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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Exclusive: US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on February 28 but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation reut.rs/40b19JN

US Attorney Daniel Rosen defends himself, again, in contempt hearing for ICE order violations • Minnesota Reformer For the second time in a week, U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosen appeared before a federal judge after being summoned to explain why he should not be held in contempt for the federal government...

US Attorney Daniel Rosen defends himself, again, in contempt hearing for ICE order violations minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/05/u...

The Minneapolis council member on the front lines of the resistance to ICE • Minnesota Reformer When heavily-armed federal agents and Minneapolis police officers surrounded a Lake Street taco shop in June, Minneapolis City Council Member Jason Chavez was incensed.  “This is completely wrong,” Ch...

I profiled Jason Chavez, the Minneapolis city council member who has been embedded in community efforts to combat ICE.

“To leave your constituents to face off with a racist fascist regime on their own, without having someone that has some power…I could not let my constituents be out there alone.”

US Senate rejects limits on Trump war powers, as Hegseth vows ‘death and destruction’ for Iran • Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and a single Democrat blocked a War Powers Resolution Wednesday aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s joint war with Israel in Iran that has taken the lives of six...

US Senate rejects limits on Trump war powers, as Hegseth vows ‘death and destruction’ for Iran minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/04/r...

Chief O'Hara confirmed today that there were no "self-initiated" reports from his officers of illegal activity by federal agents.

Judge weighs contempt against top Department of Justice official in Minnesota over ICE orders • Minnesota Reformer U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Bryan is weighing sanctions against the top Department of Justice official in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, for the federal government failing to promptly re...

Judge weighs contempt against top Department of Justice official in Minnesota over ICE orders minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/03/j...

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

NEW

Within minutes of Trump announcing the launch of Operation Epic Fury, X was flooded with disinformation.

Almost all of the accounts sharing fake videos of the attack on Iran featured blue checkmarks, meaning X is profiting from this.

www.wired.com/story/x-is-d...

30 more charged for protesting at Twin Cities church where pastor is ICE official • Minnesota Reformer Bondi's all-caps exhortation arrives even as thousands of churches committed to protecting immigrants have launched lawsuits against the federal government.

30 more charged for protesting at Twin Cities church where pastor is ICE official minnesotareformer.com/briefs/30-mo...

Federal judge in Minnesota threatens Trump officials with contempt over violated orders • Minnesota Reformer A federal judge in Minnesota ordered officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice to appear before him and explain why they should not be held in contempt. U.S...

Federal judge in Minnesota threatens Trump officials with contempt over violated orders minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/26/f...

Chief Judge Schiltz: ‘One way or another, ICE will comply with this court’s orders’ • Minnesota Reformer U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz said the federal judiciary is prepared to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt, which could include jail time, for continuing to vio...

“The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt — again and again and again — to force the United States government to comply with court orders." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/27/c...

Federal judge in Minnesota threatens Trump officials with contempt over violated orders • Minnesota Reformer A federal judge in Minnesota ordered officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice to appear before him and explain why they should not be held in contempt. U.S...

A federal judge in Minnesota has ordered U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen to appear before him and explain why federal officials shouldn’t be held in contempt for violating orders in 28 immigrant detention cases minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/26/f...

A DOJ-involved withholding.

A reminder that Minnesota as a whole sends more revenue to the federal government than it gets back, and on a per capita basis Minnesotans contribute more revenue to the federal government than residents of almost every other state in the nation.

www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-u-...

Many workers have missed shifts without jobs being destroyed making it challenging to measure labor impacts with conventional sources.

We use real-time daily data from Homebase to measure impacts. Thanks to UChicago and Homebase for making the data available.
#EconSky #NumbersDay

Jailed for “Standing Up”: DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address We speak with Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman, who attended Tuesday’s State of the Union address as a guest of Congressmember Ilhan Omar. Rahman was removed from the chamber Tuesday and spent severa...

Jailed for “Standing Up”: DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address www.democracynow.org/2026/2/25/al...

