Ewan Gleadow

Ewan Gleadow is a breaking news reporter for Raw Story based in the United Kingdom. He previously worked for The Daily Mirror and its sister site, The Mirror US. He also runs the music and culture website, Cult Following.

Trump slammed by critics for pastime choice while Iran war rages on

Donald Trump has been grilled by political analysts for his choice of pastime while the war in Iran rages on.

The president approved a series of strikes on Iran earlier this month, joining Israel in a bombing run on the Middle Eastern country. Trump's contradictory messaging on the state of war and reasons for striking Iran has already inflamed his most dedicated supporters, but critics now believe the president is losing sight of how serious a situation it is.

A White House Pool report confirmed the president's motorcade had left his Mar-a-Lago resort and dropped Trump off at a golf course earlier this morning (March 28). The "out of town pool report" confirmed POTUS had "arrived at Trump International Golf Course at 9.02am."

Majority Democrats responded to the news, writing, "The Golf War." Fellow Trump critic Aaron Rupar added, "While the country is at war, Trump is golfing."

Trump's love of golf is no secret, with the president having played 88 rounds across 2025. Trump's 2025 golf outings cost taxpayers a cool $110.6 million, according to the Trump Golf Tracker, which monitors presidential motorcade sightings at his clubs. December and New Year's Day tacked on another $14 million to that tab.

If Trump continues on his pace, he’ll likely top former President Barack Obama's eight-year total of 333 rounds of golf in just his second term alone, the report said.

According to the Donald Trump Golf Tracker, the president has played golf a total of 101 times across the 433 days of his second term. An estimated cost of $141 million has been calculated by the team behind the golf tracker.

Trump suffers worldwide embarrassment as No Kings explodes outside America

More than 3,000 No Kings protest events in the United States were bolstered by activists across the world opposing Donald Trump.

Rallies against the president were formed across the US, but also in Germany, Italy, and Australia. Protestors in Paris, France, were spotted holding up "Dump Trump" signs while those in the streets of Madrid, Spain, rallied around a sign reading, "Power to the people." A previous No Kings movement occurred on June 14, 2025, the same day as Trump's birthday. Further protests followed in October, and a third set of rallies across the world took place today (March 28).

Protestors in Amsterdam carried a placard reading, "WTF America," The Daily Beast reported. In Sydney, a man held up a sign that read “We can’t stand him either."

Naveed Shah, who founded the Common Defense group in 2016 to rally military veterans for the sake of progressive politics, spoke of the rapid No Kings growth.

He said, "When I stood at the first ‘No Kings’ rally, we were fighting to protect democracy at home and against federal agents and troops that were deployed on American streets, against a government that was manufacturing a crisis to justify using its power against its own people.

"Today, we’re still fighting that same fight, but now that manufactured crisis has gone global." MoveOn executive director Katie Bethell added their grassroots support to the No Kings protests.

"Our members will be turning out peacefully in the streets because they believe in a better future for this country, and they can’t sit by on the sidelines about what Trump and his administration are doing to our home," she said. "Let’s be clear, the Trump administration has become a threat to the American people at every level. They are waging violence at home and abroad."

An estimated 7 million people showed up to rally against the Trump administration in October — more than the 5 million or so who protested in June — and No Kings organizers are anticipating nearly 9 million people will take to the streets this weekend.

Bill Maher taunts 'big man' Trump for failing to 'block' honorary award

Bill Maher has taunted Donald Trump over a recent honorary awards win that was handed to the talk show host.

Maher, 70, was confirmed last week as the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The announcement at the time was met with firm denial from White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, though it was confirmed a short while after MAGA-leaning GOP members aired their anger. Maher has since hit back at Trump and his team, The Hill reported.

Speaking to his audience during a recording of HBO's Real Time, Maher said he was honored to have been selected and even wanted the president to be at the ceremony when he receives the award.

He said, "You know, this has been going on a long time. So him trying to block me from getting it – I respect the move. Keep it going, baby. I just want things to work out, and also I want to say thank you, OK?

"I will be there, Don, and I hope you will be too. I mean, the place is named after you now, you really should show up. You could thank me for being one of the few people on the lunatic left who’s glad you hit Iran and is hoping we win that one, OK?"

A statement from Maher, seen by Politico at the time of the award announcement, reads, "Thank you to the Mark Twain people: I just had the award explained to me, and apparently it’s like an Emmy, except I win.

