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President Donald Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act following two shootings involving federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, including the fatal shooting of Renee Good. The rarely used law allows a president to deploy U.S. military forces domestically and has drawn scrutiny over its broad authority and limited oversight.

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Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died at 86. Arrested at just 15 for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Colvin later became a key plaintiff in the lawsuit that ended bus segregation, laying legal groundwork for the modern civil rights movement.

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A new Economist and YouGov poll finds 69% of Americans watched coverage of the Minneapolis ICE shooting and, by a significant margin, say the officer’s actions were not justified. For the first time, more people support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement than oppose it. The poll also found strong concern about masked ICE officers and falling favorability for Vice President J.D. Vance.

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A new Pew Research Center study highlights wide disparities in how often Americans use the internet and how they access it. The data shows significant gaps across racial and income groups, including reliance on smartphones for online access and uneven broadband availability at home.

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Minnesota and Illinois have filed separate federal lawsuits against the Trump administration, alleging that mass deployments of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis and Chicago violate state sovereignty and constitutional limits on federal power. The lawsuits come amid protests and controversy over federal immigration actions, including the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota.

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At least six senior prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division resigned after leadership declined to review a fatal shooting involving an ICE officer in Minnesota. Prosecutors say federal officials blocked state investigators, controlled evidence, and publicly defended the officer before any review was completed — sparking internal outrage and accusations of political interference.

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President Donald Trump said in a New York Times interview that he would like to stop mail-in ballots and suggested he should have ordered the National Guard to seize ballot boxes during the 2020 election. Legal experts note the president has no authority to seize ballots, and Trump later questioned whether he would accept the results of future elections.

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President Donald Trump is facing renewed skepticism from Black Americans after suggesting in a New York Times interview that white people have faced unfair treatment in higher education. The remarks come as his administration continues to roll back diversity initiatives and as Black unemployment has risen during his second term.

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In an interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump said civil rights-era protections led to white people being “very badly treated,” embracing the idea of reverse discrimination. Civil rights leaders, including NAACP President Derrick Johnson, pushed back, saying there is no evidence the civil rights movement discriminated against white men.

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that federal immigration enforcement actions violate states’ constitutional authority and administrative law. State and local leaders say the surge of federal agents has had a harmful impact on schools, law enforcement and communities across Minnesota.

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