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Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 Today, Gregory Bovino has been demoted and sent back to El Centro as Tom Homan heads to Minneapolis; Kristi Noem throws Stephen Miller under the bus telling reporters that he fed her the domestic terrorist language she used; Democrats in the Senate start coalescing around a list of demands to fund the government; the Kilmar Abrego vindictive and selective prosecution hearing has been canceled due to weather; DOJ says there will be no civil rights investigation into the murder of Alex Pretti; Trump holds a two hour meeting with Kristi Noem amid backlash from Minneapolis; a US judge orders the ICE chief to appear in court or be held in contempt; two drug boat survivors have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Trump administration; and Allison delivers your Good News.

The Daily Beans · Allison Gill

January 28, 202645m 54sExplicit

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Wednesday, January 28th, 2026

Today, Gregory Bovino has been demoted and sent back to El Centro as Tom Homan heads to Minneapolis; Kristi Noem throws Stephen Miller under the bus telling reporters that he fed her the domestic terrorist language she used; Democrats in the Senate start coalescing around a list of demands to fund the government; the Kilmar Abrego vindictive and selective prosecution hearing has been canceled due to weather; DOJ says there will be no civil rights investigation into the murder of Alex Pretti; Trump holds a two hour meeting with Kristi Noem amid backlash from Minneapolis; a US judge orders the ICE chief to appear in court or be held in contempt; two drug boat survivors have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Trump administration; and Allison delivers your Good News.

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