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BREAKING: Biden Judge Orders Release of Minnesota Church Protestors Nekima Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen https://t.co/a9q2E2Zu6C— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) January 23, 2026

A federal magistrate judge on Thursday rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to bring charges against former CNN anchor Don Lemon in connection with Sunday’s anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church, Fox News Digital has learned. Lemon livestreamed left-wing agitators who stormed St. Paul's Cities Church under the suspicion that its pastor had collaborated with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Lemon told viewers that "the freedom to protest" is what the First Amendment is all about. Lemon was expected to face charges after Attorney General Pamela Bondi warned that "no one is above the law" on the heels of the...

The Trump Justice Department charged Don Lemon and 7 others for storming Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. However, the magistrate judge rejected the charges against Don Lemon. Politico reporter Josh Gerstein corrected his previous post to clarify that the judge rejected charges against Don Lemon. According to CBS News, the Justice Department is currently looking at other avenues to charge Don Lemon. BREAKING: Trump Justice Department charges journalist Don Lemon along with 7 others over church protest aimed at ICE agent — Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) January 22, 2026 It was reported earlier Thursday federal a magistrate judge rejected charges...

A federal magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters who breached a Minnesota church over the weekend, a source told CNN.“The Attorney General is enraged at the magistrate judge’s decision,” a person familiar with the matter said. Attorney General Pam Bondi has been on the ground in Minnesota for two days meeting with federal prosecutors from the state.Lemon, who is a former CNN host who now makes content independently, was with dozens of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters as they rushed into Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota on...

Far-left agitator Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was one of the organisers of the storming of a Minnesota church to protest ICE on Sunday, raked in over $1 million during six years leading a Minneapolis civil rights nonprofit that addresses anti-poverty issues. Armstrong, whose website identifies her as a civil rights lawyer and "scholar-activist," helped organise the storming of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday. In a Facebook post, she claimed that one of the church’s pastors is a leader at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The demonstration is one of many throughout the Twin Cities in protest of...

One of the unhinged protesters who barged into a Minneapolis church this weekend, terrorizing peaceful worshippers and children alike, was a school board member for the city of Saint Paul named Chauntyll Allen. Libs of TikTok posted this information on Twitter/X: A report from TMZ confirms this (emphasis is ours): Local and federal authorities are investigating after a group of anti-ICE protesters crashed a Minnesota church service … and one of the demonstrators tells TMZ she’d still do it all over again. Here’s the deal … the DOJ and local police are investigating after protesters interrupted a service at the...

I just learned this today. Not to be outdone - Minneapolis has Bosaso, Somalia as one of their sister cities.

As Minnesota’s Democratic officials hold news conferences, attend vigils and publicly lash out against the Trump administration over the shooting death of Renee Good, a Fox News Digital review found a much different response from those politicians when Minnesotans were killed or seriously harmed by illegal immigrants. […] In August 2024, Minnesota mom Victoria Eileen Harwell was killed in a car accident after being struck by an intoxicated Ecuadoran national in north Minneapolis without a press conference or public statement from the mayor or governor. ICE arrested the man, German Llangari Inga, in May 2024 after they say Hennepin County...

In a shocking betrayal of American sovereignty, Kaohly Vang, who brazenly admitted to being an illegal alien along with her parents due to fraudulent paperwork, was sworn in as St. Paul Mayor. Conservatives erupted in outrage, labeling Minnesota a national security threat riddled with corruption and voter fraud under Gov. Walz. Many users drew attention to the significant breach of national sovereignty and expressed shock at the lack of consequences. Others called for deportations or denaturalizations in response to this scandal. Many also tagged members of the Trump administration to bring order to this chaotic situation. Posting the news to...

A hateful handwritten letter sent to Kelly Comperatore Meeder, the sister of fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore Kelly Comperatore Meeder, the sister of fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore, who was tragically killed during the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, revealed she received a handwritten hate letter mocking her brother’s death. In her Facebook post, Meeder described opening what she thought was a thank-you card from a grateful family, part of her work organizing events at a local hall, only to find a venom-filled rant from what she called “another deranged Democrat.” Meeder wrote: “I pour myself into every wedding...

