Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is one of many Trump administration officials who have called the victims of recent officer-involved shootings in Minnesota domestic terrorists, but the jury is still out on whether Renee Good and Alex Pretti fit that definition. The two high-profile shootings have come amid heightened tensions between immigration enforcement and local […]
Congress is careening toward the second government shutdown in four months due to disagreements over federal funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The shutdown Washington is preparing for this weekend has several key differences from the government funding battle last fall. That 43-day shutdown became the longest in U.S. history, ending in November 2025. It […]
Chris Dudley, a former basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers, is taking another shot at a run to be Oregon‘s next governor. The 16-season NBA center announced on Monday that he is entering the 2026 gubernatorial race as a Republican, marking his second time running to lead the Beaver State. “I love Oregon, and […]
A GoFundMe campaign for the family of Alex Pretti has swiftly surpassed its $20,000 fundraising goal and reached over $1 million. The campaign, titled, “Alex Pretti is an American Hero,” was launched shortly after he was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol agents to help cover funeral, legal, and family expenses. “This fundraiser is […]
President Donald Trump announced Monday morning that he and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) discussed over the phone a possible off-ramp for Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota. The call came two days after Border Patrol agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the second U.S. citizen killed by federal immigration enforcement personnel […]
Minnesota officials have asked a federal court to end the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Metro Surge” immigration operations immediately, but a federal judge appeared skeptical on Monday that she has the power to grant that sweeping request. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, questioned her ability to end […]
The Justice Department is expected to pursue additional criminal charges tied to a disruptive protest at a Minnesota church service after a federal appeals court declined to immediately intervene in the case, a decision that briefly delayed the Trump administration’s effort to prosecute those involved. In a judgment issued on Friday and unsealed on Saturday, the 8th U.S. Circuit […]
Footage from the scene of a Minneapolis protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to contradict one couple’s claims that their baby was tear-gassed by federal officers as the family merely headed home from an after-school activity, a story that went viral last week amid liberal outrage over ICE operations in the Twin Cities. Shawn […]
Gun rights activist Kyle Rittenhouse condemned the comparison of his story to that of the latest Minneapolis, Minnesota, shooting to “stoke the flames.” On Saturday, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, 37, after Pretti allegedly got involved during a federal operation. Pretti was present at the scene of what the Department of […]
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY), one of seven House Democrats to vote in favor of funding the Department of Homeland Security last week, walked back his support on Monday in the wake of another fatal immigration official-involved shooting in Minneapolis. Suozzi, who represents a suburban district that President Donald Trump won in 2024, said at the […]
