MINNEAPOLIS — A Washington state woman used identification documents stolen from a federal agent’s vandalized vehicle two weeks ago during a clash with anti-ICE demonstrators and threatened to kill the officer and his immediate family members, according to the FBI and prosecutors.

Brenna Marie Doyle, 18, of Spokane was charged in U.S. ...Read more

An angry Minnesota federal judge ordered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief to appear in court in person on Friday to explain why the agency has failed to obey “dozens of court orders” stemming from the violent crackdown on immigrants and protesters on the streets of Minneapolis.

District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz said he is ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Several protesters were arrested during a disturbance outside a Maple Grove hotel, where they believed Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino was staying.

The arrests came after Maple Grove police and state troopers declared an unlawful assembly on Jan. 26 outside the SpringHill Suites by Marriott in the 11600 block of Arbor Lakes ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino — the public face of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — could be heading back to California.

Bovino is expected to make his return to the agency’s El Centro Sector in the Imperial Valley following a demotion from his role as Border Patrol’s “commander at large�...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A sprawling memorial to Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old intensive care nurse killed by federal immigration officers Jan. 24, continues to grow in South Minneapolis.

The site where Pretti was killed, on Nicollet Avenue near 26th Street, was decorated with hundreds of pillar and votive candles and dozens of flower bouquets and signs ...Read more

Sen. John Fetterman on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump “to immediately fire” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after federal agents killed two citizens in Minneapolis this month during a immigration enforcement operation.

“Americans have died,” Fetterman, D-Pa., said in a statement. “She is betraying DHS’s core mission ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump has announced an executive order to allow victims of the Los Angeles wildfires to rebuild without dealing with "unnecessary, dupicative, or obstructive" permitting requirements.

The order, which is likely to be challenged by the city and state, claimed that local governments have failed to adequately ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Micayla Pretti, the younger sister of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man fatally shot by federal agents over the weekend, released a statement on Monday evening. Read it in full below:

“Alex was kind, generous, and had a way of lighting up every room he walked into. He was incredibly intelligent and deeply passionate, and he ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two women have been charged with biting the fingers of U.S. Border Patrol officers moments after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend near the scene of an immigration enforcement action.

Claire Louise Feng, 27, of St. Paul was arrested on Jan. 24 and charged in U.S. District Court a day later ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Richard Whitmer, the former longtime leader of health insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and father of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has died, the governor's office announced Tuesday. He was 85.

Richard Whitmer, who went by Dick, previously served in state government, including as commerce secretary for former Gov. ...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. — Keith Ellison held up his cellphone. The Minnesota attorney general was onstage in an Oregon theater in front of hundreds of people, accompanied by four of his Democratic peers from other states, to mark a year of coordinated legal strategy to resist the Trump administration’s expansive use of executive power.

“Can I just...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump has tapped his “border czar,” Tom Homan, to come to Minneapolis to oversee ICE operations.

Homan, 64, became the face of Trump’s immigration policy when the president began his second term. Homan, a staunch supporter of Trump, was on record advocating for deporting illegal immigrants and opposing ...Read more

The first publicly recognized Black priest in the United States, Augustus Tolton, may not be a household name. Yet I believe his story – from being born enslaved to becoming a college valedictorian – deserves to be a staple of Black History Month. “Good Father Gus” is now a candidate for sainthood.

My forthcoming book, “The ...Read more

The letter by Minnesota’s top CEOs condemning the recent escalation of violence in the state was met by strong, often opposing, reactions in the local business community.

After weeks of growing criticism for failing to speak publicly on the massive federal immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities, 60 of Minnesota’s most notable ...Read more

President Donald Trump once again is showering NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani with compliments, even after the mayor issued sharp attacks on Trump’s actions publicly and directly to the president.

In a Tuesday morning appearance on right-wing radio host Sid Rosenberg’s morning show, Trump acknowledged his political differences with Mamdani, but ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two women have been charged with biting the fingers of U.S. Border Patrol officers moments after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend near the scene of an immigration enforcement action.

Claire Louise Feng, 27, of St. Paul was arrested on Jan. 24 and charged in U.S. District Court a day later ...Read more

The four University of Idaho students violently murdered by Bryan Kohberger were stabbed a combined 150 times, according to a report.

Kohberger in July pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the grisly killings of 21-year-old Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, their housemate Xana Kernodle, 20, and her ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A woman masquerading online as a man netted millions of dollars from a romance scam that targeted the old and the lonely, according to investigators in eastern North Carolina.

The con duped victims across multiple states over the past six years, the Craven County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 26 news release.

“On ...Read more

Venezuela’s new socialist leader, Delcy Rodríguez, has launched a public campaign aimed at reassuring the regime’s radical base that she has not become a puppet of Washington — even as President Donald Trump publicly praises her leadership for fostering what he calls a “wonderful” relationship between the two countries.

In recent ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia lawmakers are set to consider legislation that would make it harder for ICE to operate in the city, including limiting information sharing, restricting activity on city-owned property, and prohibiting agents from concealing their identities.

Among the package of bills set to be introduced Thursday is an ordinance ...Read more