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• What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown

  February 14, 2026 11:34 AM

  Another shutdown for parts of the federal government has begun as a fight over proposed restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda drags on. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security expired on Saturday. Democrats say they will not help approve more money until the new limits are... more »

• Journalist Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges in Minnesota church protest

  February 13, 2026 3:22 PM

  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges Friday, following a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. Four others also pleaded not guilty in the case. Lemon... more »

• Two CBP agents identified in Alex Pretti shooting

  February 1, 2026 5:52 PM

  * This story was originally published by ProPublica * The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. The records viewed by ProPublica list Ochoa, 43,... more »

• 2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress

  January 27, 2026 5:49 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday. Officers tried to take Pretti into custody and he resisted, leading to a struggle, according to a... more »

• Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump

  January 27, 2026 2:42 PM

  Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration's characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon. The death... more »

• Democrats vow to oppose homeland security funding bill. That increases the chance of a shutdown

  January 25, 2026 2:59 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a 37-year-old Minnesota man, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer,... more »

• Republican calls are growing for a deeper investigation into the fatal Minneapolis shooting

  January 25, 2026 2:56 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics in Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, a sign that the accounting of events by President Donald Trump's administration may face bipartisan scrutiny. The... more »

• Police chief calls for calm after a man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

  January 24, 2026 12:17 PM

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. The details surrounding the shooting weren't immediately clear, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the person was shot amid the... more »

• The US political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday

  January 19, 2026 3:12 PM

  As communities across the country on Monday hosted parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights icon's legacy. In the... more »

• More than a dozen injured in Minneapolis shootings at homeless camp and near transit station

  September 17, 2025 11:27 AM

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eight people have been wounded, including four with critical injuries, in a shooting at a homeless camp on private property in Minneapolis, police said. The shooting happened just hours after and blocks away from another shooting that left five injured near a transit station as city... more »