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Fears Spread Over New ICE Crackdowns, and F.B.I. Makes Arrest in Jan. 6 Bomb Plot

Fears Spread Over New ICE Crackdowns, and F.B.I. Makes Arrest in Jan. 6 Bomb Plot

The Headlines
Dec 5, 2025 14 min
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<p>Plus your Friday news quiz. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/04/us/ice-arrests-criminal-records-data.html" target="_blank">Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record</a> by Albert Sun</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/minnesota-somalis-trump-immigration.html" target="_blank">Obstacles to Trump’s Push to Deport Minnesota Somalis: Reality and the Cold</a> by Ernesto Londoño and Talya Minsberg</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps.html" target="_blank">Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps</a> by Abbie VanSickle</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/drug-boat-strikes-sept-2-video-congress.html" target="_blank">An Explosion, Then Survivors: Military Officers Show Lawmakers Video of Sept. 2 Boat Attack</a> by Helene Cooper, Megan Mineiro, Julian E. Barnes and Charlie Savage</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/washington-dc-pipe-bombs-arrest-jan-6-fbi.html" target="_blank">Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot</a> by Alan Feuer, Glenn Thrush and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-zelensky.html" target="_blank">Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester</a> by Constant Méheut and Kim Barker</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6854376/2025/12/04/lebron-james-10-point-game-streak-lakers/" target="_blank">After 1,297 Games, LeBron James’s 10-Point Scoring Streak Ends with Lakers’ Buzzer-Beater</a> by Dan Woike</p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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