Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis, deeply frustrated by the response to the shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, have suggested they could resign en masse.
Forecasters are eyeing another winter storm that could drop several more inches of snow in places that still haven't thawed out from last weekend's record-setter . Threat level: "The storm will produce snow and rain over parts of the Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley by Thursday evening, then move across the southern Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on Friday morning," the National Weather Service said on Thursday morning. - "By Friday evening into Saturday, the snow will move into the southern Mid-Atlantic and rain over the Southeast." NWS continues: "This rapidly deepening storm system will produce powerful onshore winds along the Mid-Atlantic Coast from the North Carolina Outer Banks northward." - "Wind gusts near hurricane-force will…
Border czar Tom Homan , President Trump's new man on the ground in Minnesota, struck a cooperative tone Thursday and said he sees a path to de-escalation in the Twin Cities. Why it matters: After weeks of unrest in Minnesota, Homan is taking on the mantle of mediator as other Trump administration officials face scrutiny for their roles in the crisis and the president continues to spar with local and state officials. - "I'm not here because the federal government has carried this mission out perfectly," he said at a press conference Thursday morning. Driving the news: Homan said "commonsense cooperation" would facilitate a drawdown of the thousands of immigration officers in the state. - He acknowledged that the Minnesota Department…
The Trump Justice Department has often cast aside normal procedures intended to seek accountability in favor of pushing prosecutors and the F.B.I. to focus on critics of the immigration crackdown.