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Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Sunday railed against the fatal shooting of protester Alex Pretti, who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis while attending a demonstration against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.  Pretti was shot with a phone in his hands; the administration says he approached agents with a 9 mm handgun. “Enough…

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Sunday that President Trump should consider pulling Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel from Minnesota, a day after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an American citizen in Minneapolis.  “If I were President Trump, I would almost think about, ‘OK, if the mayor and the governor are going to put…

Another deadly shooting by federal immigration enforcement officials in Minneapolis has shaken the country, and it may push Washington to shut down part of the government later this week. The killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday has renewed uproar nationally, and Senate Democrats have said they will…

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has no plans to go ahead with a free trade deal with China in the wake of a tariff threat from President Trump. “We have no intention of doing that with China or any other nonmarket economy,” Carney said Sunday, according to The Associated Press. “What we have done…

President Trump became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl last year. It seems, at least for now, that he won’t be the first sitting president to attend two in a row.

It’s time to confront some fundamental questions. What kind of country are we, and what do we want to be? Do we really believe that diversity “poisons our blood” rather than gives us strength?

In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both claiming the moral high ground in the wake of another shooting death by federal agents.

President Trump’s aggressive moves in the foreign policy arena are hanging over Team USA’s trip to Europe for next month’s Winter Olympics, raising questions about how American athletes will be received in Milano Cortina while representing their country on the world’s stage. Trump roiled European leaders with a push to acquire Greenland, sparred over trade…
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The New York Democrat broke down what the homeland security secretary really means and warned of the “uncorking of chaos” by the Trump administration.

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Even one of Trump’s onetime lawyers criticized the event.

The actor said she was “outraged and sickened” by current events in a new video posted on Instagram. 

The president raised a fuss about his ballroom project as a federal judge considers an injunction. 

Justin Wolfers broke down how “our kids will feel it.”

The president complained about football again as protests rocked Minneapolis after Saturday’s deadly shooting. 

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) asked Americans to reevaluate their views on the federal immigration crackdown, framing the issue as a moral issue, not a political one. “To Americans who are watching this right now — and I don’t know, maybe you’re watching with curiosity, bewilderment, horror, scorn or sympathy — I got a question…
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Former President Bill Clinton accused the Trump administration of lying to the American people about the shootings that have taken place in Minneapolis at the hands of federal immigration officers.   In a statement Sunday, the Democratic former president fiercely condemned the “horrible scenes” in Minneapolis “that I never thought would take place in America.”  “People, including children, have been seized from their homes, workplaces, and the…

President Trump declined to say Sunday whether the Border Patrol agent who fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti in a Minneapolis shooting this week did the right thing, saying his administration is “reviewing everything” and will reach a conclusion.  In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the president did not answer directly when asked twice whether he thinks the agent acted appropriately, even as members of his administration…

Trump also condemned the NFL’s entertainment lineup for the game: “I’m anti-them.”

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday called for a thorough investigation into the latest fatal shooting involving a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent in Minneapolis, saying the American people are entitled to that “basic standard” of accountability from law enforcement.   “There must be a thorough and impartial investigation into yesterday’s Minneapolis shooting, which is the basic standard…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Sunday slammed Attorney General Pam Bondi’s letter to him urging him to restore the “rule of law” by turning over information about the state’s welfare programs hours after a federal immigration agent shot and killed a local resident.  Bondi’s request follows the uncovering of a massive fraud scandal in…

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) urged President Trump’s MAGA base to “take off their political blinders” as she expressed skepticism about the use of force deployed during the latest shooting in Minnesota involving a federal immigration agent.  In a post on the social platform X, Greene touted her support for law enforcement and immigration enforcement, but she also defended the right to legally carry firearms, indirectly pushing back on claims that 37-year-old Alex Pretti posed a threat…

Steven Nekhaila, the chair of the Libertarian National Committee, was unequivocal in the wake of a Border Patrol agent fatally shooting an American citizen in Minneapolis: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be abolished, he said. In a lengthy statement the Libertarian Party posted Saturday to the social platform X, Nekhaila said ICE “was created…

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) expressed concern about the broader goals of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown Sunday, less than 24 hours after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an American citizen in Minneapolis. Stitt told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” that while the Biden administration’s immigration policies were “disastrous,” President…

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Sunday called for an investigation into the latest officer-involved shootings in Minneapolis, as he urged both sides to temper their responses to the escalating tension. In a statement on the social platform X, McCaul, the former chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, backed the panel’s requests for testimony from…
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