"I’d just like to say that it is indeed humbling to get anything named for a man who’s been thrown out of as many school libraries as Mark Twain."

Maher will be presented with the Mark Twain Prize for Humor at one of the last public events at the Kennedy Center before its two-year shutdown. The show is set to be broadcast by Netflix.

Bill Maher has faced criticism from liberal audiences over his commentary on various political issues, including immigration policy, cancel culture, and social movements. Some progressives have accused him of shifting rightward on certain topics, leading to decreased support among his traditionally liberal viewership and online backlash on social media platforms.

'Dynamite': James Carville makes shock prediction — and warns of terrifying Trump reaction

A wildcard strategy from Donald Trump in the lead-up to the midterm elections will not work, according to political strategist James Carville.

Carville, who has worked as a longtime Democratic Party strategist, believes Trump will likely ruin what little chance the Republican Party has of maintaining its majority in the House of Representatives. Not only will the Democratic Party win the House and Senate, according to Carville, but the GOP will have a disastrous time at the polls.

Speaking to The Daily Beast, Carville said he believes the Dems will find themselves with major gains over the GOP. "I mean, I’m talking about eight Senate seats or something like that. But if you look at where we are at this moment, I don’t know how a person could honestly draw another conclusion… Right now, all of the evidence would have pointed to 55.”

Whether the Democratic Party turns out so well come November is yet to be seen, but Carville believes there is reason to be confident.

But he warned Trump knows it, and is likely to react furiously in an effort to stop it — possibly seizing ballots and putting federal forces on the streets.

"He’s just literally playing with more than dynamite here," he said. "He’s playing with napalm. And what really keeps me up at night is that he tries this, and then there’s some flashpoint, there’s some incident.

"And the next thing you know—and of course that’s exactly what he wants—so then he can claim, ‘It’s too violent out there, I’m playing harsh.’”

Trump's tactics leading up to the election could be bolstered by close ally Steve Bannon, with Carville suggesting the former White House Chief Strategist is sounding out possible strategies involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at polling booths.

He said, "Bannon knows—and even Trump in his own primitive way knows—the Republican Party will get slaughtered in November. So he’s trying to lay the groundwork to have something like this.

"What they do know, what scares me, is they can’t have a free and fair election. That is a disaster for them. They know that. They’re going to do everything they can to stop it... That’s where we are. And expect the worst. Expect the worst.”

'The world is watching': Analyst warns Trump against destroying American Dream ideals

Donald Trump could be judged harshly by the world if he breaks a promise at the heart of the American Dream, an analyst has claimed.

The president and his administration have cracked down hard on immigration in a way that could undermine the "credibility" of the country, Brent McKenzie argued. The Hill columnist considered the crackdown on immigration as a move that could shatter the American Dream in the eyes of the world.

"The process might be long and complicated, but immigrants who followed the rules would eventually find opportunity," McKenzie wrote. "The U.S. was not only a place where people could succeed; it also openly welcomed those willing to work, contribute and build a life. Increasingly, people outside the U.S. are beginning to wonder whether that promise still holds."

McKenzie went on to argue that the "cultural confidence" of the United States depends on immigration, and that the Trump administration is actively undermining the future of the country.

He added, "But recent policy decisions are testing that narrative. When lawful permanent residents are excluded from government programs designed to help small businesses grow, or when people deep in the legal immigration process are suddenly caught in policy pauses and reversals, the message is larger than any single rule.

"In recent years, that confidence has eroded. Immigration has become a central point of political conflict. Today, immigration is no longer just a policy debate. It has become a cultural and political dividing line. And for people watching from outside the U.S., that shift is impossible to miss.

"The question facing the U.S. today is not whether immigration policy should evolve. Every country revises its policies over time. The question is whether the larger promise that once defined the American experience still holds."

Trump's changes to immigration policy in the US could, McKenzie argues, change the tide in countries across the world. This, he believes, is the reason there is such a close eye on the president.

"How the U.S. answers that question will shape not only immigration policy but the country’s place in the world," he wrote. "If the U.S. wants the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs and builders to continue choosing America, it must do more than defend its borders.

"It must also defend the promise that’s drawn them here for generations. The world is watching to see whether that promise still stands."

MAGA set for split as 'very frustrated' faction voices concerns: insider

A rift between two MAGA factions could come to pass in the coming weeks over Donald Trump's administrative shortcomings, an insider has claimed.

