Opinion

Another killing by a federal officer deepens Trump’s self-inflicted political nightmare

President Donald Trump and his administration this week seemed to belatedly come to the realization that their Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis are going poorly.

Former Olympic snowboarder and FBI Most Wanted fugitive Ryan Wedding arrested

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and the largest cocaine distributor in Canada, according to officials, has been arrested and is being placed in US custody.

Videos appear to show federal officer took gun away from Alex Pretti just before fatal shooting, CNN analysis finds

A CNN analysis of video appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him.

Federal agents in Minneapolis fatally shot a man who DHS says was armed

There has been another shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis, according to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. Amy ...

Confusion remains after Trump administration abruptly halts public health funding to cities and states, then reverses course

As public health departments across the country prepared for a massive winter storm this weekend, notice landed in their inboxes that pivotal grant funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Analysis: Does video of Alex Pretti’s shooting line up with Noem’s description?

CNN’s Jake Tapper plays newly obtained video of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.

Massive storm’s snow and ice now span 1,300 miles as power outages mount and roads close

Snow and dangerous ice spans 1,300 miles of the US and is still pushing east. It will impact more than 2,000 miles from Texas ...

Senate Democrats threaten partial government shutdown over DHS funding after Minnesota shooting

Democrats will block a government spending bill following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by a Border Patrol agent, the Senate minority leader said Saturday – dramatically increasing the ...

‘Thank God we have video’: Minnesota’s escalating fights over eyewitness footage

When the Trump administration immediately blamed the victim in Saturday’s shooting in Minneapolis, Gov. Tim Walz reacted by saying, “Thank God, thank God we have video.” The unrest in Minnesota is ...

Border Patrol chief promises Minnesota crackdown ‘won’t quit,’ even as protesting residents flood the streets

Waves of Minneapolis residents filled frigid city blocks and packed a Timberwolves arena Friday to demand that ICE leave their neighborhoods, even as the public face of the unrelenting immigration ...

Minnesota officials at odds with DHS over account of Minneapolis man fatally shot by Border Patrol agent

The Minneapolis man shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent today has been identified as Alex Pretti. Trump administration and Minnesota officials offer starkly different accounts of the shooting.

Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse dedicated to helping others, friends and family said

“Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a ...