Donald Trump Is Frightened  —  The media verdict is in: President Trump has “softened” his stance on his paramilitary war on Minneapolis.  He struck a “cooperative tone” in a call with Minnesota's Democratic governor, Tim Walz.  The administration hopes to “shift its strategy” on its ICE raids.

Trump's Response to Ilhan Omar Attack Is as Ugly as It Gets  —  President Trump used the Tuesday night spray attack against Representative Ilhan Omar to further berate the congresswoman—accusing her of spraying herself, although video of the incident clearly shows the contrary.  —  “No. I don't think about her.

European leader spoke of shock at Trump's state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting  —  BRUSSELS ― Slovakia's prime minister told EU leaders at a summit last week that a meeting with Donald Trump left him shocked by the U.S. president's state of mind, five European diplomats briefed on the conversation said.

‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom  —  After CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss said she and her team would put a “huge emphasis on scoops,” CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil responded by... interviewing his own mother.

Ecuador says ICE agent tried to enter its Minneapolis consulate  —  An ICE agent on Tuesday attempted to forcibly enter Ecuador's consulate in Minneapolis, according to the country's Foreign Affairs Ministry. … - The ministry said on X that consular staff prevented the officer from entering …

Next ‘No Kings’ march on the horizon with flagship event in the Twin Cities  —  The liberal grassroots group Indivisible simultaneously announced nationwide “Eye on ICE” trainings in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

In Minneapolis, far-right influencers frame ICE resistance as terrorism  —  Over the weekend on X, conservative influencer Cameron Higby began posting screen recordings from the encrypted messaging app Signal showing a list of hundreds of usernames in one massive group chat in Minnesota.

Grok is the most antisemitic chatbot according to the ADL  —  In a study, the Anti-Defamation League fed Grok, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek, and Llama antisemitic, anti-Zionist, and extremist inputs and measured how each responded. … Across six top large language models …

D.H.S. Review Does Not Say Pretti Brandished Gun, As Noem Claimed  —  An initial report from an internal agency watchdog says the Minneapolis man was shot by law enforcement after resisting arrest, but makes no mention of the allegations leveled by a Trump administration official.

Democrats' immigration policies have caused much more death and violence than ICE  —  The fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have led to increased calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other illegal immigration enforcement operations.

Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank … Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is facing strong criticism for his recent comments equating the experiences of children dealing with immigration enforcement to the struggles of Holocaust victim Anne Frank.

Bari Weiss to CBS News staff: Without a shift in strategy, ‘we are toast’  —  The editor in chief said the network needs to produce journalism people want as she named a raft of new contributors from her website, the Free Press.  —  Bari Weiss has two jobs.

Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary  —  Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

Border Patrol shoots human trafficking suspect in Arizona  —  A man accused of being involved in a human trafficking operation was shot and injured by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Tuesday near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, according to authorities.  —  Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos …

The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules  —  The Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained exclusively by NPR.

South Carolina measles outbreak is largest in US since measles was declared eliminated  —  Vaccines Children's health Federal agencies  —  The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.

The Two Big Decisions Facing Democrats Ahead of a Shutdown  —  Plus, senators work on a last-minute budget deal on immigration enforcement, and Homan presents his list of demands to Minnesota leaders  —  Good morning.  If American politics were a card game (hey, it's been called much worse) …

US state lawmakers push to allow lawsuits against ICE agents  —  Several Democratic-led states are pursuing laws trying to enable people to sue federal agents deployed to their communities for civil rights abuses, a push that has gained steam amid protests over tactics used …

DOJ says it will finish Epstein files review ‘in the near term’ after combing through millions of pages  —  In a court filing Tuesday, the Justice Department declined to provide a specific date for when it would conclude the review and redaction process for files related to Jeffrey Epstein.