Trump border aide allegedly made offensive comments about Jewish official

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, a top aide in PresidentDonald Trump's nationwide immigration enforcement operations, is once again under fire after he allegedly made offensive comments about a Jewish official in Minnesota,the New York TimesandCBS News reported.

Unidentified sources told the outlets that Bovino allegedly made the comments on a Jan. 12 call with other federal officials to discuss recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement action in Minneapolis.

Bovino reportedly made the remarks after learning that Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, an Orthodox Jew, could not attend the call because he was observing the Sabbath, or Shabbat. The tradition requires rest from Friday at sunset to Saturday at sunset. Bovino reportedly was frustrated by Rosen's absence, allegedly asking if "Orthodox criminals" take Saturdays off and using the phrase "chosen people" in a belittling way.

The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on Jan. 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. The news conference comes after 37-year-old legal observer Alex Pretti was fatally shot during a confrontation with federal agents. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region.

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US Border Patrol Chief Bovino under fire after Minneapolis deaths

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at LargeGregory Bovinospeaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on Jan. 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. The news conference comes after 37-year-old legal observer Alex Pretti was fatally shot during a confrontation with federal agents. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region.

Bovino's alleged statements come as the federal official has faced increasing pressure and criticism from many Americans and lawmakers, most recently for immigration action in Minneapolis that has turned deadly.

Five days before the call, ICE agentJonathan Rossfatally shot 37-year-old mother of threeRenee Nicole Good. A little over two weeks later, federal agents shot and killed ICU nurseAlex Pretti. An internal investigation found that two border officers fired their guns during the incident.

The Trump administration's immigration action in Minneapolishas drawn criticismthat has grown steadily stronger as tensions and clashes increased between federal officials and protestors.

Demonstrationshave spread across the United States, withlarge protests recently taking placeon Saturday, Jan. 31. Federal officials say the thousands of immigration officers deployed to Minnesota are a critical part of the Trump administration's deportation crackdown.

Multiple publications reported last week thatBovino was set to leave Minneapolisfollowing the fatal shootings of Good and Pretti. The White House announced thatborder czar Tom Homanwas beingsent to the stateas the Trump administration's new point person for immigration enforcement operations.

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However, Bovino's permanent future remains unclear. Reuters reported that Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to his former job as a chief patrol agent along California's El Centro sector of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Still, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlindenied reportsthat Bovino was being removed from his assignment, saying in a previous statement to USA TODAY: "Chief Gregory Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties."

As of the afternoon of Feb. 1,Bovino's X accountdescribed him as "Commander Op At Large CA" and set his location as Los Angeles.Bovino's Instagram account'sbiography reads "USBP Chief Patrol Agent - Commander of Operation At Large in California." Los Angeles saw protestersclash with federal officials on Friday, Jan. 30as other protests took place across the country.

Anti-discrimination group, lawmaker condemn Bovino's alleged comments

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in a post on X called Bovino's alleged comments "disgraceful" and an "antisemitic mockery" of Rosen and his faith.

I just finished observing Shabbat and appalled to read about the antisemitic mockery of U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen — his Jewish faith, his Shabbat observance — by DHS official Greg Bovino is disgraceful. The fact that Bovino felt comfortable expressing these views on a call with…

— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL)February 1, 2026

"The fact that Bovino felt comfortable expressing these views on a call with multiple prosecutors speaks volumes," Greenblatt wrote. "Orthodox Jews are the most vulnerable segment of our community and need support, not slander, from DHS."

More:Border Patrol chief calls agents the 'victims' in Pretti shooting

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, also responded to Bovino's alleged comments, calling them antisemiticin an X post.

Gregory Bovino has already proven himself unfit to serve in ANY position of power, and his antisemitic comments are further proof that he should be fired ASAP.https://t.co/RLG0zHpdR7

— Senator Jacky Rosen (@SenJackyRosen)January 31, 2026

"Gregory Bovino has already proven himself unfit to serve in ANY position of power, and his antisemitic comments are further proof that he should be fired ASAP," she wrote.

USA TODAY's Fernando Cervantes Jr., James Powel, Trevor Hughes, Michael Loria, and Terry Collins contributed to this report.

Kate Perez covers national trends and breaking news for USA TODAY. You can reach her at kperez@usatodayco.com or on X @katecperez_.

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Georgia officer dead, another injured after hotel shooting, police say

A man being questioned by police officers at a hotel in suburban Atlanta invited them to his room and opened fire in an "unprovoked attack," killing one officer and injuring the other, Georgia authorities said.

