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Why the Song Used in This ICE Recruitment Post Matters

At the Intercept, Austin Campbell argues about its Neo-Nazi ties and the post's timing

(Newser) - Two days after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, the Department of Homeland Security posted a recruitment call on Instagram set to a song embraced by neo-Nazi circles, Austin Campbell reports at the Intercept . The DHS post, aimed at hiring new agents, used "We'll Have...

First Responder Reports: Good Had 4 Gunshot Wounds

Documents reveal chaotic Minneapolis shooting scene, including reported delay of medical care

(Newser) - Newly released emergency responder records shed more light on the Jan. 7 killing of 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis, describing both her injuries and a tumultuous scene as federal agents and bystanders converged on Portland Avenue. According to reports from the city's fire and police departments obtained via a...

Judge: Feds Can't Detain, Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters

Minnesota court also rules that federal agents can't detain peaceful protesters, observers

(Newser) - Federal officers in the Minneapolis area participating in its largest recent US immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled on Friday. US District Judge Kate Menendez's ruling...

Feds Are Investigating Walz, Frey Over ICE Remarks

DOJ probe focuses on governor, mayor's alleged efforts to obstruct federal immigration enforcement

(Newser) - Federal investigators are examining whether Minnesota's top Democrat and Minneapolis' mayor crossed a legal line in publicly criticizing immigration enforcement. The Justice Department has opened a probe into Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey on a rarely used statute dating to the Civil War era, two sources tell...

Man's Death in ICE Custody Raises New Questions

Medical examiner staffer cites possible homicide in Texas; feds say Cuban migrant tried to kill himself

(Newser) - US immigration authorities say a Cuban detainee tried to kill himself at a Texas detention camp. A staffer at the local medical examiner's office who spoke to his daughter, however, suggests the death may be ruled a homicide. In a recorded call shared with the Washington Post , an employee...

ICE Detainee Was Freed, Re-Arrested, Then Re-Freed

Liberian man in Minnesota is no longer in custody

(Newser) - A Liberian man in Minnesota who has been shuttled in and out of custody since immigration agents in Minnesota broke down his door with a battering ram was released again Friday, hours after a routine check-in with authorities led to his second arrest. The dramatic initial arrest of Garrison Gibson...

Does Trump Have a Joe Rogan Problem?
Does Trump Have
a Joe Rogan Problem?
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Jan 15, 2026 11:23 AM CST

Does Trump Have a Joe Rogan Problem?

After podcaster likens ICE tactics to 'gestapo,' pundits weigh in

(Newser) - Joe Rogan has been critical of ICE tactics on American streets, but his most recent comments have caused quite a stir. "Are we really going to be the Gestapo?" he asked in an interview with Sen. Rand Paul. "Where's your papers? Is that what we've come...

Feds Shoot Another Person in Minneapolis

Homeland Security says officer shot person in the leg after being attacked

(Newser) - A federal officer shot a person in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to make an arrest Wednesday, federal officials said. The shooting took place about 4.5 miles north of where an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good on Jan....

FBI Probes Activist Ties in Fatal ICE Shooting

Sources say agent Jonathan Ross is unlikely to face criminal charges

(Newser) - Federal investigators probing the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis are expanding their focus beyond the officer who pulled the trigger to her possible links with local immigration activists. People familiar with the inquiry tell the New York Times it now includes scrutiny of Good's involvement...

Worker at Hilton Hotel Fired After ICE Warning

Gia's post and subsequent firing in Dallas spark boycott calls and threats

(Newser) - A valet worker at a Hilton hotel in Dallas says she lost her job after posting a TikTok video warning that federal immigration agents were staying in the building. The 20-year-old, who identifies herself only as Gia for safety reasons, filmed a short video Wednesday at the Hilton Anatole showing...

ICE Raids Continue in Minnesota Amid Protests

Man arrested at home in one dramatic scene

(Newser) - Federal agents carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota's Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman rammed the door of one home Sunday and pushed their way inside, part of what the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest enforcement operation ever. In a...

Your Phone Could Lead ICE Right to You

Immigration agency taps commercial location data without warrants, critics warn

(Newser) - Immigration officials now have access to a tool that can map the movements of phones across whole neighborhoods, raising new alarms among privacy advocates. Documents obtained by 404 Media show that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased access to two products from Penlink called Webloc and Tangles. Webloc lets users...

Top Catholic Paper Accuses VP of 'Gaslighting' on ICE Shooting

National Catholic Reporter editor denounces vice president's remarks on Renee Nicole Good killing

(Newser) - A leading Catholic newspaper is publicly taking on one of the church's most prominent political converts. In an opinion piece published on Thursday, John Grosso, the digital editor for the National Catholic Reporter , accused Vice President JD Vance of distorting Christian teaching in his response to Wednesday's fatal...

Weekend Rallies Seek to Put 'End to Deadly Terror'

Anti-ICE protests come after federal agents fatally shot Minneapolis woman, injured 2 in Oregon

(Newser) - Protests against immigration enforcement are planned for cities and towns across the country on Saturday after one federal officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis and another shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon. The demonstrations come as the Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities...

Video Emerges of Shooting From ICE Agent's Phone

Renee Nicole Good spoke to the agent from her vehicle shortly before the shots

(Newser) - A new video has emerged of this week's fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis from the phone of the ICE agent who fired the shots. The Minnesota site Alpha News obtained the 47-second clip, and Vice President JD Vance was among those sharing it, reports the Hill...

Renee Good's Wife Speaks Out
Renee Good's Wife
Speaks Out
Jan 9, 2026 2:02 PM CST

Renee Good's Wife Speaks Out

'We had whistles. They had guns,' writes Becca Good

(Newser) - The wife of the woman fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this week has issued her first public statement, reports USA Today . Becca Good doesn't directly address the shooting itself, and she makes only a brief reference to the protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at...

Minn. Officials: Send Us Your Renee Good Evidence

Prosecutors seek public videos, photos after FBI blocks state investigators

(Newser) - Minnesota's top prosecutors are now asking the public to help fill an information gap created by the FBI in the investigation of a deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis. State Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday urged residents to submit any evidence they have—...

Walz Activates National Guard as Protesters Decry ICE Shooting

Guard prepared as protests grow over fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

(Newser) - Minnesota's governor is putting the National Guard on standby as protests grow over a fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis. Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday authorized the Minnesota National Guard to be "staged and ready," citing concerns from local officials about whether city and...

Agent Who Shot Good Was Injured in Dragging Last Year

Star Tribune identifies him as Jonathan Ross

(Newser) - The federal officer who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday has been identified as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, according to court records and a law enforcement source cited by the Star Tribune . ICE has not publicly named the agent involved, but Homeland Security...

News Outlets Parse the Video in Fatal Minneapolis Shooting

New York Times, Washington Post cast doubt on claims that the officer who fired was in danger

(Newser) - Axios calls it a "fast fracture." Almost immediately after Wednesday's fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, "the country had splintered into two irreconcilable camps—one crying murder, the other terrorism." Media outlets have since been parsing (graphic) video of the shooting from different angles, and...

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