Clashes between protesters and federal immigration officers have entered a third week in Minneapolis as Immigration and Customs Enforcement expands its presence across Minnesota. The Department of Justice says it plans to pursue charges against protesters, while confirming it will not investigate the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claims more than 10,000 arrests have been made in Minneapolis, including 3,000 arrests in the last 6 weeks, as part of the administration’s mass deportation drive. Thousands of ICE agents have been deployed to the city, with reports of daily arrest quotas and rewards tied to apprehensions.
20 January,2026 06:10 PM IST
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has come under intense scrutiny after defending an ICE officer who fatally shot a woman during a tense federal operation in south Minneapolis. The shooting occurred amid protests and a heavy federal law enforcement presence, just blocks from where George Floyd was killed in 2020. Noem labelled the incident an act of “domestic terrorism,” claiming the woman attempted to run over an ICE officer.
08 January,2026 01:46 PM IST
The FBI says it has thwarted a potential ISIS-inspired terror attack planned for New Year’s Eve in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year-old suspect before any harm could occur. Federal prosecutors allege the suspect, Christian Sturdivant of Mint Hill near Charlotte, attempted to provide material support to ISIS after making contact with individuals he believed were affiliated with the terror group. Authorities say those contacts were actually FBI undercover agents.
03 January,2026 02:47 AM IST
Minnesota is in the national spotlight as federal agencies open an unprecedented wave of reviews into daycare subsidies, pandemic-era loans and long-ignored public-aid irregularities. What began with Nick Shirley highlighting “daycare ghost towns”, facilities sitting completely empty while receiving massive federal payments, has now expanded into one of the largest fraud inquiries the state has seen since the Feeding Our Future scandal. The situation escalates further as the SBA freezes thousands of PPP and EIDL loans in Minnesota, with Kelly Loeffler publicly revealing sweeping suspensions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Federal oversight bodies now warn that over $200 billion in pandemic loans across the country may be suspect, prompting new inquiries into Somali-linked nonprofits, childcare operators, housing initiatives and autism-service programs. WATCH
02 January,2026 10:04 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
