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2026-01-29 02:35:00
NRA attacks Trump after he says Alex Pretti should not have had a gun
In the days after the shooting, some Republicans have ripped the nurse for carrying a gun, despite him having a permit for it. That has caused the gun lobby to speak out against those claims.
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 18:08
Republican blame game on Minneapolis is in full swing – even Stephen Miller has turned on Border Patrol
A Republican blame game has erupted over the Trump administration’s handling of the fatal shootings in Minneapolis, with even hardliner Stephen Miller shifting his rhetoric.
But as backlash over the second such killing in less than a month has grown, the administration has changed its tone.
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 17:45
Federal agents who shot Alex Pretti put on administrative leave, report claims
The two federal agents who shot and killed Alex Pretti on January 24 have been put on administrative leave, according to a Fox News report citing the Department of Homeland Security.
The decision comes after U.S. Customs and Border Protection presented an investigative review of the shooting to lawmakers on Tuesday. The report does not include any reference to Pretti brandishing his weapon during his fatal interaction with federal agents.
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 17:37
DHS review of Pretti shooting does not include any claims of Pretti brandishing his gun
A preliminary U.S. government investigative report into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Customs and Border Protection officers did not include any descriptions of Pretti brandishing a gun.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Trump administration officials characterized Pretti as a dangerous individual who had gone to Minneapolis to threaten and injure federal agents.
White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called Pretti a “would-be assassin” and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Pretti a “domestic terrorist” before an investigation had been initiated.
The preliminary review was carried out by CPB — whose agents fired the shots that killed Pretti — and determined that Pretti was killed by one Border Patrol agent and one customs officers.
According to Reuters, the report does not contain a mention of Pretty pointing a gun at federal agents.
Pretti was a licensed and legal gun owner, and video capturing the incident shows federal agents removing Pretti’s gun from a holster near his back in the moments before the agents shot and killed him.
The review was shared with lawmakers on Tuesday.
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 17:30
Philly DA Larry Krasner says he will seek out and prosecute ICE agents in the same way ‘they hunted down Nazis’ after WWII
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner called ICE agents “wanna be Nazis” during a press conference on Tuesday and vowed to hunt them down and prosecute them for any crimes they may have committed.
“If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice,” Krasner said.
On Wednesday, Krasner announced that he was part of a national coalition of prosecutors whose aim is to hold the masked ICE and other Department of Homeland Security agents who commit crimes accountable.
Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County Attorney, is a member of the group and represents Minneapolis among the coalition.
The group also includes prosecutors from Virginia, Texas, and Arizona.
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 17:15
Dozens of protesters arrested at hotel in Manhattan during sit-in over immigration crackdown
Dozens of protesters were arrested Tuesday after they occupied the lobby of a Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan, accusing the hotel of housing federal immigration officers.
A person who answered the phone at the hotel declined to comment. An email to Hilton’s press office was not returned Tuesday night. It was not immediately clear if immigration officers were staying at the hotel, and Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said that information would not be disclosed.
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 17:00
Senators Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski have become the first Republicans to publicly call for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
On Tuesday, reporters asked Tillis if he had confidence in Noem’s leadership.
“No, not at all. I think she should go.”
Tillis is not seeking re-election. He told reporters he thought Noem’s actions reflected an “amateurish assistant-manager-sort of thought processes” and called her performance “unacceptable” for someone in her position.
“If I were in her position, I can’t think of any point of pride over the last year,” he said.
NBC News asked Murkowski for her opinion on Noem’s leadership. Murkowski said she had no confidence in Noem’s leadership.
“Yes, she should go,” Murkowski said.
President Donald Trump responded by calling the senators “losers.”
“They’re terrible senators. One is gone and the other should be gone,” Trump said in an interview with ABC News on Tuesday. “What Murkowski says — she’s always against the Republicans anyway. And Tillis decided to drop out. So you know, he lost his voice once he did that.”
Trump has praised Noem publicly for her work as the head of Homeland Security.
“I think she’s done a fantastic job, she’s strong,” the president said during the interview.
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 16:53
Joe Biden finally comments on Minnesota ICE shootings and accuses Trump of going against nation’s ‘core values’
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 16:45
Federal judge stops deportation of 5-year-old boy and father whose arrest angered the nation
Preschooler Liam Conejo Ramos was taken into federal custody from the driveway of his family’s home last week after officers arrested his father Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias. They were sent to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas.
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked “any possible or anticipated removal or transfer” of the boy and his father, who brought a lawsuit against the Trump administration to secure his release, according to court filings.
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 16:40
Ecuador lodges formal protest with US after ICE agent’s ‘attempted incursion’ at Minneapolis consulate
President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign in Minneapolis triggered an international incident Tuesday after federal immigration officers tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate before staff blocked the “attempted incursion,” according to the country’s foreign ministry.
The ministry issued a formal “note of protest” to the U.S. embassy in Ecuador, demanding such incidents “not be repeated.”
Graig Graziosi28 January 2026 16:25
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