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Tensions in Minnesota reached a boiling point Saturday as Representative Ilhan Omar faced off with agents just four days after 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by ICE during a protest. Omar, 43, was flanked by Representatives Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison outside an ICE detention facility around 9am on Saturday as they attempted to gain access for a tour, but were denied entry, according to Axios. They arrived to the Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul after Omar said she had called to tell the agency she and the two others would be arriving. They were initially...

A Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents and stealing their money to fund his plan to assassinate President Donald Trump is set to enter a plea dealA Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents and stealing their money to fund a plan to assassinate President Donald Trump is set to enter a plea deal resolving the case Thursday. Nikita Casap, 18, is expected to agree to the deal during a morning hearing in Waukesha County Circuit Court in suburban Milwaukee. He goes into the hearing facing multiple charges, including two homicide counts, two counts of hiding a corpse and...

The Trump administration is expected to send an additional 200 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents to Minnesota amid unrest, sources told The Hill’s sister station NewsNation. This news follows reporting from The Associated Press that federal immigration officers originally deployed to Louisiana will be sent to assist in the Minneapolis operation. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was initially expected to send around 2,000 immigration agents to the state. The operation, which DHS said would be its “largest ever,” comes amid the administration’s probe into welfare fraud in the North Star State — with 85 of the defendants being...

Look, I want to prepare you for the absolute horror show that is to follow. To wit: The U.S. Border cops shot a man and a woman as they sat in their car on Thursday afternoon in Portland, Ore. As CNN's Brianna Keilar told her viewers, "Tensions are flying even higher in Portland, Oregon [after] a border patrol agent shot a married couple there." Have we so lost our humanity that "married couples" are now being targeted by our Border Patrol and ICE officers?! Brianna would have us believe that border cops in Portland are simply walking up to "married...

". . .the Minnesota protests look less like a local eruption and more like the latest deployment of an international revolutionary machine." —Insurrection Barbie on "X" Chrump, Chrump Chrump. . . . He’s come to occupy the Left’s minds like an infestation of weevils chawing away the ligaments of civilized society. But, of course, the whole wicked, Cluster-B, anomie-driven, insurrectionist extravaganza is a made-for-video production bought and paid for by a tiny coterie of super-wealthy megalomaniacs untouched by consequence — George and Alex Soros (The Open Society Foundations), Shanghai-based American Neville Roy Singham (Codepink and more), Reid Hoffman (funder of...

After authorities said two people were injured in a shooting involving a federal agent on Thursday, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson called "on ICE to halt all operations in Portland until a full and independent investigation can take place."

A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a 37-year-old US citizen in Minneapolis, Democrats on Capitol Hill are demanding restraints on the agency Donald Trump has empowered to carry out his mass deportation campaign – and some are threatening to use the next funding deadline to force those changes.Democrats sharply condemned the Trump administration over the killing of Renee Nicole Good, demanding accountability after the president; JD Vancethe vice-president; and the secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem repeatedly claimed that the officer acted in “self-defense”.Videos taken from multiple angles show Good behind the wheel, reversing...

Democrat politicians have put countless lives at risk becasue they can’t accept an administration that vigorously enforces U.S. immigration laws. The tragedy that unfolded Wednesday as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman in Minnesota who appeared to be driving at him should never have happened. Democrat politicians, looking to take every action to impede immigration enforcement absolutely created the conditions over the past year for what transpired. The initial reaction to the incident by the most prominent Minnesota officials, Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both Democrats, was horrendous, of course. Frey...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to Portland city councilors. The condition of the two people who were shot wasn’t immediately known but Portland City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney said as far as she knew they were still alive.

The woman shot dead by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city. She was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who was there as a legal observer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities, city leaders have said. But the Trump administration has called her a "domestic terrorist". Good's death has sparked protests across the country, with many people holding signs that read "Justice for Renee". ... A fundraiser for Good's family, which was set up with a target of $50,000...

