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Trump calls Schumer, agrees to split off homeland security funding amid backlash

On Wednesday afternoon, President Trump phoned Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a rare conversation and the two agreed to try to keep the government open and to start talks on new limits on federal immigration agents, including a plan to freeze homeland security spending. Mr. Schumer said Mr. Trump

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U.S. and Argentina in advanced talks to allow U.S. deportations to Argentina

The United States and Argentina are in advanced talks to sign an agreement that would allow the U.S. to deport immigrants from other countries to Argentina, according to two people familiar with the negotiations and U.S. government records obtained by The New York Times. The talks come as

Politics

Federal government enters partial shutdown as House delays votes until Monday

The US federal government is entering a partial shutdown after lawmakers failed to pass spending bills before midnight late Friday, even though the Senate passed a spending package that same day. The Senate approved a series of bills to fund parts of the government on Friday, but the House is

Politics

Senate Democrats and White House strike deal to avoid government shutdown

Senate Democrats on Thursday struck a deal with Republicans and the White House to pass five spending bills to fund much of the government for the rest of the fiscal year and a short-term stopgap to fund the Department of Homeland Security while negotiators work on restrictions for immigration agents.

Politics

Corey Lewandowski draws scrutiny over Minnesota ICE operation

Corey Lewandowski, a top aide to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has emerged at the center of an uproar over a federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota, where two American citizens were killed by federal agents in the past month. Mr. Lewandowski and Ms. Noem met with President Trump on Monday

Crypto

Prediction Market Sees 75% Chance of US Partial Shutdown; Bitcoin Steady

Beincrypto reports the US federal government is headed toward a partial shutdown, with the prediction market Polymarket showing a 75% probability of a shutdown on January 31 in the Asian morning hours and more than $13.3 million wagered. The impasse stems from Democratic opposition to the Department of Homeland

Politics

Republicans join calls for independent probe of Minneapolis fatal shooting

Republicans have joined Democrats in calling for a full, urgent investigation into the fatal Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen who was shot after an encounter with U.S. Border Patrol agents during protests in the city. Video footage circulating online shows Pretti being sprayed with a

Politics

Fox News coverage largely echoes federal account of Minneapolis shooting

Fox News hosts, reporters and guests largely promoted the Trump administration's account that Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse who was shot and killed by immigration agents at a Minneapolis protest, brought the violence upon himself, The New York Times reported. The Times said many other networks

Politics

Videos show Minneapolis ICU nurse held phone, not gun, when federal officers shot him

Witness footage appears to show ICU nurse Alex Pretti holding a phone, not a gun, when he was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, People reported. DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said at around 9 a.m. that officers were conducting a targeted operation against “an

Politics

Witness filings dispute federal account of Alex Pretti killing in Minneapolis

Sworn court filings from witnesses have raised questions about the federal government’s account of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis, according to documents filed in a lawsuit challenging federal agents’ actions. One redacted filing, from a doctor who said they live near the scene and described

Politics

Unsealed files show Rubio approved visa revocations for five student activists

Federal documents unsealed on Thursday show Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally approved the revocation of visas and deportation of five international student activists last year after receiving memos that largely described their participation in pro-Palestinian protests and their writings about the war in Gaza, according to internal government records.

Politics

Whistle-blower group says ICE memo allows home arrests with administrative warrants

A whistle-blower group said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials drafted guidance allowing agents to enter homes to arrest people without a judicial warrant, releasing a memo dated May 12, 2025 that was apparently signed by Todd Lyons, the agency's acting leader. The claim was based on information

Politics

Judge, for now, lets DHS keep seven-day notice rule for congressional ICE visits

A federal judge in Washington on Monday declined to immediately block the Department of Homeland Security from requiring lawmakers to give seven days’ notice before visiting immigration detention facilities, allowing the policy to remain in place for now, Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the

Politics

DHS criticized as ICE and Border Patrol officers flood Minneapolis and other cities

Thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers have been deployed to Minneapolis and other U.S. cities, prompting renewed scrutiny of the Department of Homeland Security’s domestic role. Customs and Border Protection agents deployed a cloud of tear gas against protesters in Minneapolis on Thursday. The

Politics

Minneapolis protesters use winter conditions to challenge ICE outside federal building

Protesters in Minneapolis have been using winter weather to their advantage as federal agents contend with icy sidewalks and snow outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, where demonstrations have continued amid an immigration enforcement operation. Temperatures are expected to plunge to around zero degrees this weekend, and city and

Politics

Judge restricts immigration agents’ conduct toward Minnesota protesters

A federal judge in Minnesota on Friday issued a preliminary injunction limiting how immigration agents may act toward protesters in the state, ordering them not to retaliate against people “engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity” and not to stop drivers who are not “forcibly obstructing or interfering with” officers.

Politics

ICE agent wounds Venezuelan man during North Minneapolis traffic stop

People reported that a Venezuelan man was shot by an ICE agent in North Minneapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 14, during a targeted traffic stop at about 6:50 p.m. local time. The Department of Homeland Security told PEOPLE the man’s identity has not been revealed and described him

Politics

Minneapolis ICE shooting raises questions about agents' legal authority

The fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis has sparked anti-ICE protests and renewed questions about federal agents’ powers, Time reports. Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot by Jonathan Ross, an Army veteran and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer

Politics

Minneapolis pastor says ICE detained him at protest and an agent mocked his race on release

People reports that Pastor Kenny Callaghan of All God’s Children MCC said he was detained by ICE on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 7, after heading toward protests near his Minneapolis church. Callaghan told Fox 9 Minneapolis that he heard whistles and car horns, grabbed his own whistles and

Politics

Renee Good shooting spotlights multiple ICE vehicle shootings

Time reported that Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was fatally shot in Minneapolis by an ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, during a protest, and that attempts to label her a "domestic terrorist" have provoked outrage in the city and across the country. A Wall Street Journal investigation

Politics

Trump administration to send hundreds of federal agents to Minnesota after ICE shooting

Independent.co reports the Trump administration is sending “hundreds” more federal law enforcement agents to Minnesota to protect ICE and Border Patrol, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, adding: “We’re sending more officers today and tomorrow. They’ll arrive, there’ll be hundreds more.” The deployment comes as Minneapolis

Politics

Federal judge halts end of family-reunification parole program for 14 days

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Saturday paused the Trump administration’s decision to cancel a family‑reunification parole program that allowed migrants from some Central and South American countries to reunite with relatives in the United States while awaiting visas. In a five‑page order, Judge Indira Talwani of

Politics

DHS posts agent’s cellphone video from Minneapolis shooting

The Department of Homeland Security posted a cellphone video on social media that it said was taken by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, on a snowy Minneapolis street. The 47-second clip, published by Alpha News and shared by DHS on

Politics

Border Patrol agents involved in Portland shooting that left two hospitalized

Time reports federal agents were involved in a shooting in Portland’s Hazelwood neighborhood that left an unidentified man and woman hospitalized, city police said. Portland police said officers first responded to a report of a shooting along Southeast Main Street at 2:18 p.m. Pacific Time and, six

Politics

ICE Agent Fatally Shot Minneapolis Woman Amid Federal Immigration Sweep

A federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, on a residential street in Minneapolis on Wednesday, federal officials said. Thousands of people gathered for a vigil on the block where Ms. Good was killed, less than a mile from where George