During anews conference,Gwinnett County PoliceChief James D. McClure said two officers responded to a fraud-related call at 7:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, Feb. 1, at a hotel in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Stone Mountain is located about 25 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.

When the officers arrived, McClure said they went to the room of a person who was believed to have fraudulently used a credit card. The officers made contact with the suspect, who invited them inside the room, McClure added.

"They began discussing the scenario or the incident with him," the police chief said. "And at some point the suspect produced a handgun and, in an unprovoked attack, fired at our Gwinnett County police officers."

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Both officers were stuck, and one returned fire, injuring the suspect, according to McClure. The two officers and the suspect were transported to a local hospital after the shooting.

One of the officers, Pradeep Tamang, 25, was later pronounced dead, McClure said. The second officer, Master Police Officer David M. Reed, remains in critical but stable condition.

The police chief said the suspect, later identified as Kevin Andrews, 35, sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Andrews will be transported to jail once released from the hospital. No additional injuries were reported.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation assumed control of the shooting investigation, authorities said.

Police officers identified

In a statement to USA TODAY, the Gwinnett County Police Department said Tamang joined the department in July 2024 and graduated from the police academy in May 2025. During the news conference, McClure said Tamang was from Nepal and moved to the United States about 10 years ago.

Reed, according to the statement, joined the Gwinnett County Police Department in September 2015.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemptook to social mediaand mourned the dead officer and prayed for the second officer's recovery.

"This is the latest reminder of the dangers law enforcement face on a daily basis," Kemp said. "We are grateful for every one that puts themselves in harm's way to protect their fellow Georgians."

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Preliminary probe: Person reported credit card fraud

In anews release, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it was investigating the shooting at the request of the Gwinnett County Police Department. The agency noted that once the investigation is complete, the Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office will review the case.

A preliminary investigation revealed that Gwinnett County police responded to the Holiday Inn Express after receiving a call alleging credit card theft, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Earlier in the day, a person from South Carolina had reported that their credit card was fraudulently used at the Holiday Inn Express.

After the two officers arrived at the hotel, the agency said a front desk manager told them the room was being rented to Andrews. Officers spoke to Andrews in his room about the fraudulent use of the credit card and learned that he had an active warrant for failure to appear in DeKalb County, which is also located in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

At the news conference, McClure said Andrews had a "lengthy criminal history," including multiple felony convictions for violent crimes, gun crimes, and narcotics.

When officers attempted to arrest Andrews, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Andrews pulled out a handgun and fired at the officers. Additional officers later responded to the scene and the officers, along with the suspect, were taken to the hospital.

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ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement halted "all movement" at a detention center in Texas for families and quarantined some migrants there after medical staff confirmed two detainees had "active measles infections," the Department of Homeland Security said Sunday.

Themeaslescases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News. The ICE facility houses parents and children taken into federal custody over alleged violations of immigration law. It is located in south Texas, roughly an hour drive from San Antonio.

"ICE Health Services Corps immediately took steps to quarantine and control further spread and infection, ceasing all movement within the facility and quarantining all individuals suspected of making contact with the infected," McLaughlin said.

McLaughlin said medical officials were monitoring detainees and taking "appropriate and active steps to prevent further infection."

"All detainees are being provided with proper medical care," she added.

Before McLaughlin's statement on Sunday, immigration lawyers hadreported concernsabout a potential measles outbreak at the Dilley center.

Neha Desai, a lawyer for the California-based National Center of Youth Law, which represents children in U.S. immigration custody, said she hopes the measles infections at Dilley are not used to "unnecessarily" prevent lawmakers and attorneys from inspecting the detention center in the near future, citing broader concerns about the facility.

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"In the meantime, we are deeply concerned for the physical and the mental health of every family detained at Dilley," Desai said. "It is important to remember that no family needs to be detained — this is a choice that the administration is making."

In 2025, the United States saw themost measles cases in decades. Overall, the nation recorded more than 2,200 measles cases, including 762 people in aWest Texasoutbreak, according to theTexas Department of State Health Services. Two young children died and 99 people were hospitalized, according to state data.

Dilley is the detention complex where ICE had been holding 5-year-oldLiam Conejo Ramosand his father, both detained in Minnesota during an operation that garnered widespread outcry, until the family was released over the weekend due to a court ruling.Liam and his father returned to Minnesotaon Sunday.

ICE's detention population has ballooned under the second Trump administration, which has vowed to stage a deportation crackdown of unprecedented proportions.

