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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
Greg Bovino Loses His Job — Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol “commander at large” and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people with knowledge of the change.
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Wall Street Journal:
Gregory Bovino to Leave Minnesota Imminently, Administration Officials Say — Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino will imminently leave Minnesota along with some of his agents, according to administration officials familiar with the matter. — Bovino had emerged as the public face …
Politico:
'It's starting to turn against us': White House reckons with Minnesota fallout … Normally loyal Republicans criticized the president, a partial-government shutdown over Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics seems possible, and polling shows that the president is losing ground on immigration …
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Radley Balko / The Watch:
Two cities under siege — Conservatives are fond of invoking the American Founding, the framers of the Constitution, and the principles that drove the fight for independence. Those invocations have always been selective and opportunistic, but they've grown downright farcical …
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Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Controversial Border Patrol chief and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, sources say — Source: Bovino to exit Minneapolis as Trump's orbit frustrated in fallout over fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — Outrage rocks Minneapolis after another U.S. citizen killed
Associated Press:
In their words: Trump officials portray Pretti as an armed man intent on harming officers — Trump administration officials swiftly sought to portray 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, as an armed disruptor intent on doing harm to federal agents when he brought his own gun …
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PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, The Virginian-Pilot, Foreign Policy, Bangor Daily News, al.com and Poynter
Axios:
The dam is breaking on Republicans questioning Trump's DHS — After lockstep unity on immigration for the first year of Trump 2.0, a growing number of Republican lawmakers are calling for investigations and testimony from top Trump officials after the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti.
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NewsNation, Washington Examiner, New Republic, MS NOW and New York Magazine
Associated Press:
Live Updates: Border Patrol Official Who Led Crackdown Is Expected to Leave Minnesota — Gregory Bovino, who became a target of fierce criticism, is set to depart as President Trump moves to deflect anger over a second fatal shooting. Mr. Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, will now direct ICE operations in the state.
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Washington Post:
Trump softens tone on Minneapolis violence amid calls for accountability — The White House changed leadership in Minnesota and softened tone on dead protesters as polls show Americans turning against ICE. — President Donald Trump on Monday softened his tone on immigration enforcement …
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YouGov, KARE-TV, Politico and Scripps News
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Shootings Pose a Hard Question for the Right: Who's a Conservative, Really? — Republicans wrestle with Trump administration positions that seem to contradict their beliefs on gun rights, states' rights and limited use of federal power. — Representative Randy Fine, a hard-right Republican from Florida …
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Politico:
No off-ramp in sight for DHS-fueled shutdown
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New York Times, Defense One, Talking Points Memo and Business Insider
Al Weaver / The Hill:
GOP senator hits Noem's ‘premature’ Minneapolis shooting response
GOP senator hits Noem's ‘premature’ Minneapolis shooting response
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Politico, New York Post, NOTUS, NewsMax.com and Salt Lake Tribune
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
ICE Shootings Are Freaking Out the GOP. They're Afraid to Tell Trump.
ICE Shootings Are Freaking Out the GOP. They're Afraid to Tell Trump.
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Reuters, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, New York Times and Axios
Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Governor Defends Federal Agents After Alex Pretti Killing, Calling Protesters ‘Lawless Hordes’
Mississippi Governor Defends Federal Agents After Alex Pretti Killing, Calling Protesters ‘Lawless Hordes’
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Trump Couldn't Have Picked a More Incompetent Fool to Handle the Minnesota Situation
Trump Couldn't Have Picked a More Incompetent Fool to Handle the Minnesota Situation
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Associated Press:
Trump's about-face in Minnesota after Pretti's death is latest in pattern of sudden shifts
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Pro-ICE Primal Scream Chorus Fragments and the Underbussing Begins
The Pro-ICE Primal Scream Chorus Fragments and the Underbussing Begins
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Raw Story, Houston Public Media and Mediaite
NBC News:
Trump reshuffles his Minnesota operation after backlash from second fatal shooting
Trump reshuffles his Minnesota operation after backlash from second fatal shooting
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, RedState and The Guardian
NBC News:
Sen. Rand Paul calls on ICE chief and other immigration officials to testify before Congress
Sen. Rand Paul calls on ICE chief and other immigration officials to testify before Congress
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Leavitt distances Trump from Noem, Miller rhetoric on Pretti killing
Leavitt distances Trump from Noem, Miller rhetoric on Pretti killing
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Washington Post:
The unjust killing of Alex Pretti marks a turning point in Trump's second term
The unjust killing of Alex Pretti marks a turning point in Trump's second term
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
So what if Alex Pretti had a gun?
