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11:50 AM ET, January 25, 2026

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Anthony Blair / New York Post:
Alex Pretti's Sig handgun has history of accidentally firing — offering possible clue to why Border agent shot him  —  Armed Minneapolis anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti was carrying a popular handgun that has a history of unintentionally firing — leading some gun experts to suggest …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
New York Times:
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded  —  Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, at about 9 a.m. Central time on Saturday morning.  A video shared with The New York Times by an eyewitness and her lawyer …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.  —  Video from the scene shows Pretti directing traffic on a street out of an area with agents around …
New York Times:
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis  —  Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun.  But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.  —  Videos on social media …
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
New Abolish ICE polling and the end of the Trump “realignment”
Discussion: The Liberal Patriot
David Gilbert / Wired:
The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti
Politico:
Republicans are worried about Trump's deportation campaign, and our new poll shows why
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says  —  Family members say the man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people …
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Associated Press:
Man Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun  —  Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict federal accounts of the shooting.  The man, an I.C.U. nurse, was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.  —  Minneapolis
M. Gessen / New York Times:
State Terror Has Arrived  —  After the past three weeks of brutality in Minneapolis, it should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation.  It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear — a fear of violence from which some people …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and The Moderate Voice
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government
Washington Post:
Fatal shooting in Minneapolis renews protests; video raises questions about DHS account
New York Times:
Alex Jeffrey Pretti Knew He Wanted to Help Others
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Shutdown risk grows as Democrats revolt after Minneapolis shooting … Senate Democrats are expected to discuss a path forward on a conference call Sunday morning, according to a Democratic aide granted anonymity to discuss the private meeting.  —  “I am voting against any funding for DHS until …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she will vote against DHS funding
Discussion: The Post Millennial, NOTUS and Newsweek
Mike Zamore / MS NOW:
ICE is clearly out of control. This week the Senate can actually do something about it.
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Politico:
Shooting renews urgent legal effort to restrict ICE's Minnesota operation
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Exclusive: In secret recordings, Cruz trashes Trump, Vance  —  Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican eyeing a 2028 White House run, torched Vice President Vance and ridiculed President Trump's tariff policy during private meetings with donors, according to recordings obtained by Axios.
Brent Lang / Variety:
Man Arrested at Sundance For Racially Motivated Incident at CAA Party; Victim Was Florida Congressman  —  A party crasher was arrested at Park City's High West Saloon on Friday during CAA's Sundance Film Festival celebration.  —  A source at the talent agency's party said the man …
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Eleanor Holmes Norton won't seek reelection as DC delegate … Norton, 88, has faced mounting questions about her ability to serve in office as she retreated from most public appearances and showed unmistakable signs of frailty when she did speak.  —  Her fitness came under particular scrutiny …
Discussion: NOTUS, Axios and Washington Examiner
Axios:
Gun rights groups challenge shooting of legally armed Minneapolis man  —  After federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis man allegedly carrying a concealed weapon, gun rights groups countered a federal narrative that his firearm likely justified deadly force.
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NOTUS:
Gun Rights Advocates Want Answers About the Minneapolis Shooting
Discussion: The Atlantic, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Deputy attorney general says federal agents ‘are acting humanely’ amid scrutiny of ICE operations  —  Blanche's answer comes amid scrutiny of Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.  — Add NBC News to Google
Paul Krugman:
Monsters  —  And their enablers are accessories to murder  —  I was working on another wonkish post about China's trade surplus when the news about Alex Pretti's murder broke.  I'll put that post up at some point, but not today.  —  It has been clear for a long time, to anyone willing to see …
Karla Adam / Washington Post:
Trump, in retreat, praises U.K. troops after royal family expresses hurt  —  President Donald Trump's comments belittling the role of NATO allies in Afghanistan sparked outrage in Britain, which lost 457 soldiers in the U.S.-led war.  —  LONDON — After drawing a wave of backlash in Britain …
Carole Cadwalladr / How to Survive the Broligarchy:
Death Squads Execute Second Dissident  —  A note on who I am: I'm an investigative journalist who's spent a decade reporting on the collision of technology and democracy including exposing the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal for the Guardian and the New York Times.
 
 
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