ICE is currently holding more than 70,000 individuals facing deportation in detention centers across the U.S., according to government data obtained by CBS News. The vast majority are single adults accused of being in the U.S. illegally. The number is a massive jump from a year ago, when ICE was holding around 40,000 detainees.

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Another NHL goalie fight! Jeremy Swayman and Andrei Vasilevskiy drop gloves during Stadium Series matchup

NHL goaltenders are getting increasingly feisty!

Sunday's matchup between the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning figured to be memorable for being played in the outdoor "Stadium Series" setting at Raymond James Stadium. However,the gamewill likely generate conversation for a different reason.

Approximately midway through the second period, Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman took issue with Lightning winger Brandon Hagel poking a puck between his pads after a power-play shot from Nikita Kucherov. After the whistle blew, Swayman went after Hagel, tackled him to the ice and began throwing punches at him.

Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy and winger Tanner Jeannot pulled Hagel away and covered him, presumably to protect their goaltender. But then Swayman noticed Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy leaving his crease and skating down the ice for a confrontation.

Swayman skated toward the center line to meet Vasilevskiy and they were ready to rumble.

STADIUM SERIES GOALIE FIGHT 😱pic.twitter.com/ntCWlmmr25

— ESPN (@espn)February 2, 2026

The Bruins' goaltender quickly ditched his gloves and helmet and gestured for Vasilevskiy to do the same. The two wrestled each other before the Lightning goalie landed the first punch and forced Swayman to the ice before referees stepped in to separate the combatants.

Apparently thrilled by the clash, Vasilevskiy tapped Swayman on the head as they were pulled apart and smiled broadly. As could be expected, players on both benches stood and tapped their sticks on the boards to show respect for their teammates' pugilistic tendencies. Each goalie was assessed a five-minute penalty for fighting.

Sunday's face-off was the first fight for both goaltenders during their NHL careers. However, Swayman has previously attempted to throw hands, first with Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Joseph Woll during the 2023-24 campaign and Los Angeles Kings netminder Darcy Kuemper last season. In both instances, referees broke up those potential scuffles before a punch was thrown.

The confrontation occurrednearly two weeksafter the San Jose Sharks' Alex Nedeljkovic and Florida Panthers' Sergei Bobrovsky left their creases and dropped the gloves in Sunrise, Florida. (Maybe it's something about playing hockey in Florida that has goalies itching for a fight.)

Prior to these two scraps, no goalies had fought in an NHL game since 2020,according to SportsNet.

The Lightning won Sunday's matchup 6-5 and hold the best record in the Eastern Conference at 35-14-4. The Bruins currently hold the fifth spot inthe conference standingsat 32-20-4.

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Celtics blow out Bucks during inaugural NBA Pioneers Classic honoring league's first Black players

The inaugural NBA Pioneers Classic unfortunately did not provide a compelling game with the Boston Celtics defeating the Milwaukee Bucks,107-79, on Sunday at TD Garden.

Jaylen Brown scored 30 points (hitting 4-of-6 3-pointers) with 13 rebounds, leading the Celtics to their seventh win in the past 10 games. Anfernee Simons followed with 27 points off the bench, shooting 6 for 10 from behind the arc. Derrick White added 17 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Milwaukee was led by 25 points from Ryan Rollins, who also had 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Kyle Kuzma was the only other Buck to score in double figures, tallying 16 points and 5 boards. Bobby Portis grabbed 12 rebounds. The Bucks have lost five consecutive games and eight of their past 10.

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Sunday's game was intended to honor NBA history.

Honoring the NBA's first Black players

The Pioneers Classic coincides with the beginning of Black History Month and commemorates the 75th anniversary of the NBA's first Black players joining the league. In April 1950, Duquesne's Chuck Cooper was the second draft pick (No. 13 overall) of the Celtics. Later in the ninth round, the then-Washington Capitols drafted Earl Lloyd from West Virginia State with the No. 101 selection.

One month later, the New York Knicks signed Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton as a free agent from the Harlem Globetrotters. He played seven seasons with the Knicks, making the All-Star team during his final run in New York during the 1956-57 campaign. His eighth and final season in the league was with the Detroit Pistons.

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Lloyd was technically the NBA's first Black player, as the Capitols tipped off the season one day before the Celtics' opening game. He played nine seasons in the league, missing the 1951-52 campaign due to military service. Lloyd went on to become the NBA's first Black scout, first Black assistant coach and the first Black head coach who wasn't also a player at the time (as Bill Russell and Lenny Wilkens were).

Cooper played six seasons in the NBA with the Celtics and Hawks (in Milwaukee, then St. Louis) before finishing his pro career with the Fort Wayne Pistons during the 1955-56 season.

"Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd, and Nathaniel Clifton transformed the NBA and inspired countless individuals through their courage and determination," said the league's deputy commissioner Mark Tatum,via NBA.com. "These men embody the values of our game, and their legacy as pioneers is integral to our history."

All three players were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Lloyd gained entry to Springfieldin 2003, followed by Cliftonin 2014and Cooperin 2019.

Doc Rivers speaks out on current events before game

Bucks head coach Doc Rivers spoke out Sunday on current events and social issues regarding immigration enforcement during his pregame news conference.

"I look at our league, look at the NBA. We're celebrating Pioneers Day today, right?" Rivers said to reporters,including ClutchPoints' Daniel Donabedian. "And I look at our league, and I think [Hakeem] Olajuwon could have been taken off the streets. But we would — right now, the way brown people feel, only the brown people would be taken off the streets, and it's just not right, and it's not morally right."

Rivers went on to encourage NBA players to voice their concerns on social issues.

"What we see on the streets right now, you cannot morally feel good about that. No American can, and that's why I speak out," he added,via reporter Noa Dalzell. "And I do tell our guys there are consequences. You know, there was an Arthur Ashe, there was a Muhammad Ali, there was a Howard Cosell. They all spoke out, and some paid consequences for it. That's just part of it."

Those sentiments made Sunday's NBA Pioneers game particularly important, in Rivers' view.

"In the political environment we are in at this time where Black history is being whitewashed with the removing of Black war heroes, civil right leaders from books, and our kids are not being taught about the atrocities of slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow and redlining, our league has decided to stand up and teach our young players and everyone the true history of our league. Bravo, NBA," Rivers said toAndscape's Marc Spears.

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Caitlin Clark weighs in on WNBA's ongoing talks to secure new CBA

WNBAAll-Star Caitlin Clark made her debut as a basketball analyst on"Basketball Night in America"on Sunday, Feb. 1.

Clark, who served as a special contributor for theLos Angeles Lakersvs.New York Knicksgame at Madison Square Garden, weighed in on the continuing WNBA labor strife. The next meeting between the WNBA and players' union to reach a new collective bargaining agreement will be Monday. It has been more than a month since the WNBA received the union's latest proposal.

"Honestly, I don't think it's just a big moment for the WNBA. I think all of women's sports," Clark said. "I think this is one of the biggest moments we've ever had."I feel very confident that we're going to get something done … We're in this moment because of the product we put on the floor."

The meeting Monday will take place in New York City with members of the WNBPA leadership committee and labor relations committee, led by WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, which also includes a handful of WNBA owners.

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The2026 WNBA seasonis scheduled to begin May 8. It will be the league's 30th season, provided the WNBA and the players' union come to anagreement.

Beyond WNBA talk, Clark appeared on the pregame show alongside Reggie Miller, Carmelo Anthony and Maria Taylor. The 6-footer joked later that the trio made her feel short.

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Watch livestream of Groundhog Day 2026 as Punxsutawney Phil emerges

Just over a week after a winter storm slams, the "Seer of Seers" will predict if the northern hemisphere will have to weather through more winter or if spring will come early.

Groundhog Daylovers rejoice, for the Weather Predictor Extraordinaire and national treasure,Punxsutawney Phil, will either see his shadow, letting the world know there will be more winter, or he won't, which means spring will come early.

The prediction will take place on Monday, Feb. 2, at Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania. USA TODAY will livestream the event, which includes performances and more, starting at approximately 6 a.m. ET.

Watch Punxsutawney Phil predict the weather in the livestream above.

How cold is it in Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania?

At Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where Gobbler's Knob is located, the weather is forecasted to be cloudy and cold. The temperature is expected to reach a high of 24 degrees, but as of 5:37 a.m. ET, it is zero degrees, according toAccuWeather.

When does Punxsutawney Phil come out?

Groundhog Day is celebrated every year on February 2. In 2026, the holiday falls on a Monday.

Phil will make his prediction early in the morning, usually a little after 7 a.m. ET, and the celebration will continue until 5 p.m. ET.

Who is Punxsutawney Phil?

Punxsutawney Phil is the famous groundhog who predicts the weather in "Groundhogese," according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.

According to the club, Punxsutawney Phil is also known as the:

• Seer of Seers

• Prognosticator of Prognosticators

• Weather Predictor Extraordinaire

• Br'er Groundhog

• National Treasure

When he isn't predicting the weather, he is at home with his wife, Phyliss.

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