Headlines for February 5, 2026

Minnesota Officials Demand All Federal Agents Leave as Trump Administration Announces Drawdown, 10-Year-Old Girl Seized by Federal Agents in Minnesota Freed from Texas ICE Jail, ACLU Calls for U.N. Probe into Trump’s Immigration Crackdown over Human Rights Abuses, “Have ICE Surround the Polls”: Steve Bannon Adds to Fears Trump Will Disrupt Midterm Elections, Supreme Court Clears Congressional Map Gerrymandered to Benefit California Democrats, Palestinians Returning to Gaza Through Rafah Crossing Report Severe Restrictions by Israel, Chuck Schumer Defends U.S. Arming Israel as Trump Admin Approves $6.7 Billion Weapons Sale, Six Palestine Action Protesters Found Not Guilty of Aggravated Burglary, Nuclear Arms Control Treaty Between U.S. and Russia Expires, Drop Site News: U.S. Military Officials Informed Middle East Ally That Trump Could Soon Attack Iran, WSJ: Abu Dhabi Royal Purchased 49% Stake in Trump Family’s Cryptocurrency Firm, Washington Post Lays Off More Than 300 Journalists, Human Rights Watch: Three-Quarters of the World’s Population Living Under “Autocracy”