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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., called for a full investigation after a federal agent fatally shot a man who was allegedly armed in Minneapolis on Saturday, calling the incident «incredibly disturbing.»

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Cassidy joined a chorus of Democratic lawmakers raising questions following the shooting death of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex J. Pretti, who was killed by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday. Pretti allegedly confronted officers during a Department of Homeland Security operation in south Minneapolis and was carrying a gun, according to the agency.

«The events in Minneapolis are incredibly disturbing,» Cassidy said in a post on X. «The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake. There must be a full joint federal and state investigation.»

Cassidy added that «we can trust the American people with the truth.»

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Sen. Bill Cassidy called for a full federal and state investigation after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed man during a DHS operation in Minneapolis. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The Louisiana Republican’s comments were seemingly at odds with members of his party, including President Donald Trump, who said in a post on Truth Social following the shooting that federal agents «had to protect themselves» because of the lack of support from local police in Minneapolis.

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«This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go—What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?» Trump wrote in the post. «The Mayor and the Governor called them off? It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves—Not an easy thing to do!»

Last week, Trump pledged his endorsement for U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow if she entered the GOP primary in Louisiana, challenging Cassidy, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 2015. Letlow launched her Senate bid days later.

NOEM SAYS MINNEAPOLIS SUSPECT COMMITTED ‘DOMESTIC TERRORISM,’ ACCUSES WALZ, FREY OF INCITING VIOLENCE

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Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during a news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Cassidy was one of the Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump after the House impeached him in 2021. The Senate vote ultimately fell short of the threshold required to convict Trump.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a news conference Saturday that the incident occurred while DHS officers carried out «targeted operations» in Minneapolis against an illegal immigrant with a violent criminal history.

«An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun,» Noem said, adding that agents attempted to disarm him.

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«The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently,» Noem said. «Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots.»

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Noem said Pretti had «two magazines with ammunition in them that held dozens of rounds» and no identification, adding that «this looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.»

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She said DHS is investigating the shooting «just like we do all other officer-involved shootings,» adding that additional details would be forthcoming.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said during a news conference Saturday that «we need ICE out of Minnesota,» while placing blame on the Trump administration.

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar called for ICE to be removed from Minnesota while criticizing the Trump administration following a fatal Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis. (Fox News )

«I have personally warned them that there would be more deaths, that more of this would happen,» she said. «And clearly they’re not listening. So, we ask people around the country to talk to their Republican representatives to make clear that this is not the America that is ours. This has got to stop.»

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to Klobuchar’s comments in an X post Saturday, saying federal agents should not be removed from Minnesota.

«We need dangerous criminal illegal aliens out of Minnesota. The Democrats have their priorities completely upside down. They will not keep the American people safe,» she wrote.

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In his own post, Vice President JD Vance blamed «far left agitators» for the recent unrest in Minneapolis.

«This level of engineered chaos is unique to Minneapolis,» he posted on X Saturday evening. «It is the direct consequence of far left agitators, working with local authorities.»

Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Homeland Security and the White House for comment.

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Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr and Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.

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Un tiroteo en un estadio de fútbol en México dejó 11 muertos y al menos 12 heridos

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Hombres armados abrieron fuego el domingo en un campo de fútbol abarrotado de gente en México, y mataron a 11 personas e hirieron a otras 12, en un ataque que pareció poner de relieve la persistente violencia de los cárteles en el país, a pesar de los esfuerzos del gobierno.

Según las autoridades locales, los disparos alcanzaron a quienes estaban socializando después de un partido de fútbol, culminando un periodo especialmente violento en Salamanca, ciudad de 275.000 habitantes situada en el estado de Guanajuato, al centro del país.

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Otro episodio dejó cinco muertos en Salamanca el sábado, y una semana antes las autoridades desactivaron un artefacto explosivo en las inmediaciones de una refinería de la empresa gubernamental Petróleos Mexicanos en la ciudad.

“Estamos pasando por un momento grave, una grave descomposición social”, dijo César Prieto, alcalde de Salamanca, en un discurso grabado en video el domingo por la noche. “Lamentablemente, hay grupos criminales tratando de someter a la autoridad, cosa que no van a lograr”.

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Mientras defiende los resultados de su estrategia de seguridad, la presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, dijo este lunes que su gobierno estaba en contacto cercano con las autoridades de Guanajuato “para poder dar con los responsables”. (AP Foto/Marco Ugarte, Archivo)

Guanajuato registró el mayor número de asesinatos de México el año pasado, con 2035 homicidios dolosos. Esa violencia ha sido impulsada en gran medida por una guerra territorial entre un cártel local y el Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, el grupo criminal más poderoso de México.

Salamanca, en concreto, se encuentra cerca de una frontera que separa los territorios controlados por cada grupo, y también alberga una importante refinería de petróleo. Ambos cárteles quieren controlar Salamanca para impulsar sus negocios de narcotráfico y robo de combustible. Las autoridades locales dijeron que estaban investigando el tiroteo del domingo, y también si alguno de los dos cárteles estaba implicado.

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La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, que ha defendido los resultados de su estrategia de seguridad, dijo a los periodistas el lunes que su gobierno estaba en contacto cercano con las autoridades de Guanajuato “para poder dar con los responsables”.

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En un comunicado, la gobernadora de Guanajuato, Libia Dennise García, calificó el ataque de “hecho inaceptable” y dijo que las fuerzas estatales y federales estaban reforzando la seguridad.

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El tiroteo masivo es un acontecimiento especialmente inoportuno para el gobierno mexicano, que ha estado llevando a cabo una agresiva campaña contra los cárteles de la droga en un esfuerzo por demostrar a la Casa Blanca que se toma en serio la erradicación del flujo de drogas hacia Estados Unidos.

El presidente Donald Trump lleva meses amenazando con emprender ataques terrestres contra los cárteles en México, afirmando que estos grupos dirigen el país. Sheinbaum ha dicho en repetidas ocasiones que un ataque unilateral sería una violación de la soberanía mexicana.

Recientemente, las amenazas más específicas de Trump, así como la captura del presidente Nicolás Maduro de Venezuela a manos de Estados Unidos, han aumentado los temores entre los funcionarios mexicanos de que México podría estar en el punto de mira a continuación. El gobierno de Trump también ha estado presionando a las autoridades mexicanas para que permitan la presencia de fuerzas estadounidenses en México.

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En respuesta, México se ha mostrado dispuesto a golpear con más dureza a los cárteles, con la esperanza de evitar cualquier acción estadounidense. En los últimos días, México anunció la captura de varios delincuentes muy buscados, entre ellos un exatleta olímpico canadiense que se había convertido en un prolífico traficante de cocaína. México también trasladó la semana pasada a 37 delincuentes acusados a Estados Unidos.

César Prieto, alcalde de Salamanca, advirtió: “Lamentablemente, hay grupos criminales tratando de someter a la autoridad, cosa que no van a lograr”. (Foto: EFE)

César Prieto, alcalde de Salamanca, advirtió: “Lamentablemente, hay grupos criminales tratando de someter a la autoridad, cosa que no van a lograr”. (Foto: EFE)

Los esfuerzos del gobierno han contribuido a reducir el número de homicidios en más de un 20 por ciento en México en comparación con el año anterior, según el gobierno de Sheinbaum. Las autoridades han centrado gran parte de su potencia de fuego en el Cártel de Sinaloa, una conocida organización delictiva asentada en el oeste del país, y han conseguido debilitar significativamente al grupo. Pero los expertos en seguridad han dicho que, al mismo tiempo, el cártel de Jalisco ha reforzado su control sobre otras partes del país.

Eso incluye Guanajuato. Los homicidios en el estado descendieron durante la segunda mitad del año pasado, pero la lucha entre el cártel de Jalisco y el cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima, un grupo local, ha hecho que continúen las matanzas.

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Integrantes de la Guardia Nacional de México custodian la zona donde se cometió un ataque armado este domingo, en la ciudad de Salamanca (México). Al menos 11 personas murieron y 12 más resultaron lesionadas tras un ataque armado durante un partido de fútbol en la comunidad Loma de Flores, en el municipio mexicano de Salamanca, estado de Guanajuato, oeste de México. (Foto: EFE)

Integrantes de la Guardia Nacional de México custodian la zona donde se cometió un ataque armado este domingo, en la ciudad de Salamanca (México). Al menos 11 personas murieron y 12 más resultaron lesionadas tras un ataque armado durante un partido de fútbol en la comunidad Loma de Flores, en el municipio mexicano de Salamanca, estado de Guanajuato, oeste de México. (Foto: EFE)

El campo de fútbol donde se produjo el tiroteo el domingo es un punto de reunión popular en la comunidad, y los partidos atraen a grandes multitudes cada fin de semana, dijo Orlando Arredondo Gallardo, portavoz del gobierno de Salamanca. “Van niños, hay puestos de comida”, dijo. “Toda la gente asiste y más los días domingos, que es cuando es más familiar”.

Entre las 12 personas heridas en el tiroteo había una mujer y un niño.

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Senate Democrats threaten shutdown by blocking DHS funding after Minnesota ICE shooting

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Anger over a deadly Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-related shooting in Minnesota has pushed Senate Democrats to threaten a cutoff of Homeland Security funding and a possible shutdown.

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In just a few short days, Democrats have rapidly coalesced behind their strategy to block funding for the agency as the deadline to fund the government hurtles closer.

