Frey noted that the Trump administration has already branded Good as a \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re calling the actions of the agent involved as some form of defensive posture. We know that they\u2019ve already determined much of the investigation, and even if they haven\u2019t, there is the appearance that there is some conclusion drawn from the very beginning,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
A reminder that the Minneapolis Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) was denied access to evidence this week, after the FBI took sole control of the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur ask is to embrace the truth,\u201d Frey said today. \u201cOur ask is to include the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in this process, because we in Minneapolis want a fair investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Becca Good, the wife of Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot on Wednesday by an ICE officer, has described the mother of three as \u201cpure love \u2026 pure joy \u2026 pure sunshine\u201d.<\/p>\n On the day Renee died, Becca said, \u201cWe stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.\u201d The people who did this, she said, \u201chad fear and anger in their hearts \u2026 we need to show them a better way.\u201d<\/p>\n Her is the statement she shared<\/a> with MPR:<\/p>\n First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family.<\/p>\n This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her.<\/p>\n Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn\u2019t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.<\/p>\n Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow. Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.<\/p>\n Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles.<\/p>\n What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy. And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever.<\/p>\n We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.<\/p>\n Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.<\/p>\n We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee\u2019s legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.51 EST<\/p>\n Federal officers are leaving Louisiana immigration crackdown for Minneapolis \u2013 AP<\/p>\n Federal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around New Orleans and aimed to make 5,000 arrests, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n The shift appeared to signal a wind-down of the Louisiana deployment that was dubbed \u201cCatahoula Crunch\u201d and began in December<\/a> with the arrival of more than 200 officers. The operation had been expected to last into February and swiftly raised fears in immigrant communities<\/a>. As of 18 December, the operation had led to about 370 arrests.<\/p>\n The Trump administration has been surging thousands of federal officers to Minnesota under a sweeping new crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. More than 2,000 officers are taking part in what the Department of Homeland Security has called the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever.<\/p>\n Yesterday the New York Times reported<\/a> that the Trump administration would deploy more than 100 US Customs and Border Protection agents and officers to Minnesota following the fatal shooting<\/a> of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer, and that the agents would be redirected<\/a> from operations in Chicago and New Orleans.<\/p>\n Documents obtained by the AP indicated that federal officers stationed in Louisiana were continuing to depart for Minneapolis late this week.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the safety of our law enforcement, we do not disclose operational details while they are under way,\u201d the DHS said on Friday in response to questions about whether the Louisiana deployment was ending in order to send officers to Minnesota.<\/p>\n US border patrol agents detain a man on the first day of \u2018Catahoula Crunch\u2019 in New Orleans on 3 December. Photograph: Ryan Murphy\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.32 EST<\/p>\n Senators urge Apple and Google to remove Musk\u2019s X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes \u2013 NBC News<\/p>\n NBC News is reporting<\/a> that three Democratic senators urged Apple and Google to remove Elon Musk\u2019s apps X and Grok from their app stores yesterday evening following use of xAI\u2019s Grok artificial intelligence tool to flood X with sexualized nonconsensual images of real people.<\/p>\n Hours later, X restricted Grok\u2019s image generation to paying premium subscribers, and seemingly restricting what types of images Grok can create on X, according to NBC News\u2019s report<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Grok reply bot on X has generated thousands of sexualized images<\/a> an hour this week, mostly of women but at times of children<\/a>, NBC News previously reported. But while X appears to have pivoted to limiting that feature on the social media app, on the standalone Grok app and website, Grok will still create sexualized deepfakes.<\/p>\n In an open letter<\/a> to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n of New Mexico asked the companies to \u201cenforce\u201d terms of service that appear to ban the activity that was surging on X and is still possible on Grok.<\/p>\n The terms of service of Apple\u2019s App Store and Google\u2019s Play Store both appear to forbid apps that allow sexualized images of people without their consent, the senators wrote.