Former ICE official: Agents need to prepare for states that allow concealed carry Deb Fleischaker, former ICE chief of staff, said Alex Pretti was a licensed firearm carrier and “I don't see any reason why he couldn't have been carrying.”
The Trump administration claims that Alex Pretti, 37, brandished a gun at a group of Border Patrol agents who fired “defensive shots” at him. ROBERTO SCHMIDT via Getty ImagesIn a Sunday X post, Greene implored both Democrats and Republicans to take off their political blinders. “Legally carrying a firearm is not the same as brandishing a firearm,” Greene wrote. AdvertisementFormer Congressional Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene asked supporters of President Donald Trump to "take off their political blinders" while addressing the death of Alex Pretti. She announced her surprise resignation from Congress last November and officially ended her time in office earlier this month.
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Federal response to Pretti shooting 'highly irresponsible': Former ICE director John Sandweg, the former acting director of ICE under President Obama, discusses the Trump administration's response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.
DHS: Body camera of deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis under review With tensions soaring in Minneapolis, sources tell ABC News Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino and other agents are expected to leave Minnesota soon.
The White House has said Homan is expected to manage Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the city. Some Border Patrol agents are expected to remain in the city, sources said. CNN reached out to the Department of Homeland Security, which includes Border Patrol, for comment. According to one official, Trump spent several hours Sunday and Monday watching news coverage and was unhappy by how his administration was coming across. After Homan’s new assignment was announced, a White House official sought to make clear that Noem still has Trump’s confidence and trust.
CHICAGO — Luka Doncic skipped, shimmied and shot. Doncic dazzled yet again with 46 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds in the Lakers’ 129-118 win over the Chicago Bulls Monday. Doncic’s second-half scoring barrage picked up after LeBron James scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half. He drained consecutive 3s, both spurred by Doncic passes, in the third quarter to help the Lakers hold off a Bulls comeback. The Lakers, after struggling with airline delays leaving Dallas on Saturday night, looked as if they would cruise comfortably to a win.
Trump sends 'Border Czar' Tom Homan to MinnesotaPresident Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he is sending "border czar" Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight following the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents. Pretti's death is the second involving ICE agents in Minneapolis following the shooting of Renée Good. CNN's White House correspondent Alayna Treene reports.
US, Canada Hit By Historic Winter StormA massive winter storm has hit the US, bringing record-breaking low temperatures and huge amounts of snow and ice. The deadly storm left hundreds of thousands of people without power, and made travel nearly impossible in many areas. This storm was unusual because it hit over such a large area. The affected region is up to 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) across, and runs from the US-Mexico border all the way into Canada. Many areas canceled school or switched to remote learning.
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Dangerous and record-breaking cold temperatures have settled in. And forecasters are closely watching the potential for another storm this weekend, as local officials assess the storm’s wreckage. And frigid temperatures mean power companies hoping to do repairs will continue to face slick conditions on the roads. “It’s counterintuitive, but colder temperatures can be better because you get sleet and snow instead of straight ice,” Shattuck says. “If it stays to mostly snow, we should see significantly less impact as we saw locally from the ice storm.”
Two distinguished Church leaders in Nigeria have offered contrasting interpretations of the impact of the U.S. strikes targeting ISIS in Nigeria on Christmas Day 2025. Differing perspectivesOne month after those strikes were carried out, two leading Catholics in Nigeria spoke positively of the strikes, but offered different views of their impact. Father Patrick Alumuku, Director of Catholic Television of Nigeria, told CWR that U.S. strikes were “a providential and decisive turning point,” directly crediting them with improved security for Nigeria’s Christians. Both leaders agree that a simple change in the presidential ticket will not be enough to guarantee the safety of Christians. “It is the government that is fanning the embers of Christian persecution in Nigeria,” Umeagbalasi told CWR.
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Stores closed, bus service shut down early, and at least one hospital issued a call for volunteers to bring in staff if needed. On Sunday morning, dog owners decked their pups out in elaborate winter outfits and braved the freezing temperatures to play in the snow. At National, as of 8 p.m., the combination of at least 5.3 inches of snow, along with sleet and freezing rain, amounted to 2.06 inches of liquid precipitation. Gischlar cautioned that the combination of sleet and freezing temperatures would make roads more dangerous throughout the evening. The shift from snow to sleet also made the prospect of shoveling the snow a bit more daunting.
All six people on a Paris-bound private jet that crashed in Bangor, Maine, while attempting to depart in a snowstorm on Sunday are presumed dead, airport officials said. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThe Bangor International Airport will remain closed until at least noon Wednesday, according to a Facebook post from the airport. Open-source flight tracking data from ADS-B Exchange shows the private jet departed Houston’s Hobby Airport around 2:20 p.m. CST and arrived at Bangor International Airport around 6:10 p.m. EST. The private jet was cleared by Bangor controllers for a trans-Atlantic flight to Paris-Vatry Airport in France, according to air traffic control recordings archived by LiveATC.net,Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThe plane taxied to a designated area at Bangor International Airport for deicing. However, Jose Saavedra, the Bangor airport director, told reporters at a news conference Monday the NTSB said its expects to “have a team of investigators on site” later in the afternoon.
