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Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis

Source: Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration’s massive immigration crackdown.

The threat comes a day after a man was shot and wounded by an immigration officer who had been attacked with a shovel and broom handle. That shooting further heightened the fear and anger that has radiated across the city since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good in the head.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely used federal law, to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/immigration- ... 6fded8c1b9

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Congress clinches $1.2T funding deal for DHS, Pentagon, domestic agencies

Source: Politico

01/20/2026 06:21 AM EST

Congressional leaders released bill text Tuesday of a bipartisan compromise to fund the vast majority of the federal government ahead of the Jan. 30 shutdown deadline. The bicameral breakthrough on funding for the Pentagon and the nation’s largest non-defense agencies is the product of private negotiations between top appropriators in the two months since Congress ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

House leaders plan to hold a vote later in the week on the legislation, which would boost defense funding to more than $839 billion. It would also fund the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation and Education and Homeland Security.

After the fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month, congressional Democrats have demanded that any new DHS funding come with conditions to crack down on the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics, even as many Democratic voters call for defunding the agency.

Congress has less than two weeks to clear the package for President Donald Trump’s signature before federal funding is set to lapse for the programs it covers, which account for more than 70 percent of the cash lawmakers approve each year to keep federal agencies running. Because the Senate is in recess this week, the chamber will need to pass the legislation when senators return the last week of January if Congress is going to head off another funding lapse.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/2 ... s-00735698

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Schumer: Democrats will block spending bill if it includes Homeland Security funding

Source: AP

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Senate Democrats will not vote for a spending package that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security.

Schumer’s statement increases the possibility that the government could partially shut down Jan. 30 when funding runs out. Several Democrats said Saturday that they will not vote for the bipartisan package of bills, which will need some Democratic votes to pass.

Democrats say the legislation, which includes money for a broad swath of government agencies, does not include enough restrictions on ICE.

“Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans’ refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE,” Schumer said. “I will vote no.“

Read more: https://apnews.com/live/minneapolis-ice ... fed5f90000

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Minnesota fraud: Gov. Walz, AG Ellison to appear before House Oversight Committee

https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-fra ... -committee

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