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By Steve Inskeep,

Leila Fadel

Published January 30, 2026 at 3:52 AM CST

Senate scrambles to keep funding flowing and avert partial shutdown, border czar says he may withdraw some immigration agents from Minnesota, FBI seizes 2020 ballots from Fulton County, Georgia.

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