Federal-State Relations (US)
- As Minneapolis Rages, Legislators Move to Restrict ICE in Their States - Efforts to curtail federal law enforcement tactics began last year, but with the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, Democratic lawmakers are pushing harder.
- On Immigration, the G.O.P. Finds Itself in a Shocking Place: On Defense - Since President Trump’s rise, the issue has been a strength for the party. But now, after the chaos in Minnesota, Democrats see an opening and some Republicans worry that Mr. Trump is going too far.
- Killings in Minneapolis Invert Usual Dynamic Over Policing the Police - It is far rarer and more difficult for state authorities to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials than the other way around.
- Prosecutors Subpoena Minnesota Democrats as Part of Federal Inquiry - The move is a significant expansion of the Justice Department’s investigation into the state’s leaders, including Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis.
- One Year In, Searching for a Strategy Behind Trump’s Unpredictability - One great truth of Trump II so far is that nobody has any idea what tomorrow holds.
- One Year in Trump’s America, and the Fed’s Big Moment at the Supreme Court - Plus, the struggle to finish a major Olympic arena.
- Trump Administration Asks Judge to Reject Minnesota’s Call to Block ICE Surge - Lawyers for the state and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have sued over the deployment of some 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota.
- Pentagon Tells 1,500 Troops to Prepare for Possible Deployment to Minnesota - But President Trump has already backed away from a threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests against the killing of a woman by a federal immigration agent.
- One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. - The United States is broken, but not in every way.
- The People of Minneapolis vs. ICE: A Street-Level View - An intense cat-and-mouse game is putting enraged locals face-to-face with heavily armed agents.