Epstein files latest: photos appear to show former prince Andrew crouching over female  —  Elon Musk and former UK ambassador to US Peter Mandelson among those named in newly released documents  —  Epstein wanted Ferguson to release a statement saying he was ‘not a pedo’, documents show

Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor's Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers  —  Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.

‘This Is a New Dimension’ … On Friday morning, hours after Don Lemon was apprehended in a Beverly Hills hotel lobby by a team of federal officers, two dozen agents arrived at the Minnesota home of independent journalist Georgia Fort, with a warrant for her arrest.

Republicans relearn the lesson that shutdowns go poorly for them  —  After last year's 43-day shutdown, GOP senators sought to eliminate as much risk as possible for federal funding.  —  Just two-and-a-half months removed from a painful government shutdown, Republicans have learned a lesson …

Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial  —  The president is eying a plot of land near Memorial Bridge.  The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site.  —  The White House stands about 70 feet tall.

ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take  —  Liam Ramos, 5, isn't the only Minneapolis child sitting in a Texas detention center.  Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.  —  COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. - The hallways at Valley View Elementary School used …

Judge denies Minnesota's request for immediate end to immigration crackdown  —  Minnesota officials had said the immigration crackdown was endangering public safety in their state.  —  A judge on Saturday declined to order the Trump administration to immediately scale back its immigration enforcement surge …

Autocracy in America  —  A year in, the pattern of democratic backsliding under Trump is undeniable.  The rise of authoritarianism feels more like a sprint than a creep.  Whereas other authoritarians eroded institutions and asserted control over the course of years, trying to maintain a sense of normalcy …

St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon …

He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting.  Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti's Killing  —  A man who contradicted the government narrative about a prior shooting found himself pinned to the ground and detained after Pretti's death.  —  LESS THAN 40 MINUTES after federal immigration agents shot …

‘Melania’ Review: Brett Ratner's First Lady Documentary Is a Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia  —  There's no drama to a film that should have been called “Day of the Living Tradwife.”  —  “Melania” is a documentary that never comes to life.  It's a “portrait” …

Trump's Profiteering Hits $4 Billion  —  In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position.  After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.  —  At the start of Donald Trump's first term, he promised that he and his family …

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital  —  Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.

Minneapolis Residents Wear Their Passports, Desperate to Ward Off ICE  —  ICE agents can stop anyone they suspect of being undocumented.  Now, residents are weighing their rights and their pride against their own safety.  —  María Pabón Gautier has a new routine when she sends …

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants  —  An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.  —  Amid tensions over President Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota and beyond …