The investigation into the killing of a US citizen by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this week is being complicated by clashes between federal and local officials, with the FBI taking control over the objections of Governor Tim Walz.
Protestors clash with federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 8.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions around the Trump administration’s migrant crackdown.
Nicolás Maduro had already spent more than 24 hours in one of the toughest US jails before he arrived in Manhattan Monday to face charges that could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Wall Street Helipad ahead of his court appearance in New York on Jan. 5. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
The US Department of Justice on Saturday accused Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro of playing a key role in a broad conspiracy over 25 years to traffic cocaine into the US with the help of regional drug and terrorist groups.
CARACAS, VENEZUELA - JANUARY 03: Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gather along an avenue in Caracas, Venezuela on January 03, 2025. (Photo by Pedro Mattey/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan and appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to lead the Archdiocese of New York, placing a Chicago-area prelate in charge of one of the most visible Catholic posts in the US.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, a right-wing podcaster who ascended to the upper levels of the nation’s preeminent law enforcement agency, said he would be leaving his position in January.
Dan Bongino at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington. Photographer: Alex Kent/Bloomberg
US prosecutors charged the founder of bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings with conspiring to defraud lenders and investors, in a sweeping indictment of the leadership of a used car dealer and financing company that collapsed in a wave of scandal in September.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was pressed by House Democrats on Thursday over the Trump administration’s broadened deportation campaign, sparking boos from protesters and calls for her resignation.
A demonstrator holds a “Stop ICE Raids” sign behind Kristi Noem during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington on Dec. 11.
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he wants undocumented immigrants to push back against improper law enforcement, urging residents to refuse entry, remain silent and legally record agents during an encounter.
New York Police Department officers respond as demonstrators block a garage used by ICE vans during a protest against a purported ICE raid on Canal Street on Nov. 29.
The Trump administration is expected to expand its travel ban to include around 30 countries, a bid to more aggressively curtail migration to the US following last week’s shooting of two National Guard members in Washington.
President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Dec. 2.
US flyers arriving at the airport without a REAL ID will be offered the option to pay $45 for an alternative process to prove their identities, Transportation Security Administration officials said Monday.
A Homeland Security video on Real-ID requirements featuring Kristi Noem, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), near a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. US airlines are bracing for what stands to be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record, testing a strained aviation system that's only just bounced back from flight restrictions prompted by the government shutdown.
Protesters thwarted a planned immigration operation in Lower Manhattan, forcing federal agents into retreat after blocking the ramp of a Department of Homeland Security parking garage near Chinatown.
Demonstrators clash while protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Canal Street in New York on Nov. 29.
The Trump administration plans to review the cases of all refugees resettled under President Joe Biden and freeze their green card applications, the latest clampdown on legal migration to the US.
People seeking asylum walk at the El Chaparral port of entry on their way to enter the United States in Tijuana, Mexico in April 2022.
Rain slicked the granite at the New York City Police Memorial near the World Financial Center as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani stood beside Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, speaking quietly with officers. It was the first public appearance since his election with the commissioner who will remain in charge of the 178-year-old police force.
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (center-R) and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch (center-L) walk to the New York City Police Memorial, on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Richard Drew / POOL / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD DREW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump quietly nominated Robert Cekada, the deputy director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, to serve as the agency’s chief, according to a notice sent to Congress this week.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents, along with other federal law enforcement agencies, attend a pre-enforcement meeting in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. President Donald Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation effort in US history, vowing to ultimately deport all of the foreigners living in the country without permission. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg
The Trump administration’s top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Richardson, resigned on Monday after about six months on the job.
David Richardson, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. The hearing is titled "Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response."
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch will remain in her post under Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, ensuring continuity at the top of the NYPD as the city transitions to a new administration.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks during a press conference on October 23, 2025 in New York City. FBI Director Kash Patel was joined by U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the NY Field Office of the FBI Christopher Raia, Special Agent in Charge of the NY Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations Ricky Patel, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and various members of law enforcement as they announced indictments against current and former N.B.A. players, that include Chauncey Billups coach of the Portland Trailblazers and hall of fame inductee, Terry Rozier, a guard for the Miami Heat, in a pair of criminal cases that involved the coordination of Mafia families and professional athletes. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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