The dedicated Republican Party supporters appear to be fighting over the president's constantly changing comments on the Iran war. An unnamed person familiar with the inner workings of key MAGA groups told Politico that Trump's contradictory comments and changing reasons for the war with Iran had upset a core of young voters.

They said, "They’re very frustrated. They didn’t love the war to start with, and since it began, the constantly contradictory messaging from the president himself, is just brutal, brutal for staff to deal with and making their life really hard. He puts his people in a really tough position, especially people who are public-facing."

Politico writer Liz Crampton has suggested the influential figureheads who speak to a younger generation of MAGA voters could be a major problem for Trump's administration.

"Some of the most prominent MAGA voices are opposed to the Iran war, like Carlson and Megyn Kelly, along with influential figures like Joe Rogan, who holds tremendous sway with young men," Crampton wrote. "There’s even growing consternation among younger, more-right wing White House staffers, said one person familiar with the dynamics who was granted anonymity to discuss them.

Crampton also suggested the divide could be seen more clearly at the recent CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference). She wrote, "Part of CPAC’s intent, a hallmark grassroots gathering that has been held for more than 50 years, is to hype up conservatives, a particularly important mission for party leaders in critical election years.

"If Republicans want to prevent Democrats from flipping the House this midterm cycle, they need to ensure they don’t lose any gains they made with key parts of their coalition in 2024, namely young men."

Other issues are at play for younger MAGA members too, with one anonymous 30-year-old saying, "A lot of the young generation feels that there’s just not a lot of hope for the economy."

Dems crack GOP midterm strategy with telling appearance from Trump ally: analyst

The Democratic Party seems to have connected the dots with the Republican Party's midterm election strategy, a political analyst has claimed.

A series of special election shortcomings for the GOP may have served as a sign of things to come, but there are a few clues CNN analyst Zachary B. Wolf says that Dem strategists have picked up on. One major giveaway could be the appearance of a Donald Trump ally at the scene of an FBI electoral ballot seizure.

Wolf wrote, "There is also the strange appearance of Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard at the FBI’s seizure of old 2020 ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, in January.

"She has been much more vocal in rehashing the 2020 election and playing to Trump’s belief, not based on fact, that he was the victim of fraud, than she has been on telling Americans about whatever intelligence may have justified Trump’s war on Iran.

"The Washington Post reported in February on a draft executive order written by Trump allies. It envisions Trump seizing on the idea that China interfered in the 2020 election to exert unprecedented emergency control over the coming election."

Other dots were seemingly connected by the party in the lead-up to the midterm elections, with Trump at the center of the strategy. Despite a dwindling approval rating, some Dem reps believe the president is pushing to keep the GOP in contention at the elections.

"Some Democrats see a master plan by Trump to guarantee power for Republicans despite his own flagging approval ratings," Wolf wrote.

"I think these are all tools of how the president is trying to think about a much larger plan, which is if you cannot hold on to power through democratic elections, then adjust democratic elections,” Maryland’s Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, told CNN’s Dana Bash this week.

'No going back' for next president as Trump makes US reversal 'impossible': analyst

Donald Trump has made life harder for his Oval Office successor with a series of changes that will likely be impossible to undo, an analyst claimed.

The president's tough stance on geopolitical relations during his second term has hindered the chance of reconciliation under the 48th President of the United States, Salon writer Mike Lofgren argued. The political analyst suggested that Trump's team was undermining steps taken by previous administrations to improve international relations.

Lofgren claims that Trump has pressed the US into a position where there is "no going back to the status quo ante" of previous administrations.

Actions taken against Venezuela and Iran, as well as a period of time where the president appeared set on subsuming Greenland into US territory has seemingly worn international relations thin.

This, Lofgren suggests, is a point of no return that a future president from either party would struggle to navigate.

He wrote, "Yet another future president might have retraced a path toward more balanced economic or security policies once the disadvantages of trade wars or diplomatic and military isolation became obvious.

"But Trump, in large part through his feral nastiness and adolescent vulgarity, has made that sort of reversal all but impossible. A hypothetical president might have distanced himself from NATO, but it’s inconceivable that he would covet an alliance partner’s territory to the point where that government made plans to blow up the airfields in the coveted territory in case of invasion."

Lofgren went on to suggest that longstanding treaties and decades-old friendships between the US and other countries had been ground down slowly, and that Trump had simply sped up the process of a breakdown.

