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Far-left agitator who organized MN church storming raked in over $1 million from anti-poverty nonprofit
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FIRST ON FOX: Far-left agitator Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was one of the organizers of the storming of a Minnesota church to protest ICE on Sunday, raked in over $1 million during six years leading a Minneapolis civil rights nonprofit that addresses anti-poverty issues.
Armstrong, whose website identifies her as a civil rights lawyer and «scholar-activist,» helped to organize the storming of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday.
In a Facebook post, she claimed that one of the church’s pastors is a leader at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The demonstration is one of many throughout the Twin Cities in protest of the federal government’s surge of immigration enforcement officials to crack down on widespread fraud taking place in the state.
Armstrong, who is currently the founder and CEO of a cannabis company called Dope Roots, led the nonprofit as executive director for at least six years, from 2019 through 2024, according to tax filings by the Wayfinder Foundation,
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Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights lawyer and activist. (Chris Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The 2024 tax filing shows that despite the foundation being dedicated to giving grants to anti-poverty community initiatives, it awarded just $158,811 that year, while Armstrong brought in a salary of $215,726. She also took an additional $40,548 in health benefits, benefit plan contributions and deferred compensation, according to the 2024 filing.
In 2023, the year that the nonprofit awarded $133,698 in grants, Armstrong brought in a salary of $170,726, plus $44,300 in other «compensation from the organization and related organizations,» according to that year’s filing.
The year before reflects the same pattern, with Armstrong bringing in $175,000 in compensation, plus an estimated $33,126 in other compensation, while the organization gave just $161,325 in grants, per the 2022 filing.
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Cities Church is seen in St. Paul, Minn., where activists shut down a service claiming the pastor was also working as an ICE agent, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
According to filings ranging from 2019 to 2024, in six years Armstrong made $936,395 as executive director of the Wayfinder Foundation, plus an additional $201,313 in health benefits and other compensation. Meanwhile, during her time in leadership, the Wayfinder Foundation disbursed approximately $700,052 in grants.
In the same time span, the foundation reported $5,246,387 in revenue. The group has counted Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation as a donor. According to a 2023 Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation tax filing, the group donated $20,000 to Wayfinder «to conduct activities to educate and support Black communities.»
The Walton Family Foundation, which makes charitable donations on behalf of the family behind Walmart’s founding, is also a major donor. According to 2018-2024 tax filings by the Walton Family Foundation, it donated $2,340,000 to the Wayfinder Foundation during that time period.
While the nonprofit’s website is now defunct, Fox News Digital reviewed some of its archived pages, and it reveals that in its «signature Community Activist Fellowship (CAF) program, we intentionally invest in Black women and Latina activists, organizers, and change agents who are using their social, political, and financial capital to challenge the status quo and to disrupt business-as-usual within systems that perpetuate oppression.»
«Where others see deficiencies, lack, and want, Wayfinder sees opportunity for little revolutions that place demands on power and change systems for the better,» Armstrong says in a message to potential donors on the defunct website of the Wayfinder Foundation. «We get there by investing directly in the most basic unit of change in a child’s life, their mother.»
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An anti-ICE agitator holds a sign while attending an «Americans Against Islamification» rally near City Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 17, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
Before the Sunday service disruption, Armstrong caused controversy through her far-left views and activism. She has also been a key organizer of the boycotts against Target over its decision to scale back its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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In a September 26 post, Armstrong had high praise for Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, who was convicted of the murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1977. Armstrong called her «a brave, wise, powerful, and revolutionary Black woman.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Armstrong and the Wayfinder Foundation for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation and Walmart also did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
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El dictador Miguel Díaz-Canel afirmó que Cuba tiene la “capacidad y disposición para dialogar con el gobierno de Estados Unidos”
El dictador cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel afirmó que Cuba tiene la “capacidad y disposición para dialogar con el gobierno de Estados Unidos”, pero sostuvo que cualquier conversación debe darse sin presiones y en condiciones de igualdad y respeto.
Las declaraciones se produjeron durante un discurso transmitido por la televisión estatal, en un contexto de presión económica de Washington sobre la isla tras el corte de los suministros petroleros desde Venezuela, histórico sostén del régimen cubano.
“Hemos dicho que tenemos capacidad y disposición para dialogar con el gobierno de Estados Unidos”, expresó Díaz-Canel en su mensaje televisado.
El líder del régimen cubano remarcó que cualquier proceso de diálogo debe excluir presiones externas. “El diálogo no puede ser bajo presiones”, afirmó, y agregó que “el diálogo tiene que ser en condiciones de igualdad, de respeto”.
Durante su intervención, Díaz-Canel también señaló que el régimen cubano denunciará cualquier intento de condicionar las conversaciones. “Y todo eso lo vamos a denunciar. Y sin miedo”, expresó.
“Nosotros sí tenemos la convicción de que nosotros tenemos que salir de nuestros problemas por nosotros mismos, con nuestro talento y con el coraje de los cubanos”, afirmó.
Horas antes del discurso de Díaz-Canel, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, confirmó que su administración inició negociaciones con los altos mandos del régimen cubano y afirmó que confía en alcanzar un acuerdo.
