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Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school
President Donald Trump initially blamed Iran for the attack, later said he wasn’t certain who was to blame, and then said he would accept the results of the Pentagon’s investigation.

‘Worse than a prison’: 911 calls, interviews reveal problems at ICE’s largest detention camp
Serious medical and mental health emergencies have been routine at the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility since its opening, according to records obtained by The Associated...

Judge dismisses charges against men accused of assaulting ICE officer in Minneapolis shooting case
A federal judge in Minneapolis on Friday ordered the dismissal of felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg by a immigration officer, after new...

DOJ has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti
The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, federal officials said Friday.

Minneapolis mourns ICU nurse killed by a Border Patrol agent as a warmhearted neighbor and caregiver
As Minneapolis mourned the intensive care nurse killed by Border Patrol officers in a hail of gunfire, those who knew Alex Pretti came forward Sunday to dispute the narrative of...

US forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela in Trump’s effort to control its oil
U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues its efforts to take control of the South...

Wife of Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting: ‘We had whistles. They had guns’
It was the first public comment from Rebecca Good about the death of Renee Good, the mother of three killed Wednesday when three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounded and...

Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the city
The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had recently moved to...

US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so...

Charlie Kirk’s shooting death exposes security gaps at political events
The assassination of Charlie Kirk offers the latest example of how ordinary security measures can be defeated in an era of escalating political violence, when anyone associated with the political...
