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MPR News:
Live updates: Minneapolis confirms name of woman shot by ICE agent  —  Editor's note: An ICE agent shot and killed a woman Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis.  ICE says the woman, later identified as Renee Good, was shot in her car after attempting to run over agents.
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New York Times:
Watch Live: Updates on Fatal Shooting Amid Minneapolis ICE Crackdown  —  The woman was killed in a car by federal officials, the authorities said.  Gov. Tim Walz asked for calm as protesters gathered at the site of the shooting.  —  Video  —  Here's what to know.
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting  —  Editor's note: Video linked in this article may be upsetting to viewers.  —  A Minnesota woman sitting in the snow with her dog told a person filming her that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents …
Discussion: RNS and NewsMax.com
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
DHS Is Lying To You  —  A maroon Honda Pilot SUV sits perpendicular across a residential road in Minneapolis.  At the time, federal authorities were in the neighborhood as part of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) recently announced surge of thousands of officials.
Discussion: Fox News
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Minnesota leaders call for ICE to leave the state after agent shoots, kills woman … “What we're seeing are the consequences of governance designed to create fear, headlines and conflict.  It's governing by reality TV, and today, that recklessness cost someone their life,” he said.
The Guardian:
Woman in Minnesota fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows  —  Mayor says ICE claims incident was self-defense are not true, and tells agency to ‘get the fuck out of Minneapolis’  —  Federal agents shot and killed a woman during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Associated Press:
ICE agent shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown  —  A federal officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist when she allegedly tried to run over law enforcement officers during an immigration crackdown in the city, authorities said Wednesday.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota  —  A federal immigration agent's killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.  —  When a federal immigration agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis today, the details were fresh but the story was familiar.
Sara Tenenbaum / CBS News:
Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz  —  The fatal shooting of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during …
New York Times:
Deadly Minneapolis Encounter Is the 9th ICE Shooting Since September  —  All those targeted in the shootings were fired on while in their vehicles.  —  An ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the latest in a series of shootings by federal agents carrying …
NBC News:
Minneapolis driver shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation, DHS says  —  The Department of Homeland Security said it was a “vehicle ramming related” incident.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder  —  As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.  —  On Wednesday afternoon, ICE agents carrying out an operation in south Minneapolis were briefly obstructed by a car blocking traffic.
Jackie Llanos / NOTUS:
Walz Puts Minnesota National Guard on Standby After ICE Shooting
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Defends ICE Officer in Fatal Minneapolis Shooting
Discussion: Raw Story, New Republic and Daily Mail
Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
Woman shot dead in Minneapolis while attempting to run over ICE officers with her vehicle: DHS
NBC News:
Republican leaders push back on Trump's openness to using the military to take Greenland  —  The Republican leaders of the House and Senate dismissed the idea of using the U.S. military to take over Greenland, even as the White House has insisted it is on the table.
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Elena Giordano / Politico:
Trump hammers NATO allies while Greenland crisis deepens
Reuters:
European allies working on plan should US move on Greenland
CNN:
Trump says Venezuela will turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to US  —  Investing Oil & gas South America Donald Trump  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that Venezuela will turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States …
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Paul Krugman:
The Emperor's New Oil Wealth
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Josh Siegel / Politico:
Congress wants oversight of Venezuelan oil revenues
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump's Claim to Venezuelan Oil Money Draws Scrutiny in Congress
Discussion: Politico and Washington Times
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate group nears deal to revive Obamacare subsidies  —  A bipartisan Senate group is nearing an agreement to revive lapsed Obamacare subsidies, with a key negotiator saying the group could release draft legislation early next week.  The deal being discussed by the senators would reestablish …
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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Nine Republicans back Dem effort to revive Obamacare subsidies
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
RFK Jr. unveils new ‘upside down’ food pyramid  —  The White House on Wednesday unveiled new dietary guidelines, with officials calling it the “most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in history.”  —  The new guidelines were represented with an upside-down pyramid placing vegetables …
Justin Weinberg / Daily Nous:
Texas A&M Bans Plato (with updates)  —  Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course.  You have a day to decide.  —  That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University …
Discussion: Reason and LGBTQ Nation
Pghguild / Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn't bust the union, so they shut down the paper  —  PG to Shut Down 240-Year-Old Paper After SCOTUS Slaps Down Company's Bid to Evade Court Order  —  PITTSBURGH — After years of wasting millions of dollars losing court battles in attempts to deny …
Wall Street Journal:
Russia Sends Submarine to Escort Tanker the U.S. Tried to Seize Off Venezuela  —  Move raises the stakes over the Trump administration's attempt to seize the Bella  —  Russia has sent a submarine and other naval assets to escort an empty, rusting oil tanker that has become a new flashpoint …
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New York Times:
Venezuela Live Updates: U.S. Forces Seize Two Tankers; Rubio Lays Out Plan for American Control
Yun Li / CNBC:
Trump says U.S. to ban large investors from buying homes … President Donald Trump said the U.S. should bar large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, arguing that corporate ownership has helped push housing further out of reach for everyday Americans.
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Politico:
Artificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in Utah … That raises new questions about the safety of automating prescription refills, including how they should be regulated.  So far, the Food and Drug Administration has not weighed in on Doctronic's program.
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Ford CEO ‘terrified of testifying’ at automaker hearing, Cruz says  —  Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday said Ford CEO Jim Farley was scared to testify before Congress, a day after Cruz postponed the hearing due to Farley's refusal to appear.
NBC News:
ICE officers trained never to approach a vehicle from the front, DHS official says  —  ICE officers are trained to never approach a vehicle from the front and instead to approach in a “tactical L” 90-degree angle to prevent injury or cross-fire, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Trump has ‘greenlit’ Russia sanctions bill, Lindsey Graham says  —  GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday after meeting with President Donald Trump that the Senate could vote as soon as next week to impose new sanctions aimed at pressuring Russia to end its war with Ukraine.
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
‘People would attempt to flee’: Concern grows over possible Cuba collapse … And a failed state could lead to an exodus of Cubans looking for refuge in the United States.  —  “If history is any indication, there would be mass migration, people would attempt to flee,” said Jeffrey DeLaurentis …
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa.  More states could follow  —  The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money, signing off on a proposal that is expected to be the first of many as conservative states seek …
 
 
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
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Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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