30 января 2026
Senate Funding Deal, Border Czar Homan In Minnesota, Georgia Election Ballots Seized
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Senate leaders strike a short-term funding deal to keep most of the government running, but a partial shutdown now looks imminent as the House remains out until next week.
Border Czar Tom Homan suggested a possible drawdown of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, only for President Trump to later say there would be no pullback at all, as arrests and protests continue on the ground.
And the FBI seizes hundreds of thousands of ballots and election records from Fulton County, Georgia, as the Trump administration escalates scrutiny ahead of the midterms.
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(05:38) Border Czar in Minnesota
(09:51) Georgia Election Ballots Ceased
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