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Melania Trump: 'I'm Calling for Unity'

First lady urges peaceful protests after fatal immigration shootings

(Newser) - Melania Trump made a brief but rare foray into politics by weighing in on Minneapolis' unrest, reports USA Today :
  • "We need to unify," she said on Fox News Tuesday in response to a question about the violence. "I'm calling for unity. I know my husband, the
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GOP Races to Avert Shutdown Over ICE Furor

Democrats say they'll block spending deal over DHS bill as Friday deadline nears, tension grows

(Newser) - Republicans are racing against the clock to keep parts of the federal government open as a political firestorm over immigration enforcement in Minneapolis threatens to derail a key spending deal. Funding for the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies runs out on Saturday, and Senate Democrats say they'...

Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino Demoted: Sources

Move follows fatal shootings by federal agents and widespread protests

(Newser) - A senior Border Patrol official has been quietly stripped of his high-profile role in Minnesota after two fatal shootings by federal agents there this month, a source tells FOX 2 . Gregory Bovino, who had been serving as Commander-at-Large overseeing Department of Homeland Security operations in Minnesota during the Trump administration'...

Mayor: Agents Will Start Leaving Minneapolis Tuesday

Sources say Greg Bovino will be among them

(Newser) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says that he spoke to President Trump on Monday and that the president agreed the current situation in the city cannot continue. "Some federal agents will begin leaving the area tomorrow, and I will continue pushing for the rest involved in this operation to go,...

Guard Members Hand Out Coffee, Donuts to Protesters

Minnesota National Guard member calls it a 'demonstration of safety and security'

(Newser) - The Minnesota National Guard showed up at an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis on Sunday with coffee and donuts—and a message about optics. Video from the scene shows troops in bright yellow reflective vests handing out refreshments from the back of a vehicle, Fox News reports. A Guard member told...

Minnesota GOP Candidate Quits Race, Slams ICE 'Disaster'

'I cannot support the national Republicans' stated retribution on the citizens of our state,' Madel says

(Newser) - One of the leading Republican candidates for Minnesota governor abruptly quit the race on Monday, blaming his own party's approach to immigration enforcement. Chris Madel, a Minneapolis attorney and first-time gubernatorial candidate, said Monday he is ending his campaign because he no longer supports how national Republicans are backing...

Trump Shifts Tone on Walz After 'Very Good Call'

President also sends border czar Tom Homan to oversee ICE operations in Minnesota

(Newser) - It appears that President Trump is looking to lower the temperature on tensions in Minnesota . In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump said he had a "very good call" with Gov. Tim Walz, adding that, "we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength." As the...

Judge in Minneapolis to Hear Arguments on ICE Presence

Judge weighs state sovereignty challenge after fatal federal shootings

(Newser) - A federal courtroom in Minneapolis is suddenly at the center of the fight over ICE tactics. On Monday, a judge will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration's deployment of roughly 3,000 federal immigration officers to Minnesota amounts to an unconstitutional intrusion on state authority—a challenge that...

Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing
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Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing

Trump blames local officials, who tell the administration to get agents out of Minnesota

(Newser) - Videos showing the killing by federal agents Saturday of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse protesting ICE's actions in Minneapolis, appear to contradict Homeland Security officials' account of the confrontation. Federal officials said Pretti was approaching Border Patrol agents with a handgun and intended to "massacre"...

Protester Killed in Minneapolis Was a Nurse and a US Citizen

Alex Pretti had a permit to carry a gun, police chief says

(Newser) - The parents of a man fatally shot by federal officers while protesting in Minneapolis on Saturday identified him as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. Pretti was a US citizen and Minneapolis resident who worked as a nurse in a Veterans Affairs intensive care unit. "He cared...

In Minnesota, 'Places of Healing Are Under Siege'

Doctors say Trump's immigration crackdown is causing scared locals to avoid critical health care

(Newser) - There was the pregnant woman who missed her checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the feds' sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown; a nurse found her at home, in labor and just about to give birth. There was also the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable...

Federal Agents Kill Man in Minneapolis

'Boo hoo,' officer tells protesters who gathered at site

(Newser) - Another person was shot to death Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the AP that the person killed, who was identified by the police chief as a 37-year-old man, had a firearm with two magazines and distributed a photo of a handgun...

ICE Protests Shut Minneapolis as 100 Clergy Are Arrested

Stoppage shows 'what the world's going to look like if you take our hardworking neighbors away,' business owner says

(Newser) - Police arrested about 100 clergy members demonstrating against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions at Minnesota's largest airport on Friday. The protesters had overstepped their permit, officials said as a mass mobilization against the federal operation began across the state, the AP reports. A network of labor unions,...

There's a Reason Minn. National Guard Now Wears Neon Vests

Reflective vests aim to distinguish Guard from militarized federal officers for ICE, other agencies

(Newser) - Minnesota's citizen-soldiers may soon look less like troops and more like school crossing guards, at least the way Fast Company is framing it. State officials now say that, if the Minnesota National Guard is officially activated around the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, members will don bright reflective vests so residents...

White House Posts Altered Arrest Photo of Minn. Protester

Manipulated image of civil rights attorney, likely tweaked using AI, erodes public trust, critics say

(Newser) - A White House social media post is drawing scrutiny after it used a digitally altered arrest photo of a Minnesota protester to make it appear she was crying. The original image, shared on X by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, shows civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong with a neutral...

Judge Tosses Protest Charge Against Don Lemon

Judge questions DOJ's evidence, limits charges in St. Paul church protest

(Newser) - A federal magistrate in Minnesota has thrown a wrench into the Justice Department's attempt to charge independent journalist Don Lemon over an anti-ICE protest inside a St. Paul church . Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko declined to sign a criminal complaint against Lemon stemming from Sunday's protest, according to multiple...

Vance: Just Cooperate and There'll Be Less ICE 'Chaos'

Vice president links protests, ICE clashes to Democrats' lack of cooperation

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance says the key to calming recent unrest in Minneapolis isn't fewer federal agents—it's more cooperation from Democratic leaders. Speaking in the city Thursday after a roundtable with business leaders and law-enforcement officials, Vance argued that clashes around Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations...

Administration to Review Funding to Democratic States

Directive applies to state and local governments, nonprofits, and universities

(Newser) - The White House budget office has instructed most federal agencies to catalog all funding sent to a set of Democratic-led states and Washington, DC, as the Trump administration weighs ways to pressure jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. In a memo reviewed by the Washington Post , Politico , and...

ICE Accused of Using 5-Year-Old as 'Bait'

DHS denies Minnesota school district's account of events

(Newser) - A Minnesota school superintendent says immigration agents didn't just detain one of her students—they made the 5-year-old knock on his own front door to help them find more people. Columbia Heights Superintendent Zena Stenvik said Wednesday that masked federal agents stopped Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway Tuesday...

DHS Funding Clears House With 7 Democratic Votes

Spending measure approvals keep Congress on track to avert partial shutdown

(Newser) - The House on Thursday narrowly approved funding for the Department of Homeland Security, with the help of seven Democratic votes, after a contentious fight over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement. A series of votes moved Congress closer to finishing this year's spending work and avoiding a partial shutdown,...

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