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Judge Threatens ICE Chief Over Minn. Immigration Enforcement
A U.S. District judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement
acting Director Todd Lyons to appear in Minnesota federal court "and
show cause why he should not be held in contempt."
The extraordinary order, issued late Monday by Chief U.S. District
Judge Patrick Schiltz, reflects mounting judicial frustration with the
Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign in
the Twin Cities known as Operation Metro Surge.
Schiltz warned that ICE has repeatedly ignored or slow-walked court
orders directing the release of detainees, declaring bluntly that "the
court's patience is at an end," Politico reported.
Schiltz, a George W. Bush appointee, demanded Lyons appear personally
in court Friday to explain why ICE failed to release a man ordered
freed on Jan. 15 but who remained in custody weeks later.
More Arctic Air Expected in Parts of South Still Covered in Ice and Riddled With Power Outages
When a massive winter storm descended on the Northeast and parts of the
South over the weekend, Lisa Patterson planned to stick it out at her
family's home in Nashville.
But after she and her husband lost power, trees fell onto their
driveway and their wood stove proved no match for the frigid
temperatures, the couple and their dog had to be rescued and taken to a
warming shelter.
"I've been snowed in up there for almost three weeks without being able
to get up and down my driveway because of the snow. I'm prepared for
that. But this was unprecedented," Patterson said.
The family was among many across Tennessee and other parts of the South
that have fled to warming shelters as crews worked to restore power to
hundreds of thousands of households in the face of a new influx of
arctic air expected to spur freezing temperatures Tuesday in places
already covered in snow and ice.
Trump Hikes Tariffs on South Korea
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States will
raise tariffs on a wide range of South Korean goods after Seoul's
legislature failed to approve a bilateral trade agreement reached last
year.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the decision follows
what he described as South Korea's failure to fulfill its obligations
under a trade deal negotiated between the two countries.
The tariffs will increase from 15% to 25% and apply to automobiles,
lumber, pharmaceutical products, and other goods subject to reciprocal
trade measures.
'Mob mentality' endangers officers amid anti-ICE unrest and chaos in Minneapolis, retired cops warn
Retired police lieutenant and Wounded Blue founder Randy Sutton warns
that mob mentality and unrest in Minneapolis are putting officers in
serious danger.
Veteran law enforcement leaders are warning that Minneapolis is facing
a dangerous breakdown in public order as mob violence, political
paralysis and fractured policing collide.
Former LAPD Detective Moses Castillo, who served during the Los Angeles
riots, said current ICE operations are producing chaos instead of
public safety.
Minnesota fraud whistleblower says 'lack of guardrails was pretty shocking'
Faye Bernstein says she was retaliated
against after trying to report contracting issues that left state
'completely open to fraud'
A Minnesota woman employed by the state’s Department of Human Services
is speaking out against what she describes as incompetence within the
department following the discovery of rampant fraud in the state’s
healthcare system.
Faye Bernstein told the City Journal in an interview that she first
began to realize the high risk of fraud at Minnesota’s DHS in 2018 and
2019 following a promotion to a lead position.
"Over the years, I had often thought that DHS is sloppy," she said.
"But 2018 and 2019 are when I saw, oh gosh, this is beyond normal. If
we don’t have fraud today, we’re going to have fraud soon."
Bernstein has been a DHS employee for two decades, working in contract
management and as a compliance officer, she told the outlet. In her
lead position, she said she was able to see all the contracts being
worked on by those in her division and witnessed conflicts with the
contracts that could be deemed risky.
Trump Says Iran Wants Talks as US Aircraft Carrier Deploys
A U.S. naval strike force led by an aircraft carrier was in Middle
Eastern waters Tuesday as Iran vowed to hit back against any strike and
President Donald Trump said he believed the Islamic republic still
wanted talks.
Washington has not ruled out new military intervention against Tehran
over its crackdown on protests, which according to rights groups saw
thousands of people killed within days.
A strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln has now arrived in Middle
Eastern waters, US Central Command said, without revealing its precise
location.
Since Iran earlier this month launched the crackdown on protests
accompanied by a blanket internet blackout, Trump has given mixed
signals on intervention which some opponents of the clerical leadership
see as the only way to bring about change.
Dems' DHS shutdown threat would hit FEMA, TSA while immigration funding remains intact
Senate Democrats want to strip DHS funding from broader bill, despite other agencies facing funding shortfalls
The Senate is again on the verge of entering into another government
shutdown as Democrats rage over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
during an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota.
But despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate
Democrats’ demands to sideline the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) funding bill, the agency’s immigration enforcement apparatus is
flush with cash thanks to Republicans’ efforts last year with President
Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Still, there are other vital government functions under the DHS
umbrella that, should a partial government shutdown happen Friday,
would suffer.
Trump: 'Amazed' 'Incompetent' Newsom Eyeing 2028 Run
President Donald Trump said he is "amazed" that California Gov. Gavin
Newsom is considering a run for the White House, arguing that the
Democrat governor's record has left the state poorly managed and
vulnerable to criticism on a national stage.
"I'm amazed Gavin wants to run for office," Trump told The California
Post in a Friday Oval Office interview conducted shortly after his
administration had filed a lawsuit against California over its
sanctuary policies, accused the state of fraud, and moved to claw back
federal funding.
Trump repeatedly criticized Newsom's leadership, calling the governor
"incompetent" and saying California is suffering under his
administration.
"People love the dream of California, but they hate what's happening to
them," Trump said, adding that the state needs "proper leadership" and
is not getting it from its current governor.
US Links Security Guarantees for Ukraine to Peace Deal Ceding Donbas
The Trump administration has signaled to Ukraine that U.S. security
guarantees would depend on Kyiv first agreeing to a peace deal likely
requiring it to cede the Donbas region to Russia, the Financial Times
reported on Tuesday, citing eight people familiar with the talks.
Washington has also indicated it could offer Ukraine more weapons to
strengthen its peacetime army if Kyiv agreed to withdraw forces from
the parts of the eastern region it controls, the newspaper said.
The left is truly sick for threatening to deny medical care — and wishing physical harm — to people it disagrees with
By Kirsten Fleming
The left is truly sick if it thinks denying medical care or wishing
physical harm to patients it doesn’t politically align with should be
standard operating procedure.
“I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for
MAGA. It is my right, it is my ethical oath, and I stand behind my
education,” Florida nurse Erik Martindale recently wrote on Facebook.
“I own all of my own businesses and I can refuse anyone!”
After the post went viral, Martindale conveniently claimed he was hacked on Facebook and Instagram. Sure you were.
Despicable Tim Walz hits a dangerous new low — soiling Anne Frank’s memory
Imagine comparing the best-known victim of the savagery that Nazi
Germany visited upon Europe to burglars, drug dealers and gang members.
Surely no one has so badly lost touch with morality that he would speak
of that innocent 15-year-old girl in the same breath as wicked men
who’ve been convicted of sex offenses, drunk driving and gang violence.
Well, Tim Walz would.
On Sunday, the governor of Minnesota outrageously compared ICE’s search
for illegal aliens in his state to the Nazis’ deranged hunt for Jews
like Anne Frank.
