Omar says federal probe into Minnesota fraud is "creating confusion and chaos"
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar denounced a surge of federal agents to Minneapolis targeting Somalis and other immigrants after a fraud scheme in the state.
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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar denounced a surge of federal agents to Minneapolis targeting Somalis and other immigrants after a fraud scheme in the state.
President Trump appeared to lay out his red line of action on Friday when he warned that if the Iranian government began "killing people like they have in the past, we would get involved."
The Department of Homeland Security policy is dated Jan. 8 and was submitted Saturday in federal court comes amid three Democratic lawmakers being denied entry to an ICE facility in Minneapolis.
Three Democratic lawmakers said they were denied access to the ICE facility at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on Saturday.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday that she is suspending payments on all active and future awards from the USDA to Minnesota amid the long-running fraud scandal in which the White House has alleged a misuse of federal funds.
Prosecutors in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division were told they will not play a role in the investigation into a fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an ICE officer, two sources said.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked HHS from halting $10 billion in social services funding to five states, a move the agency argued was necessary to crack down on fraud — but the states called unconstitutional.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the creation of a new IRS task force and other measures to combat fraud, underscoring the Trump administration's focus on Minnesota amidst the immigration crackdown.
Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Minnesota was going solo and holding its own probe.
The Minnesota Attorney General and Hennepin County Attorney's offices announced a joint effort on Friday to gather their own evidence related to the fatal shooting of Renee Good, after state authorities said they were blocked from participating in the investigation.
Ex-Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, a graduate of Roosevelt, visited his high school to talk about President Trump, ICE, a possible run for governor and more. Ventura called ICE "the draft-dodging coward's Gestapo" and said the U.S. is a "third-world country."
The White House shared video showing a different angle of Renee Nicole Good's shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis and the moments that led up to it, as the investigation continues.
WCCO's Frankie McLister is outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on Friday morning, as crews set up concrete barriers around the complex as demonstrators gather for a second day of protests following the following the deadly shooting of Renee Good by ICE officer Jonathon Ross.
City crews began working early Friday morning to remove the makeshift barriers set up by community members around the memorial for Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother fatally shot on Wednesday by an ICE agent, plus more of the day’s top stories.
Minneapolis city crews dismantled a makeshift barrier early Friday morning that neighbors erected around the memorial marking the spot where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent on Wednesday morning.