Tyler Maxon Avalos from FBI affidavit (Screenshot: Tampa Free Press) An assassination threat against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has led to the arrest of a 30-year-old Minnesota man, after federal agents tracked a murder-for-hire TikTok post that offered $45,000 for her death. According to the Tampa Free Press, the suspect, Tyler Maxon Avalos of St. Paul, Minnesota, is facing federal charges for Interstate Transmission of a Threat to Injure the Person of Another, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). The investigation began on October 9, 2025, when a Detroit-based TikTok user reported a chilling video to the FBI’s...

The Justice Department has filed charges against a former FBI agent accusing him of leaking classified documents to a news outlet. Terry Albury, whom Minnesota Public Radioreported worked on counterterrorism matters at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, stands accused of two counts — “knowingly and willfully” transmitting national defense information to The Intercept, and refusing to hand over a document related to terrorism recruitment. According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, officials filed a two-page felony information document, which the paper described as “a charging document that typically signals an imminent guilty plea.” The documents Mr. Albury is accused of giving to the...

Immigration agents collared 11 Iranian illegal migrants — including suspected terrorists — over the weekend in eight states as the Border Patrol warned of “possible sleeper” cells in the US.Immigration and Customs Enforcement nabbed former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member Mehran Makari Sahel, who has “admitted connections” to the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, according to CBS News. He was busted near St. Paul, Minnesota. Yousef Mehridehno, whose name appears on the terrorist watchlist, was arrested by ICE outside Jackson, Mississippi, according to the outlet. Feds discovered that Mehridehno lied on a visa application after he had already been living in...

A group of state workers protested over the weekend, outside the Governor’s residence in St. Paul, after a new policy was announced requiring employees to be back in the office more often. “They are mad — we’ve been doing our work from home for the last five years during the pandemic, and we’re more productive at home, “said Megan Dayton, president of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees. “We don’t understand why this is happening.” Last week, Governor Tim Walz announced the policy change that will require most Minnesota state agency employees to work in-person for at least 50% of...

A high school in Minnesota was forced to cancel a field trip scheduled only for students who 'identify as a person of color' after a civil rights complaint was filed. Mark Perry, a community member and retired professor in Twin Cities in Minnesota, saw information on the field trip, which allegedly only was available to students who identified as students of color, on social media. The trip for Highland Park High School offered a chance for students to be exposed to digital marketing and advertising careers, according to Perry. Perry told the Star Tribune that the event, which has been...

A Minnesota artist was gunned down last Wednesday while painting her street mural in an attack police are calling 'random' and 'cold-blooded.' Carrie Shobe Kwok, 66, of St. Paul, was kneeling over a colorful art project she'd been working on to brighten the community when surveillance footage showed the moment she was shot and killed. The gunman, later identified as 29-year-old Seantrell Murdock, was found at an address in Belle Plaine, which is about an hour from St. Paul.

A Minnesota mayor earning $130,000+ per year at his post thanked Joe Biden for canceling his student loan debt. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter publicly celebrated hardworking Americans being forced to pay off his student loans even though he earns way more money than the average American worker.

The St. Paul, Minn., city council made history Tuesday when each of its seven seats were filled by women for the first time in the city’s history. Four of the seven members sworn in at an inauguration ceremony were incoming freshman. Anika Bowie, Saura Jost, HwaJeong Kim and Cheniqua Johnson joined incumbents Mitra Jalali, Rebecca Noecker and Nelsie Yang, MPR News reported. Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan addressed the crowd at the inauguration event and said her “heart is overflowing.” “I’m honored to be here today to celebrate these incredible leaders, all that they have accomplished to get here and all...

Sam Brinton, one of the first “openly genderfluid individuals in federal government leadership,” was charged with felony theft last month after allegedly stealing a woman’s luggage at MSP Airport. The MIT grad went viral earlier this year when he announced his new role as the deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the U.S. Department of Energy. “As one of if not the very first openly genderfluid individuals in federal government leadership, I was welcomed with open arms into the Department of Energy all the way up to the Secretary whom I shared the...

FBI agents questioned a pro-life prayer supporter outside a Planned Parenthood abortion facility Tuesday in St. Paul, Minn., after a complaint that he had interfered with a client’s access to the facility. Brian Gibson, president of Pro-Life Action Ministries, shared with LifeSiteNews that this prayer supporter explained to the agents that his interference with access to the Planned Parenthood facility “could not be possible.” “This prayer supporter comes almost every day to pray, while kneeling, for hours on end,” Gibson shared in an email on Wednesday. “He kneels on the public sidewalk near a tree cut-out, where no one can...