Tag Archives: Minnesota

Democrats are hoping President Donald Trump’s unpopularity and voter discontent with the economy and cost of living will help them flip control of the U.S. House — and achieve the even more difficult hurdle of winning back the U.S. Senate. Republicans currently control the Senate 53 to 47 and senators …

Minnesota prosecutors charged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian J. Castro, 52, on Monday with assault in the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis. The ICE agent, who was identified for the first time publicly on Monday, faces four counts of second-degree assault as well as …

Minnesota state and local officials sued the federal government Tuesday, alleging that authorities have blocked their efforts to investigate three shootings involving federal agents during an immigration crackdown earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, was brought by Minnesota Attorney General …

Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday the Trump administration will withhold $259 million in federal Medicaid money owed to Minnesota “in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people’s tax money.” The money is a small portion of …

President Donald Trump’s border czar on Thursday announced an imminent end to Operation Metro Surge, a sweeping federal immigration crackdown that sent thousands of agents to Minnesota, sparked widespread protests and left two people dead. Border Czar Tom Homan said the large-scale deployment would begin winding down within days, with …

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to continue sending billions of dollars in child care subsidies and other social service funds to five Democratic-led states, temporarily blocking an effort by the administration to withhold the money amid allegations of fraud. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick granted the …

A federal court hearing in Minneapolis on Tuesday laid bare the extraordinary strain that the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement push has placed on federal prosecutors, judges and the court system in Minnesota — and the growing frustration of judges who say their orders are repeatedly ignored. The hearing before …

A newly disclosed government memo grants Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers broader authority to conduct warrantless arrests of people suspected of being in the United States illegally, expanding the circumstances under which agents can bypass standard administrative warrant requirements. The directive, issued Wednesday by acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and …

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday that she will run for governor of Minnesota, stepping into a wide-open race after Gov. Tim Walz surprised allies earlier this month by abandoning his bid for a third term. Klobuchar, who is serving her fourth term in the U.S. Senate, becomes the most …

President Donald Trump and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke by phone Monday in a call both sides described as productive, signaling a potential thaw in relations as tensions escalate over two fatal shootings by federal immigration agents in the state. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Walz, a …

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is dispatching his border czar, Tom Homan, to Minnesota to oversee immigration enforcement operations, escalating federal involvement in the state amid growing outrage over the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti by federal agents. “I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight,” …

Attorney General Pam Bondi is pressing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to give the federal government access to the state’s voter rolls and public assistance records, escalating a confrontation with state leaders as tensions flare in Minneapolis following a second fatal shooting by federal immigration agents this month. In a three-page …

President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Congress to pass legislation eliminating so-called sanctuary jurisdiction policies, escalating a political showdown as outrage grows over the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by federal immigration agents. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he was “calling on the United States …

The federal killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis this month, captured from multiple angles by witnesses recording on their cell phones, kicked off a dizzying day here and in Washington. Democratic politicians and ordinary Americans reacted with a mix of outrage and incredulousness, backfooting the Trump administration as the …

A sweeping government funding package is facing fresh obstacles in the Senate after a federal officer shot and killed a man in Minnesota over the weekend, deepening Democratic opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s funding and raising the risk of a partial government shutdown next Friday at midnight. The …