Furious protesters burned the American flag on the streets of Minneapolis as the city descended into chaos after a woman was shot dead by an ICE agent. Shocking footage showed the Stars and Stripes being set aflame as hordes took to the streets on Wednesday. The protesters shouted anti-ICE chants as they burned the flag, while others threw snowballs at and physically confronted agents. The chaotic scenes came after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot in the head by an ICE agent. Tensions have reached fever pitch in the city as the Department of Homeland Security conducts its biggest...

Minnesota Star Tribune: ICE shooting victim identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37. Mother said "her daughter is 'not part of anything like that at all,' referring to protesters challenging ICE agents."https://t.co/EcUhYa6PJL pic.twitter.com/8I7MFpytkd— Steve Lookner (@lookner) January 7, 2026

Mayor Jacob Frey demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents leave Minneapolis in an explicit tirade just hours after a woman who was allegedly filming an anti-raid protest was shot dead inside a car by federal agents. The democratic politician told Donald Trump's ICE agents to 'get the f**k out of Minneapolis' after a woman, 37, was killed at a protest Wednesday. Witnesses claimed the woman and her wife were acting as legal observers and filming the protest when she was shot. But ICE insisted the woman tried to use the SUV as a deadly weapon. Frey reiterated, after...

Chaos erupted on the streets of Minneapolis on Wednesday as federal immigration enforcement agents were forced to deploy non-lethal munitions to disperse a hostile crowd of agitators after ICE fatally shot a rioter who attempted to run over agents in Minneapolis. According to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the incident began while federal agents were conducting “targeted enforcement operations” in the neighborhood as part of a massive surge of 2,000 federal officers into the Twin Cities area. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin stated that a group of “rioters” had begun blocking ICE officers. The agency alleges that...

Resurfaced tweets from Cea Weaver, who was appointed by Zohran Mamdani as director for the newly revitalized Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, shows the tenant organizer and housing advocate comparing homeownership to “a weapon of white supremacy.” In a post published in August 2019 on the social media platform then known as Twitter, Weaver wrote: “Private property including and kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as ‘wealth building’ public policy.” The post was shared by the MAGA X account “Libs of TikTok,” known for its scalding commentary on left-wing politicians and liberal users on the...

The deranged hammer-wielding vandal who busted several windows at Vice President JD Vance’s home in Cincinnati is allegedly the son of a prominent millionaire family — and appears to have been going by “Julia” in recent weeks. William DeFoor, 26, was arrested early Monday after allegedly shattering four windows at Vance’s home. Police said that DeFoor was attempting to break into the home around midnight.

As the U.S. military carried out an operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, a second front opened up within minutes in the United States, an information warfare, psychological and propaganda operation run by a hardened cell of self-described Marxist, socialist and communist leaders. ...(they) quickly produced posters to mobilize foot soldiers to the streets for an "EMERGENCY DAY OF ACTION" in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and an estimated 100 other cities, moving with the speed and discipline of an organized military operation.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said on Tuesday that he plans to “go on offense” against federal agents in California, charging them with crimes and preventing them from driving in the state. If elected governor in November, “what I’m going to do is make sure that they take off their masks and show their faces, that they show their identification, and if they commit crimes, that they’re going to be charged with crimes,” Swalwell said on MS NOW’s All In. “I also think if the governor has the ability to issue driver’s licenses to people in California,” he continued, “if you’re...

The YouTuber claims he is facing serious threats after a viral investigation into alleged Minnesota daycare fraud drew national attention and fierce online backlashIndependent content creator and YouTuber Nick Shirley has declared that he is receiving serious threats as a result of his viral expose into the alleged fraud surrounding childcare and other taxpayer-funded services in Minnesota, USA. Shirley's footage, which accumulated tens of millions of views on social media, shows several licensed daycare centres allegedly receiving large amounts in government subsidies despite showing little or no activity. Viral Expose and Money Claims In a 42-minute video released shortly before...

We have quickly gone through the stages of the typical Democrat's response to the Somali fraud story: It's not happening. It's happening, but not much. It's happening, but it's a good thing. Except now, POLITICO's Josh Gerstein has thrown in a new step ... Man, why are so many people on the Left so violent? Not to mention ignorant of gun laws? Note, we realize we're being facetious here. Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws 11:48 PM · Dec 29, 2025 Is he really saying...