Minnesota clergy sue Trump administration over ability to minister to detainees at Whipple • Minnesota Reformer A group of Minnesota clergy accused the Trump administration in a federal lawsuit filed Monday of violating the religious freedom of faith leaders by denying them entry to the Whipple Federal Building...

“This ministry is not political advocacy. It is not symbolic presence. It is a core and non-negotiable religious obligation rooted in Scripture and centuries of practice,” the lawsuit says. minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/23/m...

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Minnesota’s ban on anti-union captive audience meetings survives legal challenge • Minnesota Reformer Minnesota’s ban on anti-union “captive audience meetings” survived a legal challenge and remains in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal from two non-union contractor asso...

Minnesota’s ban on anti-union captive audience meetings survives legal challenge minnesotareformer.com/briefs/minne...

Minnesota clergy sue Trump administration over ability to minister to detainees at Whipple • Minnesota Reformer A group of Minnesota clergy accused the Trump administration in a federal lawsuit filed Monday of violating the religious freedom of faith leaders by denying them entry to the Whipple Federal Building...

Minnesota clergy sue Trump administration over ability to minister to detainees at Whipple minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/23/m...

Farm bankruptcies up in Minnesota and across the Midwest • Minnesota Reformer The Farm Bureau’s figures may underplay the extent of the financial challenges facing farmers in Minnesota and beyond.

Farm bankruptcies up in Minnesota and across the Midwest minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/23/f...

The end of Operation Metro Surge, in data • Minnesota Reformer President Donald Trump’s border czar announced the imminent end to Operation Metro Surge, the surge of 3,000 immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota, on Feb. 12. At the time, Homan said that agent...

The end of Operation Metro Surge, in data minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/23/t...

Lawyers filed over 1,000 lawsuits challenging immigrant detentions during Operation Metro Surge • Minnesota Reformer Since the launch of Operation Metro Surge, federal judges in Minnesota have repeatedly ruled — hundreds of times — that immigration agents illegally arrested and detained people and must release them....

Lawyers filed over 1,000 lawsuits challenging immigrant detentions during Operation Metro Surge minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/19/l...

Reporter’s notebook: Minnesotans’ whistles are a warning and a bellwether for Oregon and the nation • Oregon Capital Chronicle A Capital Chronicle reporter goes to Minnesota, where residents have spent months under a federal occupation of immigration agents.

Senior reporter @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social spent last week helping out the @minnesotareformer.com in her hometown of the Twin Cities. She reflects on what she learned there — and what it could mean for Portland. buff.ly/fcEH2zK

‘Fewer than 500’ ICE agents left in Minnesota, per federal officials • Minnesota Reformer That’s still three times the pre-surge number of ICE agents in Minnesota, which was 150.

Angie Craig says DHS told her there are fewer than 500 ICE agents in Minnesota — and that she’s taking everything DHS says with a grain of salt.

There were around 150 ICE agents here prior to the surge.

Because of ICE, I've Been in Hiding for Months. It Has Transformed Me. - Racket Days of anxiety, of frustration, and of feeling that everything is on hold while the world keeps moving forward outside.

A first-person account of life in hiding.

Amended lawsuit alleges more unconstitutional conduct of feds in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer “These are Minnesotans…these aren't the worst of the worst. They are just people entitled to their rights and to look out for their neighbors,” said Maggie Wood.

The amended complaint in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU against federal immigration authorities features sworn declarations from more than 80 people, including people who have been followed home by federal agents and shot with rubber bullets.

A timeline of Operation Metro Surge • Minnesota Reformer “Operation Metro Surge,” the incursion of 3,000 federal immigration agents into Minnesota in what the Department of Homeland Security called “the largest DHS operation ever,” began in December, when M...

A timeline of Operation Metro Surge minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/20/a...

Lawyers filed over 1,000 lawsuits challenging immigrant detentions during Operation Metro Surge • Minnesota Reformer Since the launch of Operation Metro Surge, federal judges in Minnesota have repeatedly ruled — hundreds of times — that immigration agents illegally arrested and detained people and must release them....

excellent reporting by my colleague @maxnesterak.bsky.social on the volunteer army of attorneys filing petitions to free people who are illegally detained by ICE — and how government lawyers can't keep up