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Hello. ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars, Fed Governor Stephen Miran claims Americans aren't bearing the burden of paying for tariffs, and a jury hears that Meta and YouTube design apps to addict kids. Plus, our visual investigation of Ethiopia's secret camp to train RSF fighters. Yesterday's Daily Briefing was sent out without a subject line, we apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

Today's Top News   Rebecca Ringstrom is detained by federal immigration agents. Blaine, Minnesota. January 29, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video. Collette Adkins/via REUTERS United States A Reuters review of federal court records found that the Trump administration has prosecuted at least 655 people since a series of city-focused immigration crackdowns began last summer. That’s more than double the prosecutions during the same period in 2024-2025. The Trump administration is set to overturn an Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, the Environmental Protection Agency said. The United States issued fresh guidance to commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for Middle East oil supplies, as tensions simmered between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s nuclear program. Draped in burnt-orange robes, two dozen Buddhist monks are due to finish a 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace" in Washington, D.C., a self-described spiritual journey across nine states that has been cheered on by crowds of thousands. In other news In Europe, a prince, an ambassador and a number of senior politicians have been brought down by revelations in the Epstein files. Europe News Editor Rachel Armstrong tells the Reuters World News podcast the fallout been greatest in the UK. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to heed calls to quit, even by the leader of his party in Scotland, pledging to fight on after his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador plunged his government into crisis. Russia has no intention of launching a military attack on any NATO state this year or next, but is racing to rebuild its forces as Europe steps up its rearmament, Estonia's foreign intelligence service said in its annual report. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Europe should brace for more moments of US hostility. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s thumping election win has blunted domestic opposition to her hawkish security agenda, encouraging plans to press ahead with a defense expansion that China has condemned as a return to militarism. China’s influence in Bangladesh, boosted by the 2024 ouster of New Delhi‑aligned leader Sheikh Hasina, is likely to deepen after this week's election, although politicians and analysts say India is too large a neighbor to be sidelined completely. NPR.         by Brittney Melton The Department of Homeland Security’s funding will run out on Fridayafter Democrats refused to approve the money without significant changes to immigration enforcement. As lawmakers search for a solution, a House committee will hear from top immigration officials about their enforcement practices across the U.S. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 🎧 If a deal is not reached, Congress will need to pass another stopgap bill to fund DHS, NPR’s Barbara Sprunt tells Up First. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he will start prepping a short-term funding bill as a backup option. Democrats face an uphill battle with their demands for officers to display identifying information like their last name and a ban on face masks. Many Republicans view these requests as nonstarters. Sprunt says she is watching how GOP lawmakers question top immigration officials today. While they largely back President Trump’s enforcement actions, Republicans have to navigate new polling that shows a majority of Americans believe those same tactics have gone too far. The latest release of Epstein files threatens Britain’s ruling government. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls for his resignation. He is not implicated in the Epstein files, but he appointed someone who is.  🎧 The calls for Starmer’s resignation are due to his decision tomake Peter Mandelson the ambassador to Washington, NPR’s Lauren Frayer says. Mandelson faces police investigation for allegedly passing sensitive U.K. government details to Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson denies any wrongdoing. He resigned from his role last year after revelations that he maintained his friendship with Epstein following Epstein's sex crimes conviction. Police are also investigating former Prince Andrew, who also appears in the files, over whether he leaked sensitive information to Epstein when he was the U.K. trade envoy.  Today show host Savannah Guthrie released another video on Instagram yesterday pleading for the public’s help in the search for her mom. She posted the video around the time a deadline outlined in a ransom message passed. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen near her Arizona home on Jan. 31.  🎧 NPR’s Bill Chappell says there is no sense that authorities are any closer to finding Nancy, even though multiple local and federal agencies are working on the case. Several media outlets have received ransom messages since Nancy was reported missing. At least one included details about the scene at her home. The FBI says it is taking the messages seriously, but it is not clear that they came from people who took Nancy.  Immigration courts abruptly moved up hearings for dozens of asylum cases filed by Somali migrants over the weekend, according to four lawyers NPR interviewed. Lawyers in Minnesota, Illinois and Nebraska received notices that hearings set for 2028 and others that were not scheduled yet are now happening this month or next. The attorneys fear that the rapid scheduling may stifle due process for their clients. While more than 100 cases have been affected, the attorneys expect that number to climb much higher.