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11:55 PM ET, January 25, 2026

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Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Administration Is ‘Reviewing Everything’ About Minneapolis Shooting  —  In an interview, the president says immigration-enforcement officers will ‘at some point’ leave the area.  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump declined to say whether the federal officer who fatally shot a man …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, the Truth in Minneapolis Is What He Says It Is  —  The Trump team has advanced one-sided narratives to justify each of the killings, even when bystander video shows something else entirely.  —  Twice since the start of the year, federal officers have gunned down protesters …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump administration goes after Second Amendment rights in justifying Minneapolis shooting  —  A number of pro-gun rights Republicans pushed back on the administration's argument that Alex Pretti was dangerous because he had a gun.  Pretti was legally licensed to carry one.  — Add NBC News to Google
Kyle Varner / The UnPopulist:
In Trump's ‘Dual State,’ Dissenters Face Extrajudicial Executions, Loyalists Enjoy Protections  —  By the time the sun set yesterday, Minneapolis had become a laboratory for a new kind of American power.  The death of Alex Pretti—a 37-year-old ICU nurse who spent his nights caring for veterans …
Discussion: New York Times
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Minn. AG calls Trump administration version of shooting ‘flat-out insane’  —  Alex Pretti's death came two weeks after the killing of Renée Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.  —  Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison …
Max Rego / The Hill:
Republican governor expresses concern over Minneapolis shooting: 'Americans don't like what they're seeing right now'  —  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) said Sunday that the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti raises questions about the tactics of federal immigration officers.
Wall Street Journal:
Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis  —  Alex Pretti made a mistake, but he wasn't a ‘domestic terrorist.’  —  When Donald Trump visited the Journal in October 2024, he was asked how he'd implement his mass deportation policy to avoid appearing to be cruel and inviting a political backlash.
Wall Street Journal:
Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents  —  See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation Saturday  —  Federal agents claimed Alex Pretti, 37, forced their hand, alleging he “violently resisted” disarmament until the officers fired “defensive shots.”
Washington Post:
DOJ, FBI on sidelines in Minnesota shooting probe; state vows investigation
Discussion: The Hill
Sophia Vento / The Hill:
Federal judge blocks DHS from ‘destroying or altering’ evidence after fatal Minneapolis shooting
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Republicans Struggle to Respond to Shooting, Reflecting Political Peril
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The killing of Alex Pretti is a grim turning point
Alex Oliveira / New York Post:
Barack Obama issues rare political statement condemning DHS over Alex Pretti shooting — as Dems rally against Trump admin
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Believe Your Eyes  —  People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.
Discussion: Scripps News, Times Now and Axios
Marc Caputo / Axios:
‘Fundamentally wrong:’ Gun groups, Republicans condemn Noem, Patel statements
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Border Patrol chief praises agents who killed Alex Pretti
Washington Post:
Federal agent secured gun from Minn. man before fatal shooting, videos show
Axios:
Gun rights groups challenge shooting of legally armed Minneapolis man
Lauren Hirsch / New York Times:
Minnesota's Biggest Companies Call for ‘De-escalation’ of Tensions  —  The letter from chief executives at some of the state's most recognizable companies like Target and Cargill stops short of condemning the recent killings by federal immigration agents.  —  Chief executives of Target …
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New York Times:
Read Bondi's Letter to Minnesota's Governor  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Saturday that blamed him and other Democratic officials for allowing “lawlessness” in the state.  It was not immediately clear if the letter had been sent before or after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
DHS and ICE are under siege by Congress like never before  —  The Department of Homeland Security is coming under unprecedented scrutiny from Congress in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, with Democratic attacks more strident and Republican defenses more muted than ever before.
Discussion: NOTUS and Fortune
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Bloomberg:
Shutdown Risk Rises as GOP Dismisses Threat to Block DHS Funds
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NewsMax.com
Hannah Brandt / NewsNation:
Senate Dems to block DHS funding amid fatal shooting
Robert F. Worth / The Atlantic:
Welcome to the American Winter  —  The six-car ICE convoy came to a stop and instantly dozens of people swarmed it, cellphones in hand, while others ran out of nearby houses—I saw a woman in gym shorts in the 20-degree weather—and began surrounding the masked and heavily armed agents who had spilled out of their black SUVs.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Charles Homans / New York Times:
Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis
Discussion: New York Post and Mercury News
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Steve Scalise on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Jan. 25, 2026
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Natalie Korach / Status:
Post Parting Depression … In the spring of 2016, two years after Jeff Bezos acquired The Washington Post, the billionaire joined then-executive editor Marty Baron for an interview.  During the sit-down, Bezos declared he was “even more optimistic today” about the newspaper's future than he was when he bought it.
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Columbia Selects University of Wisconsin Chancellor as Its President  —  Jennifer Mnookin has led the flagship campus of the state university system since 2022.  —  Columbia University has chosen Jennifer Mnookin, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as its next president …
Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
Yes, It's Fascism  —  Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided.  But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.  —  Until recently, I resisted using the F-word to describe President Trump.  For one thing, there were too many elements of classical fascism that didn't seem to fit.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Democrats grow louder on calls for Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment  —  Eight more Democrats have joined an impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after the latest fatal shooting by a federal agent.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
Discussion: The Hill and Persuasion
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Lies and Lawlessness  —  The Camps, the Executions, and the Future  —  It is not just the moral horror.  It is the political logic.  —  People are dying in American concentration camps, unseen.  And people are being executed on American streets, seen by all of us.  —  This is enough.
 
 
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Fox News:
Former Vikings captain says Minnesota liberal resist ICE because 'we're deporting their voters'
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Discussion: Associated Press
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Alex Pretti's ICE murder is beyond politics. This is about good vs. evil
Discussion: The Nation, RNS and CNN
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Trump Just Proved Carney's Point
Discussion: The Independent and Fox News
 

 
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