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In today\u2019s newsletter: <\/strong> <\/strong>Kristi Noem\u2019s relationship with the Coast Guard is becoming increasingly strained, sources say. U.S. women\u2019s hockey team will go for gold after sweeping past Sweden. And civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson dies<\/em>.<\/em>
Here\u2019s what to know today.<\/em>
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem\u2019s relationship with the U.S. Coast Guard has become increasingly strained throughout her first year leading the department, according to two U.S. officials, a Coast Guard official and a former Coast Guard official.
Early in her tenure, Noem made decisions that rankled Coast Guard officials, including shifting resources away from a search-and-rescue mission to find a missing service member and putting them toward deporting migrants, the sources told NBC News.
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The dynamic has only worsened in recent months. In one contentious incident, Noem\u2019s top adviser Corey Lewandowski berated Coast Guard flight staff and threatened to fire them for taking off without one of the secretary\u2019s personal items on board: a heated blanket.
Coast Guard officials have privately raised concerns about some of the secretary\u2019s directives and use of Coast Guard resources to service her priorities, the sources said.
Noem\u2019s focus on deportation quotas appears poised to further impact operations in the coming months. DHS recently informed the Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento that its first priority is the transport of detained immigrants, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the orders.
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Two people were killed, and three others were injured<\/strong><\/a> after a gunman opened fire during a high school hockey game in Rhode Island on Monday, officials said.
\u201cIt appears that a lone individual, the suspect, entered the arena to watch the hockey game of a family member \u2014 and unfortunately, during that time a shooting occurred,\u201d said Pawtucket Police Department Chief Tina Goncalves.
The incident was captured on video because the \u201csenior night\u201d game, which featured Blackstone Valley Schools, was livestreamed online. In the video, which NBC News has verified, students can be seen on the ice when a series of roughly a dozen shots are heard.
The suspected shooter was identified by police as 56-year-old Robert Drogan, who Goncalves said went by the first name Roberta and by the last name Esposito. The shooter, whose motive is being investigated, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, she said.
Three other people who were taken to the hospital were in critical condition from gunshot wounds, officials said in a press conference.
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The U.S. women\u2019s hockey team continued its run of dominance, sweeping Sweden in a 5-0 victory<\/strong><\/a> to advance to the gold medal game, where they\u2019ll face Canada in Thursday\u2019s championship. The two North American powerhouses have faced off for the gold medal all but once since women\u2019s hockey became an Olympic sport in 1998.
Inside the U.S. men\u2019s hockey locker room, the number 13 jersey hangs proudly to honor the late NHL star Johnny Guadreau,<\/strong><\/a> who played for Team USA in six different international events. Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were fatally struck by an alleged drunk driver while they were cycling in 2024.
\u201cWe know he\u2019s here with us, cheering us on and rooting for us,\u201d alternate captain Matthew Tkachuk said. \u201cHe\u2019s got his own area in the locker room, and it\u2019s always nice to see that as a reminder,\u201d he added.
Elana Meyers Taylor<\/strong><\/a> arrived at Milan Cortina 2026 as a five-time Olympic medalist, but she clinched her first gold yesterday, taking first in women\u2019s monobob and tying with Bonnie Blair as the most decorated female American winter Olympian.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, has died, his family said. He was 84.
Jackson\u2019s activism spanned decades and included demonstrations alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and two runs for the Democratic presidential nomination.
\u201cOur father was a servant leader \u2014 not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,\u201d the Jackson family said.
Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton said \u201cour nation lost one of its greatest moral voices\u201d and paid tribute to a man who \u201ccarried history in his footsteps and hope in his voice.\u201d
A cause of death was not immediately given. Jackson was admitted to a hospital in November and had been living for more than a decade with progressive supranuclear palsy, according to his Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson revealed he had Parkinson\u2019s in 2017.
Read more about Rev. Jesse Jackson\u2019s legacy and career.<\/strong><\/a>
Parents across the country are opting their children out of using computers at schools entirely<\/strong><\/a>, and they\u2019re sharing resources to show each other how to do it.
When I talk to these concerned parents, they often explain that excessive screen time in class goes against how they\u2019re trying to raise their kids.
That argument echoes what I\u2019ve heard from conservative parents who complain about school lessons involving LGBTQ issues or sex ed. But these tech-weary parents insist they don\u2019t want to sound like they\u2019re trying to tell educators what is taught \u2014 they\u2019re just worried about how it\u2019s taught. And even if they\u2019re the only ones in a district opting their kid out, they say it\u2019s important to get school leaders thinking about whether the reliance on laptops is worth it.
\u2014 Tyler Kingkade, <\/strong>reporter
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