United States Politics and Government

• Polls Show Strong G.O.P. Support for Trump on Immigration - A small, but growing, share of Republicans say that enforcement has gone too far, after the killing of two Minneapolis protesters.
• Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth - Technological advances and an erosion of trust have transformed the way news unfolds online, distorting shared reality.
• ‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo - President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different.
• Trump Says Republicans Should ‘Take Over’ Elections, and Clintons Agree to Testify in Epstein Inquiry - Plus, a conservative group plans an alternate Super Bowl halftime show.
• Colombian President Gustavo Petro to Meet with Trump at the White House - President Trump was expected to meet privately with President Gustavo Petro of Colombia on Tuesday. They have clashed in the past, but there are signs that tensions are easing.
• From ‘Hamilton’ to Issa Rae to Philip Glass: Here’s a List of Kennedy Center Cancellations - More than two dozen musicians, dancers, theater companies and other creative groups have pulled out of performing at the Kennedy Center since President Trump returned to the White House.
• Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Ending TPS for Haitians - The ruling pauses the Trump administration’s plan to end a program that has allowed more than 350,000 people from Haiti to remain in the United States.
• Justice Dept. Sidelines Ed Martin as Chief of Weaponization Group - The move represents a consolidation of the authority of the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, in bringing Mr. Martin’s operation inside his office.
• Immigration Officers in Minneapolis Will Wear Body Cameras, Noem Says - The change comes as the federal government has provided accounts of fatal shootings that have sometimes conflicted with local officials and witness videos.
• Deal to Reopen Government Is Imperiled in the House - Some hard-line House Republicans have balked at the agreement Senate Democrats struck with President Trump to fund the government, complicating its path to enactment.