A federal appeals court on Monday blocked a lower-court judge’s restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics in Minnesota, handing the Trump administration a significant win as protests and legal challenges continue to surround federal immigration operations in the Twin Cities. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an indefinite stay of a Jan. […]

The White House shifted into damage-control mode Monday after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti forced officials to soften their rhetoric and exposed rare political vulnerability for the president on his strongest issue with voters: Immigration. Pretti was fatally shot Saturday during a confrontation with U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, the second American citizen […]

The Justice Department may soon ask the Supreme Court to step into President Donald Trump’s widening legal fight over his ability to keep the U.S. attorneys he’s selected in office, after a federal appeals court declined to reconsider a ruling that blocked one of his most prominent loyalists. In an order on Monday, the 3rd […]

The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is opening a new fault line between President Donald Trump and his conservative base as gun rights groups denounce what they say are a series of anti-Second Amendment statements justifying the shooting. The Trump administration has faced withering GOP criticism after officials argued that Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU […]