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The American Federation of Government Employees, representing over 820,000 federal workers, called Monday for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller to resign or be fired after immigration agents under their direction fatally shot ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. AFGE President Everett Kelley criticized Miller as the architect of the administration’s “harsh immigration agenda” and Noem for enforcing it, saying their actions directly led to Pretti’s death despite eyewitness videos showing he was lawfully armed and intervening to protect a woman. The union denounced the officials’ post-shooting attempts to smear Pretti as a domestic terrorist, declaring both officials “unfit to serve in any position requiring the public trust.”

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President Donald Trump stunned observers Monday by holding a conciliatory call with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey just days after immigration agents shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti during a protest. The discussion, which Frey said included ending the city’s Operation Metro Surge, marked an unusually cooperative tone from Trump, who has previously clashed with the mayor and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over federal enforcement tactics. Analysts view the call as a tactical retreat amid mounting scrutiny of Trump’s aggressive immigration deployments in Minneapolis, which have seen multiple high-profile deaths and sparked criticism that the administration’s “surge” is both deadly and politically risky.

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A federal judge dealt a sharp setback to the Trump administration on Monday, dismissing a Justice Department lawsuit seeking access to Oregon’s voter rolls amid growing alarm over election interference ahead of the 2026 midterms. The ruling halts one front of a sweeping DOJ campaign to obtain sensitive voter data from states nationwide — a push critics say is designed to justify mass voter purges and advance Trump’s long-debunked claims of widespread fraud. With Democrats currently favored in the midterm landscape, voting rights advocates warn the administration’s aggressive legal strategy, which has already targeted 24 states, is less about election integrity than reshaping the electorate itself.

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Speculation is growing that Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is positioning himself for a 2028 presidential run, and President Donald Trump is reportedly “frustrated and confounded” by the chatter, according to Axios. Once closely aligned with the MAGA agenda, Hawley has repeatedly broken with the White House on issues ranging from Medicaid cuts and congressional stock trading to limits on Trump’s military authority, prompting public attacks from the president and irritation among his allies. As Trump quietly signals support for other potential successors, the senator’s independent streak is increasingly seen as an early challenge to Trump’s hold on the party’s future.

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First Lady Melania Trump broke sharply with her husband’s scorched-earth rhetoric Tuesday, offering warm praise for former President Joe Biden and Jill Biden during a Fox News appearance promoting her upcoming documentary Melania. Recalling inauguration day, Melania described the Bidens as “very nice” and said their time together was marked by a “cordial” and even “beautiful relationship,” a striking contrast to Donald Trump’s years of insults, calls for Biden’s jailing, and dismissal of sympathy following Biden’s cancer diagnosis. The unexpected show of civility comes as Trump aggressively hypes the film amid reports of sluggish ticket sales ahead of its release.

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Immigration agents across the country are quietly rebelling against the Trump administration after being thrust into what they describe as a “no-win situation” following the killing of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti, according to a report by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein. Agents told Klippenstein they are furious over what they see as a politically driven “information war” from Washington, rejecting officials’ rush to brand Pretti a “domestic terrorist” despite video evidence showing he was unarmed when shot repeatedly. The administration’s aggressive damage-control narrative has fueled paranoia, fear of retaliation, and deep internal dissent, with some agents openly questioning leadership and even calling for a pullout from Minnesota as confidence in DHS leadership collapses.

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Behind the scenes of the Melania Trump documentary, morale appears to be so low that some crew members are now quietly rooting for the film to bomb, according to a new Rolling Stone report. Insiders described the Brett Ratner-directed project as chaotic, exhausting, and plagued by access issues — compounded by discomfort over Ratner’s presence and the film’s perceived “propaganda” bent. Several crew members reportedly sought to have their names removed from the credits, with one source saying they would “feel great” if the movie flopped, even as Amazon MGM Studios insists it greenlit the project believing audiences would love it.

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President Donald Trump’s attempt to hype his wife’s upcoming documentary Melania backfired spectacularly Monday, as social media users mocked what appeared to be dismal ticket sales ahead of its release. Screenshots of wide-open theaters quickly went viral, undercutting Trump’s promotional push and prompting jokes about the film “selling out fast” despite rows of empty seats. The ridicule was compounded by renewed scrutiny of the project’s co-producer and director, Brett Ratner, whose past sexual misconduct allegations and ties to figures linked to Jeffrey Epstein resurfaced alongside the box office mockery, turning the rollout into yet another online embarrassment for the Trump brand.

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A 2018 Second Amendment post by slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has gone viral again in the wake of the deadly Minneapolis shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents, drawing sharp reactions online and among critics of the MAGA movement. Kirk’s words — that the right to bear arms exists so people can defend themselves against a tyrannical government — have been widely circulated on social media as a rebuke to those defending armed civilians’ involvement in protests and federal enforcement actions, with commentators saying the quote underscores tensions and contradictions within the movement he once helped shape.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday declined to defend senior aide Stephen Miller after he blasted slain Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti as an “assassin” who tried to murder federal agents in the wake of the controversial Border Patrol killing — a characterization made before any public investigation and widely disputed as misleading. During a terse briefing, Leavitt stressed that President Trump himself has not used that language and emphasized the administration wants the facts to guide the ongoing inquiry, even as federal officials’ early claims about Pretti’s intentions have faced blowback amid video evidence and growing calls for transparency.

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A leading Republican candidate for Minnesota governor abruptly dropped out of the race Monday, blasting President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement as an “unmitigated disaster” and a political liability for his party. Minneapolis attorney Chris Madel — who had even offered legal help to an ICE agent involved in a controversial killing — said in a video announcement that he could not continue his campaign while national Republicans pursue what he called “retribution” against Minnesota citizens amid the federal immigration surge linked to the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Madel warned that the GOP’s hardline stance is making statewide victories nearly impossible and alienating voters of all backgrounds.

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As ticket sales crater and performances are quietly canceled at the Kennedy Center following Donald Trump’s takeover, the president is once again deflecting blame. Trump claimed on Truth Social that he “inherited” massive deficits and stepped in to rescue the institution, despite evidence that financial and ratings troubles worsened after he installed himself as board chair. Since Trump assumed control, The Nutcracker has seen a historic drop in ticket sales, the annual honors broadcast hit record-low ratings under his hosting, and a Trump-aligned board voted to rename the venue — a move it had no authority to make — fueling criticism that Trump’s cultural power grab has backfired spectacularly.

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President Donald Trump erupted at pollsters on Monday, threatening them with criminal prosecution over what he claimed were “fake and fraudulent” surveys showing his administration underwater with voters. In a Truth Social rant, Trump singled out not only mainstream outlets but also conservative stalwarts like Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, accusing them of knowingly pushing bad polls to influence elections. The latest outburst comes as new polling shows fewer than a third of Americans believe the country is better off under Trump, prompting the president to revive his long-running insistence that unfavorable numbers are not just wrong, but part of a coordinated “scam” against him.

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