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Prosecutors drop charges against men accused of assaulting an ICE officer in Minneapolis

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: ice,immigration,immigration enforcement,minneapolis ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis moved to dismiss felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg fired by an immigration officer, after new evidence emerged that undermined the government's version of events. Read more: A Minneapolis man is accused of threatening ICE officers and cyberstalking The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota said in a memo Thursday that "newly discovered evidence" in the criminal case against Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar…

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Judge says US should help return some Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison

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🚀 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: cecot,deportations,El Salvador,Venezuelans 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the United States at the government's expense. The case has been a legal flashpoint in the administration's sweeping anti-immigration campaign. It began in March after President Donald Trump invoked the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to send Venezuelan immigrants accused of gang membership to a massive prison known as the Center for Terrorism Confinement,…

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Brooks and Capehart talk about what’s next as ICE leaves Minnesota

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✨ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Brooks and Capehart 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: William Brangham: The Trump administration is pulling ICE from Minnesota, European leaders are contemplating a new world order, and parts of the US government are on the verge of shutting down again.It's time to analyze Brooks and Capehart. These are The Atlantic's David Brooks and MS Now's Jonathan Capehart.Good evening, gentlemen. Nice to see you on Valentine's Eve. Jonathan Capehart: William, good to see you. David Brooks: I can feel the romance.(He laughed) William Brangham: Well, this is going to…

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US citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated

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💥 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: border patrol,Department of Homeland Security,ice,immigration enforcement,minnesota 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: William Brangham: Tonight at midnight, the Department of Homeland Security will begin shutting down, except for essential operations.Democrats here in Washington refuse to fund the agency unless it changes the way it carries out its campaign against immigration. Part of the protest was regarding the agency's treatment of American citizens.We have more on that from Lisa Desjardins. Lisa Desjardins: William, there was an uproar last month after Renee Judd and Alex Pretty were killed by immigration officers.…

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A judge temporarily blocks the Department of Health and Human Services from canceling public health grants in 4 Democratic-led states

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✨ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: department of health and human services,public health ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: President Donald Trump's administration cannot cancel $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now, an Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday. California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota filed a lawsuit Wednesday to try to block planned funding cuts to programs that track disease outbreaks and study health outcomes for LGBT people and communities of color in major cities. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah stayed the cuts from taking effect for 14 days, saying…

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Nonprofit libraries were ordered by the State Department to stop processing passport applications

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Libraries,passports,State Department ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered some public libraries across the country to stop processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their communities have come to rely on and that has been running smoothly for years. The agency, which regulates U.S. passports, began issuing cease-and-desist orders to nonprofit bookstores in late fall, informing them that they were no longer authorized to participate in the Passport Acceptance Facilitation Program as of Friday. “We still get…

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Virginia’s redistricting election will move forward while the state Supreme Court hears the appeal

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💥 Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congressional redistricting,redistricting,virginia 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Virginia voters will be able to cast ballots on a plan to redistrict congressional districts in favor of Democrats, while a court battle rages over the legality of the effort. The Virginia Supreme Court said Friday that a statewide referendum could be held April 21 on whether to allow redistricting in the middle of the decade, and the court will decide at a later date whether the plan is legal. He watches: How retirements and redistricting could affect the 2026 midterm…

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Trump says a change of power in Iran would be “best” after sending a second aircraft carrier to the region

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✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that a change of power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the U.S. administration considers whether to take military action against Tehran. Trump made the comments shortly after his visit to troops at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, after confirming earlier today that it would deploy a second group of aircraft carriers in the Middle East. “It seems like that would be the best thing that could…

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WATCH: DHS Secretary Noem speaks about conservation law and election security in Phoenix

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🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: arizona,Department of Homeland Security,election security,elections,Kristi Noem,Phoenix,save act 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem used a news conference outside Phoenix to promote the Republican voting and elections bill passed by the US House of Representatives earlier this week. He watches: House rebukes Trump's tariffs on Canada, passes conservation bill The U.S. Voter Eligibility Protection Legislation would require documented proof of citizenship to register to vote and impose photo ID requirements to cast a ballot, among other election changes. Noem called it an opportunity "to show…

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WATCH: Laser incident that shut down airspace in El Paso was a ‘joint agency’ mission, Noem says

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✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Airspace,El Paso,federal aviation administration,Kristi Noem,texas,U.S. Customs and Border Protection 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Friday that the government "continues to work on communications" regarding the laser incident in El Paso, Texas. Watch the clip in the video player above. Noem was answering a reporter's question about Customs and Border Protection's use of an anti-drone laser earlier this week that prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to close the airspace over El Paso for several hours. A source familiar with the situation told…

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