By HANNAH FINGERHUT, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sgt. Declan Coady had been checking in with his family from Kuwait every hour or two after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran, even as Iran launched ...
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Minnesota's governor and attorney general on Wednesday defended their efforts to combat fraud and told a U.S. House committee that their efforts have been hampered by President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in the state. Republicans on the House ...
By HANNAH FINGERHUT, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait killed her and five other U.S. ...
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press Minnesota on Monday sued President Donald Trump's administration in an attempt to stop it from withholding $243 million in Medicaid spending, warning it may have to cut health care for low-income families if the funding is held back. The lawsuit asked a ...
By SARAH RAZA and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press A Minnesota prosecutor announced an investigation Monday that may lead to charges against federal officers, including Border Patrol official Greg Bovino, for misconduct during an immigration enforcement crackdown. Hennepin County ...
By JACK DURA Associated Press MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — It's still winter in Minnesota, but for the people lined up Sunday in single-digit cold at the Moorhead Dairy Queen, spring is in the air. The annual March 1 opening of the 77-year-old walk-up ice cream shop is a tradition, no matter ...
By SARAH RAZA Associated Press Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal charges Friday against 30 more people who are accused of civil rights violations in a January protest inside a Minnesota church where a pastor works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Bondi said on social ...
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO Associated Press ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two American cardinals and the Vatican's ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government's immigration crackdown, but they urged everyone to repair strained relations and work ...
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press More than 20 towns with large warehouses have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's $45 billion expansion of detention centers. Some communities complain that ICE isn't telling them anything until after it has purchased ...
By JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota winds down, Minneapolis will need to decide how to manage makeshift memorial sites for two U.S. citizens killed by federal agents last month. Piles of ...
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, JIM MUSTIAN and JACK BROOK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis man was arrested Thursday on charges of cyberstalking and threatening to kill or assault Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers involved in the crackdown in Minnesota. Federal prosecutors said in a statement that ...
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATT BROWN and JACK BROOK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed President Donald Trump for threats to her safety on Wednesday, one day after she was accosted and squirted with liquid at an event in Minneapolis. The ...
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions formally gifted the division rival Green Bay Packers a spot in the playoffs, with six turnovers that sealed their fate in a loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Detroit's grip on the NFC North, though, ...
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is targeting businesses that people use to wire money to family members abroad as the Trump administration rachets up investigations into fraud within Minnesota's Somali community, Treasury Secretary Scott ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the "MyPillow Guy," officially entered the race for Minnesota governor Thursday in hopes of winning the Republican nomination to challenge ...
By SARAH RAZA Associated Press Federal agents have arrested a dozen people in Minneapolis since launching an enforcement operation this week primarily focused on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., but fewer than half of those detained are Somali. U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn, (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz denounced President Donald Trump on Thursday for calling Minnesota's Somali community "garbage" and dismissing the state as a "hellhole." Walz said Trump slandered all Minnesotans and that his ...
By MIKE BALSAMO and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities are preparing a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., according to a person familiar with the ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Emanuel Wilson always believed he could make it in the NFL even while he was breaking into the league as an undrafted free agent from Division II Fort Valley State. Given the opportunity to make his first career start Sunday, ...