<\/p>\n Apple and Google must remove these apps from the application stores until X\u2019s policy violations are addressed.<\/p>\n They continued:<\/p>\n X users have used the app\u2019s Grok AI tool to generate nonconsensual sexual imagery of real, private citizens at scale. This trend has included Grok modifying images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.<\/p>\n Turning a blind eye to X\u2019s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation practices. Indeed, not taking action would undermine your claims in public and in court that your app stores offer a safer user experience than letting users download apps directly to their phones.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.26 EST<\/p>\n The supreme court is set to issue its next set of opinions on Wednesday 14 January. This is the next chance for the justices to issue a ruling on the legality of Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping tariffs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Top banking committee Democrat warns against ‘handouts’ or ‘special favors’ ahead of Trump’s meeting with oil executives<\/p>\n Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate banking committee, warned against \u201cbillions in handouts\u201d to oil companies who are due to meet with Donald Trump<\/a> at the White House today, and leaving \u201cAmerican taxpayers with the bill\u201d.<\/p>\n The president is set to meet with CEOs of Exxon, Shell and ConocoPhillips, as well as a representative from Chevron later today to discuss control of Venezuela\u2019s oil production.<\/p>\n \u201cThe American people voted for lower costs, not for the US military to attack Venezuela or to have their hard-earned money used to line the pockets of Big Oil,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cThese oil executives should commit that they will not seek or accept taxpayer subsidies or special favors from the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.47 EST<\/p>\n Earlier, we reported the news that the supreme court did not issue a highly anticipated ruling on the legality of Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping tariffs.<\/p>\n The court did issue a decision in a case that allows federal prisoners to make repeat challenges to their convictions.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In response to questions from reporters today, Jacob Frey dismissed any suggestion from the administration that his language has been \u201cinflammatory\u201d since Wednesday\u2019s shooting and the subsequent protests in Minneapolis<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI dropped an F-bomb. They killed somebody. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I\u2019m going with the killing somebody,\u201d Frey said.<\/p>\n The mayor also pushed back on the Trump administration\u2019s claims that Good ran over the ICE agent who killed her.<\/p>\n \u201cWatch the video from every single angle. I mean, the ICE agent walked away with a hip injury that he might as well have gotten from closing a refrigerator door with his hips,\u201d Frey said. \u201cNo, he was not ran over. He walked out of there with a hop in his step.\u201d<\/p>\n Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey speaks during a press conference, following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent, on Friday. Photograph: Tyrone Siu\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.52 EST<\/p>\n Chavez also urged Minneapolis<\/a> residents to \u201cdo everything in their power to defend our immigrant neighbors\u201d at this moment.<\/p>\n \u201cBlow your whistle when you see immigration enforcement in your neighborhood,\u201d he said. \u201cGet trained on rapid response so you can educate your neighbors on what is happening on your block, provide rides to your immigrant neighbors who need to go to work, who need to get groceries, who need to see their children come back home safely.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.29 EST<\/p>\n At today\u2019s press conference, Minneapolis<\/a> city council member Jason Chavez was tearful as he recalled that Renee Nicole Good was a \u201cmother, wife and beloved community member\u201d.<\/p>\n Chavez remained resolute that the circulated videos of Wednesday\u2019s fatal shooting do \u201cnot match the false narrative from the federal government\u201d. He reiterated Frey\u2019s call for local authorities to have access to the ongoing investigation into Good\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is important and critical to our community to have a sense of trust in this process by having an independent investigation to present to the county attorney so the adequate charges can be made,\u201d Chavez said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Minneapolis mayor calls for local authorities to have access to fatal shooting investigation<\/p>\n The Democratic mayor of Minneapolis<\/a>, Jacob Frey, has urged federal authorities to not \u201chide from the facts\u201d of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good.<\/p>\n Frey noted that the Trump administration has already branded Good as a \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re calling the actions of the agent involved as some form of defensive posture. We know that they\u2019ve already determined much of the investigation, and even if they haven\u2019t, there is the appearance that there is some conclusion drawn from the very beginning,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n A reminder that the Minneapolis Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) was denied access to evidence this week, after the FBI took sole control of the case.