Democrats in the upper chamber were already leery of supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill, which funds ICE, but had come to a fragile truce with Senate Republicans in concocting several built-in restrictions on the agency and usage of ICE over months of negotiations.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has coalesced with Democrats behind a plan to strip the DHS funding bill from a broader spending package, but Republicans aren’t biting.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

But the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti during an immigration enforcement operation over the weekend in Minneapolis destroyed that tepid support. That incident rapidly mobilized Senate Democrats to decry and reject the DHS bill.

Schumer said in a statement that Senate Democrats would not allow the current version of the DHS bill to advance, and argued that Senate Republicans «have seen the same horrific footage that all Americans have watched of the blatant abuses of Americans by ICE in Minnesota.»

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«The appalling murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis must lead Republicans to join Democrats in overhauling ICE and [Customs and Border Protection] to protect the public,» Schumer said. «People should be safe from abuse by their own government.»

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A protester, left, and a federal law enforcement officer argue outside a house on Jan. 18, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn.  (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

«Senate Republicans must work with Democrats to advance the other five funding bills while we work to rewrite the DHS bill,» he continued. «This is the best course of action, and the American people are on our side.»

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Senate Democrats held a private, caucus-wide call on the matter on Sunday. A source familiar with the call told Fox News Digital that Schumer’s plan to reject any DHS bill without several reforms, but that the broader, five-bill funding package could move ahead. Lawmakers could vote on the package as early as Thursday.

«Basically, DHS is the problem and should be split from the package,» they said.

But Senate Republicans aren’t willing to cave to Democrats’ demands, especially given how high a priority funding the agency is for the administration and how fast the Friday deadline to fund the government is approaching.

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SENATE DEMOCRATS REBEL AGAINST THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP OVER DHS FUNDING PACKAGE, INCREASING SHUTDOWN ODDS

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune speak at a press conference on the Republican budget bill at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Democrats’ position creates several procedural headaches beyond their desire to, for now, shut off funding to DHS. Any modification to the package would require approval from the House, which is not in town until early next month.

And House Republican leadership has no desire to return to Washington, D.C., in the interim, leaving the onus on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and his leadership team to carve out a solution to the growing funding problem.

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While some Senate Republicans are demanding a thorough investigation of the shooting of Pretti, none have gone so far as to demand that DHS funding be withheld.

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GOP leaders aren’t willing to cut the bill out of the package just to give Democrats what they want, especially after the current Homeland Security bill was negotiated on a bipartisan basis.

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A Senate Republican aide told Fox News Digital that Republicans were «determined to not have another government shutdown.»

«We will move forward as planned and hope Democrats can find a path forward to join us,» they said.

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Zelenskyy says US security guarantees document is ‘100% ready’ for signing

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a long-anticipated document on U.S. security guarantees is «100% ready» for signing, with Kyiv now waiting for its American partners to confirm the date and place before the agreement moves to ratification in both the U.S. Congress and the Ukrainian parliament.

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«For us, security guarantees are first and foremost guarantees of security from the United States. The document is 100% ready,» Zelenskyy said Sunday at a joint press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, with the presidents of Lithuania and Poland, according to a translation of his remarks from Reuters.

Zelenskyy reiterated at the press conference that Ukraine views membership in the European Union as another core security guarantee and is aiming to join the bloc by 2027, the Ukrainian president’s office said in a statement on its website.

His remarks come after Ukraine, Russia and the United States held trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi for two days over the weekend.

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Polish President Karol Nawrocki, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda attend a press conference following a Lublin Triangle meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 25, 2026. (Yauhen Yerchak/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy said on X that the discussions, which involved political and military representatives from all three sides, were «constructive» and focused on potential parameters for ending his country’s war with Russia.

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RUSSIA LAUNCHES LARGEST ATTACK ON UKRAINE THIS MONTH FOLLOWING TRUMP’S MEETING WITH PUTIN, ZELENSKYY

The talks in the United Arab Emirates followed a meeting in Moscow on Thursday between Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and head of the Federal Acquisition Service Josh Gruenbaum.

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum at the Kremlin in Moscow on Jan. 22, 2026. (Alexander Kazakov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said the «extremely frank» discussions lasted roughly four hours and included U.S. officials updating Moscow on their recent conversations with Ukrainian and European leaders, according to a summary of the meeting from the Kremlin.

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Territorial issues remain a key obstacle in the negotiations, with Moscow pressing Kyiv to relinquish parts of eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region that Russian forces do not fully control.

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U.S. officials told Axios that negotiations examined the full range of unresolved issues, from Russia’s territorial demands in the Donbas to control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and potential steps to prevent a return to fighting.

Another U.S. official told the outlet a second round of talks is scheduled to take place on Feb. 1.

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