Jan 28 WATCH: Man arrested after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall By Laura Bargfeld, Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Minneapolis police said officers saw the man use a syringe to spray an unknown liquid at Omar. They immediately arrested him and booked him at the county jail for third-degree assault. Continue reading
Jan 27 Fact-checking Trump's claim that anti-ICE protesters are 'paid agitators and insurrectionists' By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact With throngs of people in Minnesota protesting the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge, President Donald Trump and some of his allies repeatedly described the protesters as paid. Evidence shows a large volunteer protest movement in the Twin Cities. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 9:18 Whistleblower responds after DOJ confirms DOGE mishandled Social Security data By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman The Social Security Administration says members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the agency accessed and shared sensitive data. The latest disclosure from the Trump administration seemed to confirm some key concerns first raised in a whistleblower complaint filed… Continue watching
Jan 27 Fact-checking FBI Director Patel's claim that guns are barred at protests By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact After federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, FBI Director Kash Patel said people cannot bring loaded firearms to protests. Laws vary by state, but the law in Minnesota, and many other states, makes guns at protests… Continue reading
Jan 27 WATCH: Powell holds news conference after Federal Reserve leaves interest rate unchanged By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The central bank said in a statement that there are signs the job market has stabilized while it also said growth was “solid,” an upgrade from last month’s characterization as “modest.”… Continue reading
Jan 27 Trump suggests his shakeup of federal officials in Minnesota may 'de-escalate' things By Associated Press President Donald Trump spoke of his sending "border czar" Tom Homan to Minnesota during an interview on Fox News’ “Will Cain Show” on Tuesday saying, “we’re going to de-escalate a little bit.”… Continue reading
Jan 27 Virginia Democrats' redistricting resolution illegal due to technicality, judge finds By Olivia Diaz, Associated Press/Report for America The judge also said the Democratic-led legislature failed to follow its own rules in adding the redistricting amendment to a special session, calling that “a blatant abuse of power.”… Continue reading
Jan 27 Judge issues temporary order barring removal of 5-year-old and father detained in Minnesota By Associated Press A federal judge has issued a temporary order prohibiting removal of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father whose arrest last week in Minnesota quickly became another lightning rod for America’s divisions on immigration under the Trump administration. Continue reading
Jan 27 WATCH: Rubio defends Trump policy on Venezuela, downplays fears about Greenland and NATO By Matthew Lee, Stephen Groves, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun his much-anticipated congressional testimony about Venezuela, defending the Trump administration’s military operation to oust and arrest then-President Nicolas Maduro as Republican and Democratic lawmakers offered starkly different readings of the current situation. Continue reading
Jan 27 Trump's use of AI images further erodes public trust, experts say By Kaitlyn Huamani, Associated Press An edited — and realistic — image of a civil rights attorney in tears after being arrested is raising new alarms about how the government is blurring the line between what is real and what is fake. Continue reading