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By Steve Karnowski President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, but there was little evidence Wednesday of any significant changes following weeks of harsh rhetoric and clashes with protesters. The strain was evident when Trump made a leadership change by sending his top […]
By Steve Kopack The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, taking a measured, wait-and-see approach to the economy. Sometimes doing nothing is an act of defiance. President Donald Trump has put the Fed and its chairman, Jerome Powell, under intense pressure to lower borrowing costs, despite concerns about inflation. By refusing to cut rates, the
By Raquel Coronell Uribe A man who confronted Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. at a Minneapolis town hall meeting on Tuesday and tried to spray her with a substance was arrested and placed in police custody. Omar, who has faced a barrage of near-daily attacks from President Donald Trump, had called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be abolished and
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By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. Kate Bivona and her husband don’t know what they would do if either gets seriously sick or injured. Until recently, that wasn’t the case. But beginning in January, the monthly cost of her Affordable Care Act insurance jumped by about $300 — making it too expensive for them to afford. Bivona and her husband
By Scott Wong and Frank Thorp V WASHINGTON — Most of the federal government could shut down at the end of the week. But that likely wouldn’t halt aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol operations in Minneapolis and other parts of the country. Democrats are up in arms after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti, an intensive care
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By Matt Dixon and Peter Nicholas The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent over the weekend has Donald Trump “concerned” about the sustainability of his administration’s ongoing Minneapolis operations, according to Trump administration officials and allies. These individuals acknowledged to NBC News that they needed a strategic shift amid a public uproar over Pretti’s killing, though
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By Sahil Kapur and Brennan Leach A sweeping government funding package is facing new hurdles in the Senate after another person was shot and killed by a federal officer on Saturday in Minnesota, raising the specter of a potential shutdown next Friday at midnight. The legislation needs 60 votes to secure passage in the chamber, where Republicans control 53 seats.
By Alyssa Oursler Steps from a Minneapolis police department precinct that burned during 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests, Jamie Schwesnedl climbed into his SUV and plugged his phone into the console. He was beginning his afternoon shift watching for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the neighborhood. Through his car’s speakers, community members gave updates
Virginia has five historically Black colleges and universities. Three are private and two public. Now, they have new advocates in the halls of power. “But just look at us as we stand here today. We are committed,” said Louise Lucas, chairwoman of the Senate Finance Committee. An HBCU graduate herself, she was celebrating the creation
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By Laura Strickler and Phil Helsel An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement document in May shows that ICE told officers and agents they can forcibly enter homes of people subject to deportation without warrants signed by judges. The memo, dated May 12, which reads that it is from ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, was shared with Sen. Richard