<\/p>\n \u201cOur ask is to embrace the truth,\u201d Frey said today. \u201cOur ask is to include the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in this process, because we in Minneapolis want a fair investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Supreme court does not issue ruling on Trump’s sweeping tariffs<\/p>\n The highest court did not issue a highly anticipated decision today on the legality of Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping tariffs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.18 EST<\/p>\n Supreme court set to issue first decision of latest term<\/p>\n The supreme court is on track to deliver the first decision of its latest term today. One of the most anticipated rulings is on the legality of Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping tariffs. The highest court is tasked with deciding whether the president can invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose levies on dozens of countries without the approval of Congress.<\/p>\n In November, justices heard arguments in one of the most consequential cases on the docket. They appeared skeptical<\/a> of the administration\u2019s use of the IEEPA \u2013\u00a0a decades-old law grants the president authority to regulate international commerce during a \u201cnational emergency\u201d. Notably, the IEEPA doesn\u2019t actually mention the word \u201ctariff\u201d as a justified means of curbing a national security threat.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to note, however, that we don\u2019t know which decision the supreme court will issue today, and it could be in response to any of the several arguments they\u2019ve heard so far this term.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.01 EST<\/p>\n Where were jobs created in December? More than half of the 50,000 jobs created in the US last month were at food services and drinking places, where payrolls rose by 27,000.<\/p>\n Health care continued to add workers in December; payrolls rose by 21,000, including 16,000 in hospitals.<\/p>\n Employment in social assistance rose by 17,000.<\/p>\n But it was a tougher jobs market in retail, where 25,000 jobs were cut.<\/p>\n Federal government employment rose by 2,000, suggesting that the Doge jobs cull may have abated \u2013 after 277,000 jobs were lost through 2025<\/p>\n Read more about the latest jobs data at our dedicated business liveblog: <\/p>\n Share<\/a> Federal Reserve officials are expected to weigh this latest data at their next policy meeting at the end of January, when they will decide whether to lower interest rates, which sit at a range of 3.5% to 3.75%, or keep them on hold.<\/p>\n Officials have signaled that a pause in cuts is likely. Minutes from the board\u2019s December meeting revealed stark division when members made their third consecutive cut to rates last month. \u201cSome participants suggested that, under their economic outlooks, it would likely be appropriate to keep [rates] unchanged for some time,\u201d the notes said.<\/p>\n In a press conference last month, the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, said officials will proceed with caution as they remain hopeful that the labor market will stabilize in the upcoming year and inflation will start to cool. Prices rose<\/a> 2.7% in November, a cooling-off after rising 3% in September.<\/p>\n But the Fed\u2019s vigilance over the economy continues to clash with the outlook of Donald Trump<\/a> and his economic advisers, who have demanded lower interest rates. Cutting rates could stimulate economic growth, including bolstering the labor market, but at the risk of making prices rise faster.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Employers added 50,000 more jobs in December, according to latest report Hiring held firm in the US last month, official data showed, amid uncertainty over the strength and direction of the world\u2019s largest economy.<\/p>\n Employers added 50,000 jobs to the US labor force last month, following a year of uneven growth, according to data released from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.<\/p>\n Guardian graphic. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Note: Non-farm jobs, seasonally adjusted<\/a>Guardian graphic. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Note: Non-farm jobs, seasonally adjusted<\/p>\n The closely watched reading was slightly shy of the approximately 73,000 jobs economists expected to be added in the US economy<\/a> in December. Previous readings for October and November were also revised lower, with the BLS now estimating that the US added 76,000 fewer jobs during those two months.<\/p>\n The unemployment rate, which rose to a four-year high of 4.6%<\/a> in November, fell back to 4.4% in December.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.07 EST<\/p>\n US intercepts fifth sanctioned oil tanker – report<\/p>\n The US Coast Guard is in the process of seizing a fifth sanctioned tanker, suspected of carrying oil to and from Venezuela<\/a>, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n The targeted vessel is the Olina. A industry source tells Reuters that the tanker left last week fully loaded with oil as part of a flotilla, after the US captured and arrested Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. It was returning, fully loaded, to Venezuela when it was seized today.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll bring you more details as they emerge.<\/p>\n![\"Graeme](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graeme-Wearden,-L.png\")
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