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Businesses face pressure to respond to immigration enforcement while also becoming a target of it

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
Jan 26, 2026 1:19 pm - From family-run cafes to retail giants, businesses are increasingly coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it's public pressure for them to speak out against aggressive immigration enforcement or becoming the sites for such arrests themselves.
Border Patrol commander Bovino and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Jan 26, 2026 8:33 am - The departure of Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, who has been at the center of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement surge in cities nationwide, comes as President Donald Trump dispatched border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to take charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
Videos show deadly Minneapolis shooting and political leaders reach different conclusions

By HANNAH FINGERHUT
Jan 24, 2026 7:42 pm - Videos quickly emerged Saturday showing the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a Border Patrol agent, with Democratic leaders in Minnesota saying the footage showed the deadly encounter was the result of untrained federal officers overreacting and the Trump administration saying the man provoked the violence.
Why pro-Israel lobbying group has been targeted by progressive candidates

By Russell Lissau
Jan 24, 2026 2:23 pm - A pro-Israel lobbying group has become a political target for progressive congressional candidates hoping to represent the North, West and Northwest suburbs.
Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ROB GILLIES
Jan 24, 2026 1:57 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal, intensifying a feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney, a rising voice in the West's pushback to Trump's new world order.
Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated

Jan 24, 2026 12:28 pm - Federal officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press.
Vance touts the Trump administration’s record against abortion at a Washington rally

By MEG KINNARD
Jan 23, 2026 7:34 pm - Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged anti-abortion activists to “take heart in how far we’ve come” on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration's accomplishments including an expansion of a ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services.
Judge rules Trump administration must keep funding child care subsidies in Illinois, 4 other states for now

By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Jan 23, 2026 6:57 pm - A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must keep federal funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now.
Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRAHAM LEE BREWER
Jan 23, 2026 4:17 pm - Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” on Friday after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in response to his executive order “restoring truth and sanity to American history” at the nation's museums, parks and landmarks.
Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures

By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO and SARAH RAZA
Jan 23, 2026 4:05 pm - Police arrested about 100 clergy demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota's largest airport Friday, and thousands gathered in downtown Minneapolis despite Arctic temperatures to protest the Trump administration's crackdown.

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