms.now/news/trump-d...

Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran

Two of the deportees are gay and terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says.

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SCOOP: Trump admin plans to deport at least 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran, sources tell me, @davidrohde.bsky.social Flight is as early as Sunday. Two men set to be on it are gay & “terrified” of returning to Iran where being gay is punishable by death www.ms.now/news/trump-d...

These troops are with the Army’s 16th Military Police Brigade and at least one battalion (500) were put on prepare-to-deploy orders, two sources told @ms.now

Laura Barrón-López@lbarronlopez.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg

ICE operations in Maine are starting. @ms.now reported last Weds that ICE HSI were eyeing Maine to target Somali immigrants, with op similar to Minnesota www.ms.now/news/trump-m...

Trump targets Maine’s Somali population as federal officials consider new enforcement operation

The potential movement comes as President Donald Trump ramps up attacks on Somali immigrants, repeatedly saying he wants them out of the U.S. and calling them “garbage.”

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NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg

President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota. MS NOW Reporter Nnamdi Egwuonwu and MS NOW White House Reporter @lbarronlopez.bsky.social report. Former DC Homeland Security & Intelligence Chief Donell Harvin shares his insights. www.ms.now/ana-cabrera-...

Trump threatens Minnesota with Insurrection Act after overnight ICE clash with protestors

President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after protestors and law enforcement clashed overnight. MS NOW Reporter Nnamdi Egwuonwu is on the ground in Minneapolis. MS NOW W...

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Trump is considering removing DHS secretary Kristi Noem as early as Jan, four sources told @ms.now Stephen Miller isn’t happy with pace of detention capacity expansion. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, possible contender for job, recently met with DHS/CBP officials www.ms.now/news/trump-n...

Trump weighing Noem’s ouster at Homeland Security

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is on “very thin ice,” a White House official told MS NOW.

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Multiple sources who read/were briefed on Pentagon IG's Signalgate report told MS NOW: DOD Secretary Hegseth’s actions put troops “at risk" Hegseth refused interview request Hegseth would not turn over his phone, per two sources, including one who read report www.ms.now/news/watchdo...

Watchdog: Hegseth’s Signal use put troops at risk

The Pentagon Inspector General found that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's use of a group chat risked the potential compromise of information that could harm military personnel and missions, accord...

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Senators gave themselves a tailor-made ticket to court to sue federal gov for damages But Americans who’ve been arrested/detained by fed immigration agents, or suffered collateral damage, have no effective, direct legal path to sue federal gov or individual fed agents www.ms.now/msnbc/news/u...

It’s nearly impossible for normal Americans to sue the government. Not so for U.S. senators

The House is likely to repeal the controversial provision. But Senate action is unclear.

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“The main thing is that you control everything by controlling money. So Trump controls universities by threatening their grants, their tax-exempt status. It’s all financial stuff when you get down to it, and that was something that [Viktor] Orbán pioneered.” www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

What Trump learned from Hungary

The president has long praised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a model strongman.

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New from @msnbc.com: Pentagon officials are expected to brief House Armed Services Committee on Thursday about US military strikes against alleged drug boats, five lawmakers told us. Officials expected to brief include legal counsel to Joint Chiefs, officers overseeing special operations

A group of Senate Dems led by @warren.senate.gov want answers from the nonprofit entity managing $$ from big companies funding Trump’s $300M ballroom Is the entity responsible “facilitating corrupt access to and favor-seeking from President Trump” they write www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump demolishes the East Wing — and White House norms

The East Wing's rapid razing bypassed a detailed process for major federal renovation projects in Washington. Now, Senate Democrats are demanding answers.

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A veteran and federal worker was fired amid the government shutdown. @lbarronlopez.bsky.social interviews Doug Jackson who says: “This does feel like a betrayal.” FULL INTERVIEW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuY2...

'This does feel like a betrayal': Fired federal worker and veteran SPEAKS OUT

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I asked Tom Homan as he walked past reporters on White House North Lawn: “Did you take the $50k cash in a bag?” Homan: “Give me a break”

Furloughed SBA employees were sent similar email, suggesting they blame Dems in their out-of-office reply, per an email obtained by MSNBC “I am out of office for the foreseeable future because Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill…” SBA advised employees to say

Dave Jamieson@jamieson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Wild stuff. Furloughed employees within HHS got an email this morning telling them to set an out-of-office reply blaming Democrats for the shutdown. "I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...