So what if Alex Pretti had a gun?
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Pam Bondi's Letter to Minnesota Could Unravel Entire ICE Crackdown — Attorney General Pam Bondi's blackmail letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz after the killing of protester Alex Pretti may force the Trump administration to end its violent immigration crackdown in the state.
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Axios, MS NOW, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News, Truthout, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, NOTUS, Raw Story, twitchy.com, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, 77 WABC and Blaze Media
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Why Is the Trump Administration Demanding Minnesota's Voter Rolls?
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Where the Minnesota crisis stands in the courts
Where the Minnesota crisis stands in the courts
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Rhian Lubin / The Independent:
Morale is plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports — While immigration officers support the Trump administration's goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership's tactics, according to reports
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New York Times:
A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate — Current and former officials describe growing frustration and disillusionment with the Trump administration's approach, even as they support the goal of immigration enforcement. — Oscar Hagelsieb spent nearly 25 years …
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New York Post, The Marshall Project, IJR and Raw Story
Makena Kelly / Wired:
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti — “In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack. — After federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday …
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Kat Tenbarge / Wired:
Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Democrats will speed up non-DHS funding bills ahead of shutdown deadline — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) announced Monday that Senate Democrats are prepared to speed up passage of five government funding bills — but not funding for the Department of Homeland Security …
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Politico, Roll Call, Deseret News, Reason and NewsMax.com
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
A Failure In Plain Sight
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Shutdown odds spike after Minnesota killing
Capitol agenda: Shutdown odds spike after Minnesota killing
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KARE-TV, Roll Call, WBAL Baltimore News, New York Daily News, Fox News, Bloomberg, NPR and Raw Story
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence — Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a “protective order.” Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the entire country in the dark.”
David Ingram / NBC News:
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says — The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement. — Listen to this article with a free account
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Breitbart, Washington Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Townhall, Blaze Media, 77 WABC and The Post Millennial
Anna Lazarus Caplan / People:
Minnesota Vikings Radio Broadcaster Taking Leave of Absence After Mocking ICE Protestors — On Monday, Paul Allen apologized for what he called a “cheap one-liner” in which he called protestors “paid” and wondered aloud if they would get “hazard pay” to be out in inclement weather
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Breitbart, Twin Cities and Mediaite
Ben Terris / New York Magazine:
‘The Superhuman President’ … When I arrived at the Oval Office in December to talk to Donald Trump about his health, the president was standing next to a couple of men clutching pieces of paper labeled TALKING POINTS. — “These are two doctors,” Trump told me before I could ask a question.
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump's immigration approval drops to record low, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — American approval of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy fell to its lowest level since his return to the White House in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with a majority of Americans saying his crackdown on immigration has gone too far.
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The Independent
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Newsom to review if TikTok is censoring Trump-critical content … TikTok in an X post Monday attributed recent bugs, including engagement issues, to a “display error caused by server timeouts” triggered by a power outage at one of its U.S. data center sites.
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RedState, Deadline and The Japan Times, more at Mediagazer »
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
House Democrats to investigate Kristi Noem with eye on impeachment push — Unlike a typical congressional impeachment inquiry, Democrats plan to conduct their investigation without Republicans. — House Democrats are set to open an investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem …
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Politico, Axios, Advocate, Newsweek, Fox News, NOTUS, Blue Virginia and Florida Politics
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump says Hamas helped find last hostage, now must disarm — President Trump told Axios in an interview on Monday that Hamas had helped locate the remains of the last Israeli hostage. He called on the group to now follow through on its commitment to disarm.
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Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
‘Red line.’ Greenland shuts down Trump on sovereignty for US bases — President Donald Trump insists that the United States will effectively take ownership of U.S. military bases in Greenland, making them sovereign U.S. land. A senior Greenlandic official described that scenario as a “red line.”
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The American Conservative and Atlantic Council