"Trump hates reading, as his spotty education and lack of general knowledge testify," Lofgren wrote. "That reflects his profound lack of intellectual curiosity.

"He attempts to disguise this deficiency with endless boasting about himself and endless denigration of others. He is obsessed with popular media and showbiz and the shabby values they embody.

"It is almost certain, to this observer anyway, that after the last hanging chad in Florida, after the rubble of the World Trade Center had cooled, after the first improvised roadside bomb exploded in Iraq, and after Lehman Brothers collapsed, Trump, or someone like him, was inevitable."

One move could be 'Trump's undoing' as 'nightmare' scenario looms: expert

Donald Trump could be facing a total collapse of his administration should he make one wrong move, an expert has warned.

Describing the president as a "bad gambler," defense expert Chris Hughes suggested Trump could be taken down a worrying path during the war with Iran. Writing in The Mirror, Hughes outlined a scenario in which the US would not win against Iran, and that this may be a path Trump wishes to pursue.

Trump could be "tempted into a ground war against hundreds of thousands, perhaps a million, of Iranian IRGC and Artesh regular forces that cannot be won," according to Hughes, who warned there would be no victory with a boots on the ground display from the US in Iran.

"It does not take 17,000 ground troops to win against those odds and it is likely Trump has already been told this," Hughes wrote. "Even with defections and airstrikes a ground invasion of Iran would be a long-term and bloody nightmare.

"The same goes for the taking of Kharg Island and perhaps a special forces raid on Iran’s nuclear sites to seize its enriched uranium. This will be Trump’s undoing, and the same goes for anyone else who goes along with it."

Part of the problem regarding Trump's potential decision, Hughes warns, is in underestimating Iran's forces. He wrote, "The deathly irony remains that whilst it would prefer not to have been attacked in the first place, the latter is exactly what Iran too wants - it is a great big trap.

"As we have said repeatedly the Iranian regime has always known it cannot take on America head-on - but it can draw it into a humiliating guerilla war that will cost huge numbers of lives.

"And it can try and out-cost the US, forcing it to spend even more than the billions it has already cost, whilst also costing the Gulf States billions in Patriot missiles. And this is by using £30,000 drones against multi-million pound Patriot defence missiles to bankrupt Trump’s war machine into a retreat.

"He has constantly bragged Iran has no navy or air force. The same could have been said for the Viet Cong and the Taliban and look where that got the States and other militaries that sacrificed troops, such as the UK, helping its war against terror."

Grim warning as Supreme Court weighs letting Trump rewrite what it means to be American

President Donald Trump's team will throw their weight behind a Supreme Court immigration case, an analyst has suggested.

A case set to appear before the legal body on April 1 will hear whether the president's executive order restricting birthright citizenship can remain in effect. Scott Titshaw, a professor of law, and Stephen Yale-Loer, a retired professor of immigration law practice, suggested that an unconstitutional precedent could be set if the Supreme Court sides with Trump.

Trump signed the birthright citizenship restriction executive order on Jan. 20, 2025. The Legal Defense Fund sued the president shortly after the announcement was made.

Writing in The Hill, Titshaw and Yale-Loer argued the stability of birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment had been called into question. The pair wrote, "The stakes could not be higher. If the court sides with Trump, the damage will ripple far beyond undocumented immigrants.

"It will affect legal visa holders, green-card holders and even U.S. citizens. It would also create an underclass of American-born children, some of whom would become stateless.

"For over 150 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has guaranteed that nearly everyone born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen. That guarantee, enshrined after the Civil War to extend citizenship to former slaves, has been a cornerstone of American identity. Trump’s order seeks to dismantle it by executive fiat."

The pair suggested the framing from the Trump administration on why a birthright citizenship ban has been acted on is insincere.

"The administration frames its order as a crackdown on illegal immigration," they wrote. "But the machinery it proposes would ensnare children of citizens, green card holders, and legal workers who built their lives here in good faith."

They also warned that it could create a "bureaucratic nightmare."

"For more than a century, birthright citizenship has provided a simple, stable rule that affirms a core American principle: the circumstances of one’s birth should not determine one’s place in the nation.

"If the Supreme Court allows that principle to be undone, the result will not be a tidier immigration system. It will be a more uncertain nation — one in which even children born on U.S. soil must prove, again and again, that they belong."

Dems have a chance to flip red state after GOP's 'worst nightmare' came true: analysis

The Democratic Party may feel bolstered by a special election result where they gained ground from the GOP in Donald Trump's backyard.

Such a result at Mar-a-Lago, which tipped to Democratic candidate Emily Gregory over Republican Jon Maples, could give the party some hope of success in Florida ahead of the midterms. The Hill columnist Liz Peek suggested a draft of voters aligned with Democratic Party values now living in Florida could tip the balance in the election later this year.

"For long-time residents of Florida, who enjoy the state’s low taxes, safe streets and sensible pro-business policies, the recent special election was their worst nightmare come true," Peek wrote.

"Millions of people have moved to the Sunshine State in recent years, particularly during the pandemic, attracted to a pleasant quality of life, an unobtrusive government and, for sure, wonderful weather.

"Among that throng have been many Democrats fleeing New York, New Jersey, Illinois, California and other blue states, driven out mainly by those states’ burdensome taxes and high crime rates.

"What are voters thinking? Do they really want to kill the golden goose that has made Florida so livable? Were they lashing out against Donald Trump, willing to sacrifice the benefits of GOP administration just to show their fury?"

Peek has since suggested a "winning message" of "affordability" could be a game-changer in Florida this year, though it would not be enough to kill off the GOP's super majority in Florida.

"The Palm Beach seat-flip was not the only upset recently scored by Democrats in Florida," Peek wrote. "In another special election, Democrat Brian Nathan appears poised to win a state Senate seat in West Tampa and parts of Hillsborough County formerly held by a Republican.

"Most startling was the election last December of the first Democrat to become mayor of Miami in almost 30 years.

"Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by roughly 1.5 million. They have a supermajority in the state House, which won’t be threatened even if Nathan wins. But Democrats are targeting Florida, and across the nation they are, ironically, winning on the “affordability” issue — even though the most expensive places to live in the U.S. right now are all in blue states.

"Between now and the midterm elections, Republicans need to deliver programs that will lower the cost of living."

'This will hurt us all': Nobel laureate delivers devastating verdict on Trump crackdown

An administrative policy rolled out by Donald Trump's team will affect everyone living in the United States, according to a Nobel Prize winner.

Economist Paul Krugman likened the economic policies of the president and his team to their tough stance on immigration, with both dealing financial blows across the country. Writing in his Substack, the Nobel Prize winner suggested that, despite most "despising ICE," the administration had "succeeded" in their aims regarding immigration.

He wrote, "Because imports aren’t people, but immigrants are. Now, for those immigrants that are already here, it’s unlikely that we will actually deport a large percentage. And while thousands have been sent to America’s new gulags — sorry, but that’s what ICE detention centers are — their number probably won’t rise into the millions.

"But millions of potential immigrants are being deterred by the fear of detention, deportation, and the breakup of families. And this will hurt all of us. There has already been a thorough debunking of the false claims that immigration hurts the native born. But I will add two more points."

Krugman went on to outline that the admin had even admitted their policies were affecting people across the country, particularly in food supply and the service industry.

"Waging war against immigrants is not resulting in higher employment of the native-born," he wrote. "In fact, it’s contributing to a stalling of the economy in construction and in the service industries. And even the Trump administration has admitted that the immigration crackdown is hurting America’s farmers and the food supply."

Immigration, Krugman argues, actually improved the economic standing of the current administration, as it gives a larger volume to the taxable pool.

"Immigration expands the base of taxpayers, which means more people to share the burden of paying taxes to pay for defense. This includes undocumented immigrants, because their employers collect payroll taxes out of their wages, with the added fiscal payoff that they will never collect benefits.

"And because immigrants are relatively young and healthy, they increase the amount going into government coffers while having a delayed impact on outlays. The Social Security Administration does sensitivity analysis of factors affecting its projections, and consistently finds that higher immigration improves the system’s financial health, while lower immigration worsens it.

"Trump, Miller, and company are succeeding in their anti-immigrant crusade, despite many failures of implementation, because they are managing to scare away millions of people who wanted to live and work in the United States, contributing to our society. And this 'success' will leave us poorer and weaker."

'Most painful, most awkward': GOP rep moans about 'messy' government standstill

A Republican lawmaker has criticized their own party for an ongoing disagreement with the Democratic Party.

Frustrated Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) said the back and forth over reopening the Department of Homeland Security is par for the course under President Donald Trump's administration. He told CNN, "We do it the hardest, most painful, most awkward, most drawn out miserable way, but eventually we get it done. This is a classic example of that."

