Trump climbdown on Alex Pretti killing catches Homeland Security chief and Maga off guard
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Alex Pretti: How another Ice killing outraged America and damaged Trump
In The News podcast: Another killing in Minneapolis, another denial of responsibility by Trump
Trump sends ‘border tsar’ Tom Homan to Minnesota following Ice shooting
State governor Tim Walz speaks to Donald Trump as US president says White House will ‘review everything’
Minneapolis shooting: Trump says he is on a ‘similar wavelength’ with Minnesota governor
Republican senators join calls for fuller investigation
Who is Stephen Miller, the zealous adviser turning Trump’s vision into action
In the News podcast: Zealous in his devotion to MAGA and in advancing Trump’s imperial agenda abroad
Minneapolis: Parents of Alex Pretti say Trump officials are telling ‘sickening lies’
Obamas say ‘heartbreaking tragedy’ shows many core values of US ‘are increasingly under assault’
Trump is an anarchic toddler, constantly causing upheaval as the un-American president
The president has pulverised our national ideals, leaving the US seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats
‘Depravity’: US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl
Homeland Security detains toddler and her father and flies them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order
More than 100 clergy arrested at anti-Ice protest in Minnesota, protesters say
Demonstration at international airport took place on day of action that saw businesses close and workers take to streets
Fundraiser for five-year-old Minnesota boy taken by Ice raises more than $125,000
Statement says father and son were ‘kidnapped and transported across the country without the ability to contact their family’
Donald Trump’s claim that he won’t take Greenland by force is not reassuring
At Davos, the US president repeated his determination to possess what he keeps calling ‘that piece of ice’
This might be Donald Trump’s last year as the only relevant player on stage
The US president is now 12 months into his second term, but this may be his last year as the only relevant player on stage
No anxiety among Irish athletes about US situation ahead of Olympics, says OFI
World Cup matches in United States will be seen as a measure of how 2028 LA Olympics may look
Irish man risks US retaliation for unmasking thousands of Ice officers online
Dominick Skinner started publishing identities last year and is assisted by over 500 volunteers across America
At least 60 Irish people faced deportation from the US last year
Figures show number of citizens seeking consular help in relation to deportation from US has quadrupled since 2024
Donald of Deliria is wallowing in brute force
Trump Redux is tumescent with the power of the world’s greatest military
Renee Good killing: Emergency call transcripts record unfolding crisis
The frantic calls persisted for about an hour after Ice agent Jonathan Ross fired a gun into Good’s maroon Honda Pilot
‘You’re a left-wing hack,’ Trump press secretary tells Irish journalist Niall Stanage after ICE question
Karoline Leavitt launches tirade against Niall Stanage over the killing of Renee Good by an immigration agent
It’s difficult to overstate the terror ICE is inflicting on US cities
State killings are nothing new, but it now feels as though all guardrails have gone
Number of US citizens seeking asylum in Ireland rises fourfold
It is not clear if any of the 94 American applicants in 2025 were granted international protection here
The misogynistic abuse of dying Renee Good is all too familiar
What most women will hear in the expletive and its tone is the cold rage of a disrespected man
Minnesota and Illinois sue Trump administration to block surge of Ice agents
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem named in suit which comes after officer’s shooting of Renee Good
US homeland security sending ‘hundreds’ more officers to Minnesota following protests over Ice shooting
Thousands demonstrated in city of Minneapolis following Ice shooting of Renee Good (37)
Minnesota leaders call for state role in investigating Ice shooting of Renee Nicole Good
Tension comes months into campaign by Donald Trump to increase immigration enforcement in Democratic-led cities
Minnesota killing: How the fatal ICE shooting has deepened divisions in the US
In the News podcast: Tensions in the city on knife-edge amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
US border agent shoots and wounds two people in Portland, Oregon
Incident follows fatal shooting by ICE officer in Minneapolis a day earlier
Video shows shooting of Renee Nicole Good by Ice agent in Minnesota
Video, which contains footage people may find upsetting, shows woman being shot in Minneapolis during immigration crackdown in the city
US judge orders Kilmar Abrego released from immigration detention
Kilmar Armando Ábrego García’s wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown
Indie musician John Maus: ‘It sucks to be called a Donald Trump supporter’
Songwriter was labelled a Trump fan after the January 6th riots in the US – a situation that might have sunk him
Maureen Dowd: My brother believes that America will never buy socialism
Cracks are beginning to show in Trump’s ironclad hold on the Republican Party but Democrats should hope Mamdani flops
‘She’s been degraded’: A man’s battle in Washington to free his Irish wife from Ice detention
Jim Brown tells representatives about the plight of his wife, Donna Hughes-Brown, who has been detained since July after returning from Ireland
Irish grandmother detained in US over $25 cheque to have deportation hearing on Wednesday
Donna Hughes-Brown (58) has been in detention since late July following family trip to Ireland
‘We are going to defend Chicago’: Trump’s Ice agents face pushback
As US president attempts to send in the national guard, residents and officials resist what they call authoritarian over-reach
Texas national guard troops head to Illinois after judge declines to block move
Illinois governor says ‘Trump’s invasion’ of state ongoing as government continues military deployment in Chicago
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