THE USUAL SUSPECTS: Two federal agents fired their guns during the weekend fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, according to a report to Congress by the Department of Homeland Security.   Pretti was legally carrying a holstered pistol. “During the struggle, a …

LA MIGRA:  Gregory Bovino, the lightning-rod chief of the Border Patrol who has personally thrown gas cannisters at protesters is being removed from charge of immigration operations in Minneapolis in an indication that President Trump knows things have gone askew with …

DEATH IN THE MORNING: Protesters filled the streets of Minneapolis and cities across the country following the second fatal shooting at the hands of an immigration officer in that city. As in the killing of Renee Good, a mother of three, …

SNOW DAYS: Air flights and school have been cancelled and grocery shelves emptied in advance of a severe winter storm expected to travel from today in the southwest through Tuesday in Maine.   The storm could affect 200 million people, many of …

ECONOMIC STRIKE: The detainment of a 5-year-old boy by immigration agents has ratcheted up tensions in Minnesota and today hundreds of businesses across the state say they will remain closed, stalling economic activity in protest over ICE’s heavy hand.    Alison Kirwin, …

THE DIPLOMACY OF SELF: President Trump relieved financial markets yesterday telling the World Economic Forum in Davos that he will not use military force to take Greenland away from Denmark. “We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive …

THE CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENT: Asked at a nearly two-hour press conference yesterday how far he would be willing to go to acquire Greenland for the US, President Trump replied tersely, “You’ll find out.”   He also said he has not closed out the …

A BITE OF DANISH: It’s been said that all politics are personal and none are more personal than the politics of Donald Trump.   The President sent a missive to Norway’s prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre that because he did not win the …

THE GREENLAND GAMBIT: President Trump over the weekend announced that he will levy tariffs on the European countries opposing a US takeover of Greenland, using US taxes to bend them to his will. In response, ambassadors from the 27-nation European Union held …

CIVIL BEHAVIOR: A federal judge in Minnesota placed restrictions on how Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents deal with protesters as the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation inquiring whether Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have conspired to impede immigration …