The DHS began its partial shutdown six weeks ago following a partial funding lapse that is yet to be resolved. The US Senate has, as of today (March 27), voted to end the 40-day shutdown, so long as immigration enforcement is excluded from reopening. The deal now faces a vote in the House of Representatives.

Fellow GOP representatives were openly critical of how long the shutdown had gone on.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) said, "I mean, we've got to, for God's sake, we've got to open this piece of government up."

The bill set to be reviewed by the House does not feature reforms the GOP had pushed for, specifically increased funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

There is also an omission regarding Border Patrol, with money for the immigration team absent from the most recent proposal. Republican Party support is not at all guaranteed for the bill either, with House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole saying, "I don't even know what it is yet."

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune, speaking from the chamber earlier Friday, added, "Trump should never have had to step in to rescue TSA workers and US air travel.

"We're here because, thanks to Democrats' determined refusal to reach an agreement, there will be no Homeland Security funding bill this year. Instead... Republicans funded the Department of Homeland Security piecemeal," Thune added. "That is not the way to fund the department."

Mike Lindell pleads as he's served legal papers live on air at CPAC: 'Please, we're on TV'

Donald Trump ally Mike Lindell found himself floundering live on air after being served with a summons.

The MyPillow CEO made an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where O’Keefe Media Group’s Michael Casey interviewed him. During the interview, Lindell was approached by a process server who attempted to hand him court documents, The Daily Beast reported.

The woman who approached Casey and Lindell can be heard saying, "Hi, sorry to interrupt. I have this for you. You’ve been served." A visibly flustered Lindell replied, "Please. We’re on TV. Please, we’re on TV, please. OK, we’re on TV. We’re on TV. Please. OK, we’re on TV.”

Casey replied, "What are you serving him with?" Lindell was eventually handed the papers, with Casey later defending him in a post to X. He wrote, "Deranged leftist interrupts my interview with Mike Lindell trying to 'serve' him court papers."

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols held MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in civil contempt of court after he claimed an "inability to pay" voting machine company Smartmatic sanctions over frivolous claims about the 2020 presidential election.

In February, Smartmatic asked Nichols to sanction Lindell after he declined to pay $56,639 for over a year, despite the judge ordering him to.

"His filing represents the latest iteration of a delay tactic spanning nearly five years. This is not an inability to pay. It is a calculated refusal to pay. Only the threat of contempt will move him to comply," Smartmatic told the judge at the time.

Smartmatic's attorneys argued, "Only the threat of contempt will move him to comply." It is not immediately clear if Lindell will face further sanctions.

ICE shooters protected as MAGA states expected to block extradition to Minnesota: expert

Minnesota legal officials looking to prosecute ICE agents involved in the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good may be hindered by MAGA-leaning states, according to a new report.

Lawmakers lack some basic details for a prosecution case against those responsible for the deaths of Pretti and Good. Though Minnesota officials had made efforts to verify the identities of those involved, Donald Trump's administration has put up a fight and refused to comply with the state.

Salon writer Andy Mannix shared that the admin had "rebuffed" requests from Minnesota lawmakers, and that the chances of getting any detail from MAGA-friendly states are slim in which they might reside are slim.

Mannix wrote, "The first test for prosecutors, if they file charges, would be to prove the agents don’t qualify for immunity through the Constitution’s supremacy clause, a rarely invoked legal doctrine that protects federal officers from state prosecutions if they’re acting lawfully and within the scope of their duties.

"Even if they survive such a fight, the cases could be dogged by a series of logistical challenges. [Hennepin County Attorney Mary] Moriarty, who has been leading the investigations, has decided not to seek reelection and will leave office at the end of the year. That means whoever wins the election for her seat in November could inherit the prosecutions."

Mannix also suggested Minnesota officials will face an uphill battle in prosecuting specific ICE agents beyond a supremacy clause issue. Minnesota prosecutors needing information from potentially MAGA-leaning states for their investigation.

Mannix added, "In addition to not having the names of the agents, prosecutors don’t know where those agents are now. Minnesota may need to extradite them, potentially from a MAGA-leaning state that may balk at sending them to Hennepin County to stand trial."

Legal experts believe there could be further problems after a supremacy clause ruling. "Will the federal government or other states cooperate with that? I think the answer to that is sort of iffy," Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University in Virginia, said.