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Day: January 27, 2026
Dozens were busted Tuesday night when a rowdy crowd of anti-ICE protesters flooded a Big Apple hotel lobby, where they believed federal agents were staying, according law enforcement sources and footage of the chaotic scene.The frenzied crowd swarmed the Hilton Garden Inn in Tribeca around 6 p.m., chanting, blowing whistles and refusing to leave as they waved signs and demanded the global hotel chain stop housing ICE agents in the wake of two fatal shootings in Minneapolis, according to videos shared on social media.
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Businesses along the block where Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, opened their doors to protesters seeking safety and are continuing to remain open as donation hubs for the community
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— Reuters (@Reuters) Jan 28, 2026
If this is true, it’s staggering. You don’t outsource sensitive Pentagon IT to engineers sitting in China and call it “efficient.” That’s not cost savings – that’s a national security self-own. Oversight failed, and it needs fixing fast. #CyberSecurity #NationalSecurity #China…
— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) January 28, 2026