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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Graham called out for "temper tantrum"

Donald Trump with Eric and Donald Trump Jr. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump and sons sue IRS for $10 billion

DHS officials shot and killed VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota this week. This is the second killing and third civilian shot in just the first few weeks of 2026 in Minneapolis. (Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump calls Pretti an “agitator”

Don Lemon speaks onstage during the 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

Don Lemon arrested after church protest

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Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Capitol Hill on February 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP senators break ranks on funding bill

"Border czar" and former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Tom Homan visits Eagle Pass, Texas on November 26, 2024. (Scott Stephen Ball for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

ICE surge melts away in Maine

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) leaves a Senate Armed Services Committee classified briefing on Operation Absolute Resolve in the U.S. Capitol on January 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Committee met to receive a briefing on the military operation that lead to the capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Georgia lawmakers react to FBI raid

ICE agents continue to conduct immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

ICE to officers: "Do not engage"

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A vial of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccination for children is displayed during an immunization event at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Community Resource Center in Los Angeles, California, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

S.C. measles outbreak breaks record

Protesters clash with law enforcement after a federal agent shot and killed a man on Jan. 24 â" the second federal-involved shooting in the city this month, deepening tensions over enforcement operations in Minneapolis, United States, on January 24, 2026. (Photo by Arthur Maiorella/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Ecuador protests ICE embassy "incursion"

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks to the press on Capitol Hill on July 24, 2025. ( Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP senators say Noem "should go"

Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks during a town hall meeting at the Urban League Twin Cities facility on January 27, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A person holding a syringe charged the podium as Omar spoke. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Rep. Ilhan Omar attacked at town hall

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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting at the Pentagon on January 15, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Boat strike victims' families sue US

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Department of Labor on December 16, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden: ICE's actions are un-American

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The news conference comes after 37-year-old legal observer Alex Pretti was fatally shot during a confrontation with federal agents. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Bovino booted from Border Patrol role

Chocolate (Getty Images/Fatima Guisado lozano)

Nationwide chocolate recall expanded

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Kanye West attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Ye apologizes for antisemitism

Immigrations, Customs, and Enforcement officers question a man's status on Lake Street near a Somali mall called the Karmel Mall in Minnesota, United States on December 10, 2025. (Photo by Christopher Juhn/Getty Images)

ICE accused of abuses in Texas facility

ICE officers clash with protesters after federal agents fatally shot a man this morning in south Minneapolis, setting off confrontations between protesters and agents on the Eat Street section of Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Getty Images)

MN GOP candidate quits campaign over ICE

People mourn at a makeshift memorial in the area where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal immigration agents earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 24, 2026. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

Gun groups sound off against ICE killing

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MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 21: US Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino stands in a gas station parking lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 21, 2026 (Photo by Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Bovino: Border Patrol are real "victims"

James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump during the “Trump Awards” Cold Open. (Photo by Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL" throws Trump his own awards show

DHS officials shot and killed VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota this week. This is the second killing and third civilian shot in just the first few weeks of 2026 in Minneapolis. (Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Minn. nurse dead, DHS story falls apart

The weekend-long winter storm is set to upset travel and daily life nationwide, including canceled flights, feet of snowfall and frigid temperatures. (Brett Carlsen / Getty Images)

Millions brace for snow, bitter cold

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