“Estamos hablando con las más altas esferas de Cuba. Veamos qué pasa”, declaró el presidente estadounidense. “Creo que vamos a llegar a un acuerdo con Cuba”, agregó.
Las declaraciones del mandatario estadounidense se produjeron tras la captura del dictador narco Nicolás Maduro por fuerzas estadounidenses y el corte efectivo de los suministros petroleros desde Venezuela, principal sostén histórico del régimen cubano.
Trump enfatizó en reiteradas oportunidades que Cuba “no podrá sobrevivir” sin ese apoyo y la calificó como una “nación fallida” al borde del colapso.
La noche del sábado, el presidente estadounidense respondió a las advertencias de la presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum, quien señaló que cortar el suministro de crudo a Cuba provocaría una crisis humanitaria.
“No tiene por qué haber una crisis humanitaria. Creo que probablemente vendrán a nosotros y querrían hacer un trato. Así que Cuba será libre nuevamente. Vendrán a nosotros y harán un trato”, dijo Trump.
En ese mismo contexto, circularon informaciones no confirmadas que indicaron que una delegación cubana, encabezada por el general Alejandro Castro Espín, habría mantenido reuniones en México con un alto funcionario de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA).
Según esas versiones, el objetivo de los encuentros habría sido explorar una salida negociada a la actual crisis bilateral y gestionar el eventual desbloqueo de 133 millones de dólares depositados en una cuenta bancaria vinculada a remesas de emigrantes cubanos. La delegación buscaría utilizar esos fondos para la compra de combustible.
“Están hablando de todo”, señaló una fuente consultada sobre el alcance de las conversaciones.
Entretanto, la Oficina de Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental del Departamento de Estado exigió al régimen cubano cesar inmediatamente sus acciones represivas.
“El régimen ilegítimo cubano debe cesar inmediatamente sus actos represivos de mandar a individuos para interferir en la labor diplomática del Encargado de Negocios Hammer”, señaló el organismo en su cuenta de X.
“Nuestros diplomáticos continuarán reuniéndose con el pueblo cubano, a pesar de las tácticas fallidas de intimidación del régimen”, añadió la Oficina.
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Russia kills 12 Ukrainian miners in deadly bus attack hours after peace talks postponed
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A Russian drone strike hit a bus carrying miners in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday, killing at least 12 people.
Ukrainian emergency services later reported the death toll had risen to 15 in one of the deadliest single attacks on energy workers since the start of the war.
The attack Sunday came a few hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a new round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia had been postponed.
A spokesperson for DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, which employed the workers, told Fox News Digital that drones had targeted the bus as it traveled «roughly 40 miles from the front line in central and eastern Ukraine.»
The DTEK spokesperson also described the incident as a «terrorist attack on civilian infrastructure.»
«This strike was a targeted terrorist attack against civilians and another crime by Russia against critical infrastructure,» the spokesperson added.
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Russian drone strike killed at least 12 Ukrainian coal miners and injured seven others when it hit a civilian bus in Dnipropetrovsk region. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk region)
The bus was transporting miners after the end of their shift when it was hit by a Russian drone, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine also confirmed.
At least seven workers were injured, and a fire sparked by the impact was later extinguished by emergency crews.
«The epicenter of one of the attacks was a company bus transporting miners from the enterprise after a shift in the Dnipropetrovsk region,» the company also said in a statement.
Zelenskyy condemned the strike late Sunday, calling it another deliberate attack on civilians.
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Russian drone strike killed at least 12 Ukrainian coal miners and injured seven others when it hit a civilian bus in Dnipropetrovsk region. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk region)
Earlier in the day, he announced that the next round of trilateral talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. would now take place Feb. 4-5 in Abu Dhabi, after originally being expected for Sunday.
«Ukraine is ready for a substantive discussion, and we are interested in ensuring that the outcome brings us closer to a real and dignified end to the war,» Zelenskyy said on X, adding that the delay had been agreed to by all sides.
The delay followed a surprise meeting Saturday in Florida between Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, and Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin’s special envoy and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund.
The talks in Abu Dhabi are now expected to include representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the U.S., according to the Associated Press.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have both met separately with President Donald Trump. Despite a peace deal agreement being close, territorial disputes remain, Zelenskyy said. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP; Christian Bruna/Getty)
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy warned Russia is stepping up its aerial campaign against civilian and logistical targets.
«Over the past week, Russia has used more than 980 attack drones, nearly 1,100 guided aerial bombs, and two missiles against Ukraine,» he wrote on X on Sunday. «We are recording Russian attempts to destroy logistics and connectivity between cities and communities.»
In a statement, DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko also explained the bus attack marked the company’s «single largest loss [of] life of DTEK employees since Russia’s full-scale invasion.»
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«We can already say with certainty that this was an unprovoked terrorist attack on a purely civilian target, for which there can be no justification,» Timchenko said.
The attack marked «one of the darkest days in our history,» he added. «DTEK teams are working with emergency services on the ground in Dnipropetrovsk region to ensure the injured, and families who have lost loved ones, get all the care and support they need. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten,» he added.
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