Several Senate Democrats on Saturday came out against a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following another fatal shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis earlier in the day. “Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless murder,” Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) wrote on the social platform X. Source…
President Trump defended the presence of federal law enforcement agents in Minnesota on Saturday after another fatal shooting, and linked the latest incident to an ongoing massive fraud investigation in the state. A man who federal authorities say was armed has been shot and killed during a confrontation with U.S. Border Patrol agents in south…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) on Saturday called on federal authorities to evacuate the state after a second man was shot and killed by agents in Minneapolis. “Donald Trump, I urge you once again: Remove this force from Minnesota,” Walz said at a news conference. “They… Source link
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Saturday called on President Trump to “put America first” and remove federal law enforcement officers from Minneapolis after a second resident was killed by a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officer. The shooting is the third shooting involving federal officers in just weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
The Trump Pentagon’s recently released National Defense Strategy Blueprint prompted US allies to tackle their security, and signaled that countering China, which the Biden administration viewed as the top US rival, is not a primary focus. The 34-page document released late Friday chastises the previous administration for neglecting US interests… Source link
A Minnesota activist charged Friday in connection with a protest against federal immigration officers at a church said an FBI agent told him video of his arrest would not be shared, before the White House shared an altered version of the arrest online. “When I asked him about the recording, he said, ‘Oh, it’s… Source…
The city of Minneapolis said Saturday that the shooting involving federal law enforcement came weeks after a federal immigration enforcement officer shot and killed a woman named Renee Good. City officials said, “We are aware of reports of another shooting involving federal law enforcement in the area of 26th Street W. and Nicollet Avenue…” Source…
President Trump’s interest in Greenland has reached meme territory, with the White House on Friday posting an AI-generated image of President Trump walking with penguins through a snowy, mountainous landscape. “Hug the Penguins,” White House posts on social platform Source link
Bill Maher predicted on his HBO show Friday that voters will condemn the Trump administration’s immigration policies at the ballot box this November. Maher told one of his guests, Senator John Kennedy, “My prediction is that your party will let out the dogs in mid-session.” Source link
Airports across the US canceled more than 9,000 flights for the weekend as a major winter storm threatened parts of the country, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware on Saturday. American Airlines had the highest number of 1,546 canceled flights between Saturday and Sunday. Southwest canceled 1,243 flights and… Source link
