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uncanny habit of handing his opponents a sword.

While paid administrative leave is standard for law enforcement officers who shoot someone throughout the country, Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino previously said the agents who killed Pretti were still on the job, just transferred to a different location. However, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday the agents were on leave, while adding that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Good earlier in the month had also been placed on leave.

Minnesota, we've been through a lot,

We've had political assassinations. We had a multi-fatality school shooting, and now the largest immigration crackdown in American history has all happened in Minneapolis in the last eight months,

BREAKINGBREAKING, Tom Homan, Trump's Border Czar, has been speaking from Minnesota, where he was sent to replace in wake of two killings of US citizens by immigration enforcement officers. Homan was sent by Trump to replace Greg Bovino, the top border patrol official sent to the state as part of a massive enforcement operation that has sparked widespread protests.

The Senate is expected to vote today on a $1.6 trillion six-bill package to fund the government. But Democrats say they will block the funding package, which includes money for the Department of Homeland Security, until there are major reforms to how immigration agents operate in the U.S. Without a deal, a partial government shutdown begins at the end of the day tomorrow.

Following the second shooting death of a Minneapolis citizen by federal immigration officers, Bovino was taken out of Minnesota and reassigned to his old Customs and Border Protection position as chief patrol agent in El Centro, California. The Atlantic's Nick Miroff reported earlier this week that Bovino is essentially losing his job as he is expected to retire soon. That remains to be seen, but this much is true: He has effectively been erased from a leadership role in Trump's immigration crackdown.

There are very few scenarios where J.D. Vance is not the Republican nominee for president in 2028. Donald Trump has flirted with illegally running for a third term, but he will be, at the time of the next election, 82 years old. He is very unpopular. While seizing the Republican nomination for a fourth consecutive time is not out of the realm of possibility for a politician as brazen and corrupt as he is, it is, at this point, highly unlikely.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

COLLINS: OK. And as obviously we've seen his past political posts, and what he himself has said. I mentioned the President's response, where he told ABC News after, just a few hours after this happened, She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her. Before you respond. I do want to remind everyone that when President Trump was nearly assassinated, you responded and said, We must condemn acts of violence and pray for the victims. May calmness and decency prevail. And you said, it was sad to hear the tragedy that had occurred. What went through your mind when you heard the President's response last night?

But logistical consistency, like coherence and gravitas, does not characterize the new NDS. It is a document that supposedly nests within the National Security Strategy, explaining at greater length the implications of overall policy for the armed forces. The 2026 version does not do that. Rather, it restates some of the basic priorities of the Trump administration but for the most part confines itself to flattery of the president, insults, and bombast.

On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sought to do some damage control. It doesn't appear to be working yet. Understanding what's happening with the dollar now traces back to early 2025, when the greenback hit a multi-year high relative to other currencies just days before Trump's return to the White House. The dollar has tumbled 10% since, a victim of the "Sell America" trade that first came into vogue after Trump announced sweeping tariff plans last April.

The DOT claimed Dulles had fallen into disrepair and was "no longer an airport suitable and grand enough for the capital of the United States of America." The agency said it was looking for proposals to either replace the airport's existing main terminal and satellite concourses or build upon them. It also noted Trump's executive order calling for classical architecture in federal building projects.

The two precious metals, the most classic of the "safe-haven" assets, have the tangibility and inherent scarcity to act a hedge in moments of turmoil, particularly when investors worry that politics or policy could undermine the value of the dollar or U.S. government bonds. That is why the metals' relentless rally to record highs since late last year-Gold is up 84% year-over-year and silver up a whopping 245% - has drawn attention from analysts.

Clanton is, on paper, exactly the kind of young lawyer who is supposed to represent the best of the profession. She landed a series of extraordinarily prestigious clerkships: first with Judge Corey Maze of the Northern District of Alabama, then with Eleventh Circuit Judge William Pryor, and ultimately with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. That's a golden ticket path most law students would kill for.

How do you stop someone from killing someone else? In most societies, we do so with warnings, promises, and contracts. We make laws to make ourselves feel safe. It's important to feel safe, because reality is terrifying. In Minneapolis this weekend, we saw reality: a group of men with guns, in a semicircle, firing a barrage of shots into a man's body lying on the ground.

That incident, in which the 55-year-old assailant was arrested and later charged with third degree assault, illustrates the day-to-day threat environment member of Congress face. Omar wasn't even the only one attacked in the past week: Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) got punched in the face at the Sundance Film Festival just days earlier. By the numbers: The Capitol Police opened 14,938 cases into "concerning statements, behaviors, and communications" directed at congressional offices and family members in 2025, the department said in a press release.