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4:00 AM ET, January 26, 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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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.
Politico:
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting … In the wake of another fatal shooting involving immigration agents, Trump administration and Minnesota officials are locked in a heated dispute over what exactly transpired and who's to blame for the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: Twin Cities and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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.
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Republicans Struggle to Respond to Shooting, Reflecting Political Peril  —  The killing of a 37-year-old man by a federal agent exposed fresh cracks in G.O.P. unity, with some expressing alarm while others stayed silent or backed the Trump administration.  —  The fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man …
Associated Press:
Demands for Minneapolis Shooting Investigation Grow as Trump Officials Blame Victim  —  A judge ordered federal authorities not to destroy evidence from a fatal shooting by immigration agents.  Videos directly contradict descriptions of the encounter by administration officials.
Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite and The Hill
Washington Post:
DOJ, FBI on sidelines in Minnesota shooting probe; state vows investigation
Discussion: The Hill and MS NOW
New York Times:
The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Alex Oliveira / New York Post:
Barack Obama issues rare political statement condemning DHS over Alex Pretti shooting — as Dems rally against Trump admin
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The killing of Alex Pretti is a grim turning point
Wall Street Journal:
Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
Daniel Dale / CNN:
What Trump officials claimed about Alex Pretti — and what the evidence actually shows
New York Post:   What Trump's next move needs to be in Minneapolis
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Border Patrol chief praises agents who killed 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: Fortune
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Bloomberg:
Shutdown Risk Rises as GOP Dismisses Threat to Block DHS Funds
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NewsMax.com
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Democrats grow louder on calls for Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Persuasion
Hannah Brandt / NewsNation:
Senate Dems to block DHS funding amid fatal shooting
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 …
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
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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Wall Street Journal:
Republicans' House Majority Is Shakier Than Ever
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Fox News:
Former Vikings captain says Minnesota liberal resist ICE because 'we're deporting their voters'
Discussion: New York Post and Breitbart
Helen Branswell / STAT:
Public health giant William Foege, who helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89
Discussion: Associated Press
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
Trump Tells Walz, Frey It's Time to Cooperate With Feds, Stop Stoking Flames of Division, Chaos, Violence
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and NewsMax.com
Jin Yu Young / New York Times:
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost Is Assaulted at Sundance Film Festival
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Alex Pretti's ICE murder is beyond politics. This is about good vs. evil
Discussion: The Nation, RNS, CNN and Salon
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Trump Just Proved Carney's Point
New York Times:
Read Bondi's Letter to Minnesota's Governor
Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
Yes, It's Fascism