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Neil Young Has Gift for Greenland Over US 'Stress'

Singer pulls tunes from Amazon, says Greenlanders can stream his music for free for a year

(Newser) - Neil Young just handed Greenland a yearlong, all-access pass to his life's work—and used the moment to again go after President Trump and Amazon. Writing on his Neil Young Archives site , the 80-year-old musician said all residents of Greenland can stream his full catalog and music films for...

GOP Races to Avert Shutdown Over ICE Furor

Democrats say they'll block spending deal over DHS bill as Friday deadline nears, tension grows

(Newser) - Republicans are racing against the clock to keep parts of the federal government open as a political firestorm over immigration enforcement in Minneapolis threatens to derail a key spending deal. Funding for the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies runs out on Saturday, and Senate Democrats say they'...

In 'Extraordinary' Move, Judge Orders ICE Chief Into Court

'The court's patience is at an end,' he writes, referring to Todd Lyons' agency

(Newser) - Minnesota's top federal judge has taken the unusual step of ordering the nation's acting ICE director to appear in his courtroom, reports the Washington Post . In his sharply worded order late Monday, US District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz directed Todd Lyons—acting director of the Immigration and Customs...

Trump Meets With Noem for 2 Hours in Oval Office

It's part of the fast pivot on Minneapolis after the shooting of Alex Pretti

(Newser) - Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem met with President Trump in the Oval Office for two hours Monday evening, reports the New York Times . It's seen as the latest sign of Trump's quick pivot on Minneapolis after a bipartisan backlash over the shooting of protester Alex Pretti . Noem's...

Mayor: Agents Will Start Leaving Minneapolis Tuesday

Sources say Greg Bovino will be among them

(Newser) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says that he spoke to President Trump on Monday and that the president agreed the current situation in the city cannot continue. "Some federal agents will begin leaving the area tomorrow, and I will continue pushing for the rest involved in this operation to go,...

Guard Members Hand Out Coffee, Donuts to Protesters

Minnesota National Guard member calls it a 'demonstration of safety and security'

(Newser) - The Minnesota National Guard showed up at an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis on Sunday with coffee and donuts—and a message about optics. Video from the scene shows troops in bright yellow reflective vests handing out refreshments from the back of a vehicle, Fox News reports. A Guard member told...

Minnesota GOP Candidate Quits Race, Slams ICE 'Disaster'

'I cannot support the national Republicans' stated retribution on the citizens of our state,' Madel says

(Newser) - One of the leading Republican candidates for Minnesota governor abruptly quit the race on Monday, blaming his own party's approach to immigration enforcement. Chris Madel, a Minneapolis attorney and first-time gubernatorial candidate, said Monday he is ending his campaign because he no longer supports how national Republicans are backing...

Trump Shifts Tone on Walz After 'Very Good Call'

President also sends border czar Tom Homan to oversee ICE operations in Minnesota

(Newser) - It appears that President Trump is looking to lower the temperature on tensions in Minnesota . In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump said he had a "very good call" with Gov. Tim Walz, adding that, "we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength." As the...

Judge in Minneapolis to Hear Arguments on ICE Presence

Judge weighs state sovereignty challenge after fatal federal shootings

(Newser) - A federal courtroom in Minneapolis is suddenly at the center of the fight over ICE tactics. On Monday, a judge will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration's deployment of roughly 3,000 federal immigration officers to Minnesota amounts to an unconstitutional intrusion on state authority—a challenge that...

ICE Investigates Menacing Ace of Spades Cards

So-called 'death cards' were placed in the vehicles of detainees

(Newser) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement superiors are condemning the actions of an officer or officers who placed menacing ace of spades playing cards in the vehicles of detainees in Colorado, reports the Denver Post . Families of detainees in Eagle County found the cards, emblazoned with the name and address of the...

MTG to MAGA: You're Being 'Incited Into Civil War'

Former GOP congresswoman questions latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis

(Newser) - Marjorie Taylor Greene may be out of Congress, but she's not done weighing in on national politics. In a post on X , Greene warned the MAGA base that they are "being incited into a civil war" over the violence in Minnesota , reports the Hill . The former GOP Georgia...

More Than $300K Raised to Help 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE

Community donations surge to cover legal costs for Liam's release

(Newser) - Donations for Liam Ramos, the Minnesota kindergartner now being held in a Texas immigration lockup had surged past $300,000 as of early Monday. A GoFundMe titled "Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home" was launched by organizer Sarai Orquiz, who says she set it up at the request of the...

Schumer Says Democrats Won't Approve DHS Funding

Partial government shutdown is possible after minority leader argues bill doesn't do enough to curb ICE

(Newser) - Senate Democrats are moving to block a Homeland Security funding bill after the second fatal immigration-related shooting in Minneapolis this month. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday said his caucus will not supply the votes needed to advance a package that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security, arguing...

In Minnesota, 'Places of Healing Are Under Siege'

Doctors say Trump's immigration crackdown is causing scared locals to avoid critical health care

(Newser) - There was the pregnant woman who missed her checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the feds' sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown; a nurse found her at home, in labor and just about to give birth. There was also the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable...

ICE Agent to Woman Recording: You're Going in 'Nice Little Database'

Officer calls woman 'domestic terrorist' in Portland, Maine, sparking outrage over civil liberties

(Newser) - An immigration officer in Maine is under scrutiny after video surfaced of him telling a woman she'd be entered into a "domestic terrorist" database for recording him. The clip, posted Friday on X by self-described "free speech activist" Nathan Bernard, shows an unidentified woman recording an Immigration...

ICE Protests Shut Minneapolis as 100 Clergy Are Arrested

Stoppage shows 'what the world's going to look like if you take our hardworking neighbors away,' business owner says

(Newser) - Police arrested about 100 clergy members demonstrating against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions at Minnesota's largest airport on Friday. The protesters had overstepped their permit, officials said as a mass mobilization against the federal operation began across the state, the AP reports. A network of labor unions,...

There's a Reason Minn. National Guard Now Wears Neon Vests

Reflective vests aim to distinguish Guard from militarized federal officers for ICE, other agencies

(Newser) - Minnesota's citizen-soldiers may soon look less like troops and more like school crossing guards, at least the way Fast Company is framing it. State officials now say that, if the Minnesota National Guard is officially activated around the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, members will don bright reflective vests so residents...

Judge Tosses Protest Charge Against Don Lemon

Judge questions DOJ's evidence, limits charges in St. Paul church protest

(Newser) - A federal magistrate in Minnesota has thrown a wrench into the Justice Department's attempt to charge independent journalist Don Lemon over an anti-ICE protest inside a St. Paul church . Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko declined to sign a criminal complaint against Lemon stemming from Sunday's protest, according to multiple...

Vance: Just Cooperate and There'll Be Less ICE 'Chaos'

Vice president links protests, ICE clashes to Democrats' lack of cooperation

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance says the key to calming recent unrest in Minneapolis isn't fewer federal agents—it's more cooperation from Democratic leaders. Speaking in the city Thursday after a roundtable with business leaders and law-enforcement officials, Vance argued that clashes around Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations...

ICE Accused of Using 5-Year-Old as 'Bait'

DHS denies Minnesota school district's account of events

(Newser) - A Minnesota school superintendent says immigration agents didn't just detain one of her students—they made the 5-year-old knock on his own front door to help them find more people. Columbia Heights Superintendent Zena Stenvik said Wednesday that masked federal agents stopped Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway Tuesday...

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