5-Year-Old Liam Ramos Released From ICE, Heads Home to Minneapolis

A 5-year-old boy whose detention by ICE agents sparked national outrage is finally heading home. Liam Conejo Ramos returned to Minneapolis on Sunday with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, after the two were released from a family detention center in…

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Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy Bash Draws A-List Crowd, Epic Performances

Clive Davis did it again … throwing one of the Grammy weekend’s most exclusive parties and pulling in a massive A-list crowd. The legendary music exec hosted his annual Pre-Grammy Gala and Salute to Industry Icons Saturday night in Beverly Hills,…

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‘Queer Eye’ Alum Carson Kressley Surprised By Karamo Brown Drama

Carson Kressley says he’s shocked to see a rift between Karamo Brown and his fellow ‘Queer Eye’ hosts Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness … telling us there was never any such drama when he was on the show. We got the OG ‘Queer Eye’…

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Ellen DeGeneres Goes Mansion Shopping Despite Nationwide Protest Call

Ellen DeGeneres’ gander across the pond looks like it hit pause — ’cause she popped up back in Montecito mansion-hunting … the same day of calling for a nationwide shutdown. The ex-talk show host preached in an IG post, “no work, no school, no…

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Senate Funding Vote, ICE Family Detention Protest, Fed Holds Interest Rates

Senate Democrats are threatening a partial government shutdown unless Republicans agree to new limits on immigration enforcement by Friday’s deadline.
A protest at an ICE family detention center in South Texas turned confrontational as demonstrators demanded the release of a five-year-old boy and his father taken from Minnesota and held at the facility hundreds of miles away.
And despite pressure from President Trump to lower interest rates, the Federal Reserve is holding steady to fight lingering inflation and rising prices.

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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Kelsey Snell, Susanna Capelouto, Rafael Nam, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle.

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(0:00) Introduction
(01:58) Senate Funding Vote
(05:41) ICE Family Detention Protest
(10:28) Fed Holds Interest Rates

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