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A man impersonating an FBI agent tried to get Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say
Posted 5:23 PM 1/29/2026 by MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A man claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said.
Mark Anderson, a 36-year-old Minnesota native who has a history of drug and other (More)
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Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting
Posted 3:27 PM 1/28/2026 by FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's high-profile deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers roughly $496 million through the end of December, and continued deployment could cost over $1 billion for the rest of the year, according to new data from the (More)
1/26/2026
2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress
Posted 6:01 PM 1/27/2026 by SEUNG MIN KIM, MIKE CATALINI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday.
Officers tried to take Pretti into custody and he resisted, leading to a (More)
South Carolina measles outbreak surpasses Texas' 2025 total, with little sign of slowing
Trump's use of AI images pushes new boundaries, further eroding public trust, experts say
Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump
US sending ICE unit to Winter Olympics for security, prompting concern and confusion in Italy
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1/25/2026
What travelers can expect as Southwest Airlines introduces assigned seats
Posted 1:33 PM 1/26/2026 by RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Writer
Southwest Airlines passengers made their final boarding-time scrambles for seats on Monday as the carrier prepared to end the open-seating system that distinguished it from other airlines for more than a half-century.
Starting Tuesday, customers on Southwest flights will have assigned (More)
1/24/2026
Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting contradict government statements
Posted 1:04 PM 1/25/2026 by HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press
Videos quickly emerged showing the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a Border Patrol agent that has been widely denounced as a case of excessive force carried out by untrained federal officers. The Trump administration says it was a case of an armed man provoking violence.
The (More)
1/23/2026
Police chief calls for calm after a man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
Posted 10:19 AM 1/24/2026 by JACK BROOK Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.
The details surrounding the shooting weren't immediately clear, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (More)
1/22/2026
Former Olympic snowboarder on FBI's most-wanted list is arrested in Mexico, faces drug charges
Posted 12:46 PM 1/23/2026 by ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MIKE BALSAMO and AMY TAXIN Associated Press
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, a top FBI fugitive, was arrested in Mexico and on Friday was flown to the U.S. to face charges related to running a multinational drug trafficking ring and the killing of a federal witness.
FBI Director Kash (More)