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Trump doubles down on threats to Minnesota in wake of DHS shooting: 'criminal cover up!'

President Donald Trump doubled down on his threats against Minnesota Sunday in the wake of the deadly shooting by federal immigration officers, alleging that the entire state is engaged in a “criminal cover up” over alleged fraud.

“Minnesota is a Criminal COVER UP of the massive Financial Fraud that has gone on!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social Sunday.

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Leaked audio of Ted Cruz slamming Trump sparks frenzy: 'He doesn't have the backbone'

Leaked audio of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) hammering both President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance was reported by Axios on Sunday and soon sparked an online frenzy, largely from critics who either found rare agreement with the Texas Republican or mocked him for making such remarks only in private.

The leaked recording was provided to Axios by a Republican source, and was recorded sometime last summer at a private donor meeting. In the leaked audio, Cruz is heard criticizing Trump’s tariff policy, insisting that the president would be “impeached every single week” if he stood behind his tariffs, and that the GOP would face an election “bloodbath.”

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'It is too late!' Trump unleashes panicked plea as lawsuit threatens huge ballroom project

In a 450-word rant, President Donald Trump raged Sunday on social media about the legal challenges against his White House ballroom project, which he claimed is now “too late” in its construction to be halted.

Trump’s $300 million ballroom project got underway last year with the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, images and video of which stunned critics nationwide. Starting behind schedule and reportedly designed in a “hurried process,” the project saw another speedbump after the National Trust for Historic Preservation sued Trump to stop the ballroom’s construction.

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Former top lawyer for Trump DHS furiously calls for president's impeachment: 'I'm enraged'

A conservative who served as the top lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security under president Trump, and who helped create the DHS in 2002, is furiously calling for the president to be impeached after the latest killing by agents.

George Conway, a fellow conservative who has opposed Trump for years, noted about the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti that, "The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts."

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Trump-appointed judge 'quickly' blocks admin from destroying evidence in new DHS killing

A judge who was appointed by Donald Trump himself has slapped the administration with an order against manipulating evidence related to the shooting and killing of an ICU nurse in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Josh Gerstein, senior legal affairs reporter at Politico, broke the news early Sunday morning Eastern time.

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Judge orders Trump DOJ to 'immediately release' man arrested by ICE in controversial raid

A federal judge on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to free a man who was arrested while working at the hotel where ICE agents had been staying to conduct their operation in Minnesota.

Kyle Cheney, senior political affairs reporter for Politico, broke the news on X.

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MAGA turns on Pam Bondi over 'swampy' new interview answer: 'Trump needs to replace her'

Trump's Attorney General Pam Bondi came under fire on Saturday from an unlikely source: the MAGA base.

Bondi went on Fox News over the weekend, where she claimed that people like Alex Pretti, who was killed by immigration agents after apparently being disarmed, were protecting people accused of serious crimes. She then added, "We sent Governor Walz a very strong letter today. We had been working on this letter. We got it out that he better support President Trump."

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Dem congressman spills about being assaulted by Trump voter: 'He punched me in the face'

A Democratic congressman on Saturday revealed that he had been punched in the face by a Trump supporter who threatened him with deportation.

Variety reported, "A party crasher was arrested at Park City’s High West Saloon on Friday during CAA‘s Sundance Film Festival celebration."

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Congressman makes bold claim about 'increasingly senile' Trump and 'white domination'

Congressman Seth Moulton was visibly outraged on Saturday after "coward" ICE officials shot and killed another American citizen, using the moment to make a bold claim about Donald Trump and white supremacy.

Moulton appeared on MS NOW over the weekend, and first made the point that those who killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti were either "murderers or executioners." He went on to lambast ICE officials, from the perspective of someone who served in the Marines.

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Trump teases next blue state he will target with 'worse' fraud allegations than Minnesota

Donald Trump clued supporters in on the next blue state he will target with "massive" fraud allegations, as Minnesota has faced similar claims from the federal government.

The president took to Truth Social on Saturday, as Minnesota is under protest stemming from multiple killings of citizens by federal immigration officers. The officers descended upon the state in the wake of fraud allegations related to Somali day cares.

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Trump accuses Minnesota officials of ‘inciting insurrection’ in wake of deadly shooting

President Donald Trump unloaded on Minnesota elected officials Saturday in the wake of the fatal federal immigration officer shooting earlier that morning, going as far as to accuse state leadership of “inciting insurrection.”

A 37-year-old Minneapolis resident was killed Saturday after several federal officers opened fire after having wrestled and beat the individual in a chaotic scene captured on video. The killing has sparked outrage across the nation, including in the city of Minneapolis where hundreds of protesters have clashed with police.

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DHS's Bovino nailed by journalist with comparison to first Grand Wizard of the KKK

According to journalist and author Garrett Graff, critics of Greg Bovino, the chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, are making the wrong complaint when they call the abrasive DHS official a Nazi.

A comparison to one of the founders of the Ku Klux Klan is closer to the mark, he told MS NOW’s Ali Velshi on Saturday morning.

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Jack Smith's 'bone-jarring' claim about Trump threat to 'kill witnesses' singled out

During an appearance on MS NOW’s “The Weekend,’ Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) concluded his observations about former special counsel Jack Smith’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee earlier this week by noting remarks Smith made about Donald Trump’s threats.

According to Goldman he fully expects to hear more from Smith about Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election by inciting a riot at the Capitol.“I can assure you that he will not be afraid or intimidated to come back and to speak about his work during the deposition that we had in closed door,” he told co-host Jackie Alemany

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