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Sen. Amy Klobuchar Is Aiming for a New Job

Democrat announces that she's running for governor in Minnesota

(Newser) - Sen. Amy Klobuchar is running for governor in Minnesota. The Democrat announced her campaign on Thursday, following Gov. Tim Walz's surprising announcement earlier this month that he would not seek a third term, reports the AP . "Minnesota, we've been through a lot," Klobuchar said in...

Tim Walz: I'm Never Seeking Any Office Again

'There are other ways to serve,' says Minnesota governor

(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hasn't just decided not to run for reelection . He's decided he's done as a political candidate, period. "I will never run for an elected office again," Walz said in an interview with MS NOW, reports NBC News . "Never again,"...

Op-Ed: Trump's Border Moves Worked. It's Time to Move On

Mass deportation is a losing proposition for any president, Jason L. Riley argues

(Newser) - President Trump may have finally solved one half of America's immigration stalemate—and is now jeopardizing the political payoff by chasing the other half, argues Jason L. Riley in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. For decades, efforts at sweeping immigration reform collapsed over one question, he argues: What to...

2 Federal Officers Involved in Pretti Shooting Are on Leave

Stephen Miller admitted agents 'may not have been following' protocol

(Newser) - The two federal officers who pulled their triggers in the Minneapolis shooting that killed Alex Pretti on Saturday are currently on paid administrative leave, NBC News reports. ABC News' sources describe this as standard operating procedure in the aftermath of an officer-involved shooting. The network quotes a Customs and Border...

Trump Calls Out Minneapolis Mayor's 'Very Serious Violation'

He says Frey is 'playing with fire' by not enforcing federal immigration laws

(Newser) - President Trump is accusing Minneapolis' mayor of crossing a legal line over immigration enforcement. In a Truth Social post Wednesday, the president said Mayor Jacob Frey is "playing with fire" after Frey publicly declared that the city "does not, and will not, enforce federal immigration laws."
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Trump on Ilhan Omar Attack: 'I Don't Think About Her'

Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, faces assault charges after allegedly spraying liquid at Dem lawmaker

(Newser) - A man who authorities say lunged at Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar as she spoke at a Minneapolis town hall on Tuesday, spraying an unknown substance her way, has been arrested and now faces third-degree assault charges, reports ABC News . More:
  • Suspect: Minneapolis police have identified the man as Anthony Kazmierczak,
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Judge Blocks Feds From Moving Detained 5-Year-Old

Order keeps boy and father detained together at Texas facility, at least for now

(Newser) - A 5-year-old boy swept up in an immigration arrest in Minnesota can't be deported or moved for now, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The temporary restraining order shields Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, from removal or transfer outside the Western District of Texas, where...

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,...

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