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'Like he’s a deer': Crucial witness sickened by agents' reaction to Alex Pretti's killing

An eyewitness who was featured prominently in the first videos of Alex Pretti's slaying by federal agents is speaking out for the first time.

Stella Carlson – initially referred to as the "pink coat lady" online – was on her way Saturday morning to paint children's faces at a church when she happened upon the encounter between the 37-year-old Pretti and immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, and she was just standing feet away when officers tackled him to the ground and shot him, reported CNN.

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Trump is 'rattled' as White House descends into 'finger-pointing': Axios founder

The shooting and killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by DHS agents in Minnesota on Saturday has not only led to a shakeup within the department, but also has Donald Trump trying to regain his footing as the turmoil spreads to his own inner circle.

Appearing on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Axios founder Jim VandeHei explained that the Trump administration is finding itself in a bind with no clear pathway out over the ensuing uproar that has Republicans questioning what is going on within the administration.

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Trump 'ripped the rug out' from under his base with latest 'gaffe': expert

President Donald Trump seemingly betrayed a major building piece of his base with his comments on Alex Pretti's killing.

Federal agents gunned down the 37-year-old nurse last weekend during an immigration surge in Minneapolis, and the 79-year-old president and some of his top administration officials have blamed Pretti for his own death because he was legally carrying a firearm at the time.

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Author reveals what caused Trump to course-correct in Minneapolis: 'This is a trip wire'

An author who has written four books about Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday what caused the president to course-correct his deportation operations in Minneapolis.

Trump surged immigration officers into Minneapolis under the guise of combating social benefits fraud, a move that has been met with stiff pushback from local officials and community members alike. Immigration officers have been responsible for two high-profile killings in Minneapolis since they arrived. Experts have said the killings were legally dubious, and the administration decided to tell its own narrative about the circumstances despite evidence from eyewitnesses that contradicts their accounts.

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MAGA suspects Ilhan Omar 'orchestrated' town hall attack: 'Completely staged!'

MAGA world watched chaos unfold at Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) town hall - in which a man charged the podium and sprayed her with a pungent mystery substance - and concluded the whole thing must've been staged.

At the Minneapolis town hall on Tuesday night, a front-row agitator suddenly rushed at Omar and doused her with an odorous, vinegar-like liquid while she addressed the crowd on immigration enforcement. Omar had just called for the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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'Not so great!' CNN data guru floored by soaring odds 'Melania' doc flops

The Amazon-sponsored "Melania" documentary appears on track to land with a thud, CNN data analyst Harry Enten told anchor Erin Burnett on Tuesday.

Already, reports indicate that theaters are dealing with massive amounts of unsold seats, and even some of the film crew who worked on the movie are hoping for it to tank.

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Man charges Ilhan Omar at podium and sprays her with mystery substance during town hall

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was sprayed with an unidentified substance while speaking at a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

Video shared on social media by Jay O'Brien, Capitol Hill correspondent for ABC News, shows a bearded man in a heavy jacket charging Omar at the podium before he is grabbed and whisked away by security. Omar and the other local lawmakers in attendance were visibly in shock. The town hall continued after the person was removed.

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Stephen Miller's eye-popping walk-back on slain nurse stuns CNN reporter

One of President Donald Trump's top aides issued a stunning statement on Tuesday, walking back claims he made about slain ICU nurse Alex Pretti shortly after his death, according to a new report

Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy, said shortly after Pretti's death that he attended a Minneapolis protest over the weekend with the intent to "massacre agents." Axios reported on Tuesday that Miller forced Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to use similar talking points about Pretti, including the assertion that he was a "domestic terrorist."

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'Bloodthirsty': MAGA media calls for violence after nurse's killing leaves analysts aghast

Two analysts were stunned on Tuesday after a flood of "bloodthirsty" MAGA media personalities called for President Donald Trump to inflict more violence against protesters in Minneapolis following the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

Sam Stein, managing editor of The Bulwark, and Will Sommer, the publication's senior reporter, discussed how the MAGA media sphere reacted to Pretti's death during a new episode of "Bulwark Takes" on Tuesday. They highlighted examples from commentators like Megyn Kelly, who claimed she felt no sympathy for Pretti after he was killed, and Greg Kelly, who said immigration officers were right to mistake Pretti's phone for a gun.

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Rambling Trump claims electric vehicles 'make the environment dirtier'

President Donald Trump made a bizarre claim about electric vehicles in one of his signature speech ad-libs on Tuesday.

Trump spoke in Clive, Iowa, on Tuesday evening in front of a crowd of rural voters. In part of his speech, Trump mentioned rolling back many of the Biden administration's environmental protections and electric vehicle mandates. One of the policies he mentioned that elicited the biggest crowd response was his repeal of Biden's diesel exhaust fluid mandates, which Trump claimed could have cost farmers more than $1 billion in equipment upgrades.

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Ex-Trump official left tongue-tied as Jake Tapper tears apart defense of nurse's killing

CNN anchor Jake Tapper clashed with a Republican former Trump administration official on Tuesday in a fiery back-and-forth over the killing of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis at the hands of immigration agents.

Chad Mizelle, who previously served as the chief of staff to the Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi and general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration, was asked by Tapper his thoughts on the killing of Pretti. When he tried to defend the immigration agents and blame Pretti for his own death, Tapper pointed to the removal of Border Patrol enforcer Greg Bovino and the Trump administration's growing blame of him behind the scenes.

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Chilling call made on MAGA network for Trump to unleash violence on 'domestic enemies'

A caller on a MAGA TV network called on President Donald Trump to unleash violence against his "domestic enemies" on Tuesday.

During the caller segment of "Bolling!" on MAGA TV network Real America's Voice, an individual told Trump that he "hopes he has a plan" for the people protesting immigration raids in Minneapolis. The call happened at a time when tensions over Trump's deportation policies are under increased scrutiny after a swarm of officers killed 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, the second high-profile killing in Minneapolis this month.

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Watch live: Trump delivers economy speech in Iowa amid ICE turmoil

President Donald Trump was slated to speak in Iowa on Tuesday to shift focus to the American economy as the country reels over killings in Minneapolis at the hands of immigration agents.

Trump, whose Republican Party expects to face a tough midterm battle, was expected to use the speech in Clive, Iowa, to try and convince Americans that he has his eyes on the economy, according to The New York Times.

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