The family dog was injured during the attack. Family Dog Gilbert Was Also Killed in Attack That Took Lives of Minn. Lawmaker and Her Husband, Friend Says excerpt: “Melissa served her community in more ways than one,” the nonprofit wrote on social media. “She was a Helping Paws Foster Home Trainer, a neighbor, and a friend. The Hortman family raised and trained Minnie, who is now a working service dog partnered with a veteran. They also helped raise and train Gilbert, a service dog in training who [eventually had a career change] and became a cherished member of their family.” Hill shared that colleagues told her husband Josiah that Gilbert needed to be put down after being injured in the shooting early Saturday.
ICE could ‘run out of money next month’ and is already $1bn over budget to carry out Trump’s deportation plans excerpt: He added that "These statutory authorities authorizing the president to declare emergencies" unlock “a whole host of other authorities for these departments and agencies [that] are often written incredibly broadly and invest a lot of discretion in the president.”
ICE already over budget. Trump seeks funds from other agencies. ICE could ‘run out of money next month’ and is already $1bn over budget to carry out Trump’s deportation plans excerpt: "While there are more than three months left in the fiscal year, one estimate has found that the agency is already $1 billion over budget, according to Axios. Legislators in both parties have raised concerns about the speed at which the agency is spending its funds, which may prompt President Donald Trump to seek additional funds from other agencies to support his deportation efforts."
Trump fires NRC commissioner who was appointed by Biden. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/16/trump-fires-democratic-nuclear-commissioner-00407577
Harvard to peition judge on a more general block on Trump from barring international students from enrolling as his administration continues to find workarounds to prevent foreign enrollment. Trump has already frozen billions of dollars to Harvard. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/harvard-international-students-lawsuit-injunction.html excerpt: Even before the May hearing, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had announced that he was pursuing a plan to examine the social media of international students and to block students who are members of the Chinese Communist Party. And a State Department cable dated May 30 ordered consular offices around the world to vet the social media accounts of student visa applicants heading to Harvard for antisemitism. The cable called it a pilot program, starting with Harvard, that would be expanded. Harvard has said the actions aren’t grounded in real violations but instead are retaliation for its refusal to bend to the administration’s will.
Trump is licensing a Trump gold phone and monthy service plan at $47.45 per month. Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone excerpt: The new venture is the latest example of Trump's business empire capitalizing on its association with the sitting president. Both the name of the wireless service — "The 47 Plan" — and its monthly price are references to Trump, who was the 45th U.S. president during his first term in office and is now serving as the 47th.
Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone excerpt: "The Trump Organization on Monday unveiled a mobile phone plan and a $499 smartphone that is set to launch in September. The new service, Trump Mobile, will offer a $47.45-per-month plan that includes unlimited talk, text and data, as well as roadside assistance and a "Telehealth and Pharmacy Benefit," according to its website."
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans excerpt: "Until the recent changes, VA hospitals’ bylaws said that medical staff could not discriminate against patients “on the basis of race, age, color, sex, religion, national origin, politics, marital status or disability in any employment matter”. Now, several of those items – including “national origin,” “politics” and “marital status” – have been removed from that list."
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans excerpt: "Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following an executive order by Donald Trump. The new rules, obtained by the Guardian, also apply to psychologists, dentists and a host of other occupations. They have already gone into effect in at least some VA medical centers. Medical staff are still required to treat veterans regardless of race, color, religion and sex, and all veterans remain entitled to treatment. But individual workers are now free to decline to care for patients based on personal characteristics not explicitly prohibited by federal law."
Trump is selectively targeting Democrats in large cities while saying that he will spare farmers and hotel businesses because his constituents have been injured by his policies. Trump directs ICE to expand deportation efforts in America's largest cities excerpt: "In order to achieve this, we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside," he said. "These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base, cheat in Elections, and grow the Welfare State, robbing good paying Jobs and Benefits from Hardworking American Citizens."
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s...ry-immigration-ice-worksite-enforcement-trump excerpt: In a letter to acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons, six GOP members of the House requested data on the criminal characteristics of those detained. "We are concerned that your limited resources may be stretched to pursue individuals that do not constitute an immediate threat to public safety," the lawmakers wrote. "Every minute that we spend pursuing an individual with a clean record is a minute less that we dedicate to apprehending terrorists or cartel operatives."
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s...ry-immigration-ice-worksite-enforcement-trump excerpt: The administration's focus on worksite enforcement has mostly left the agriculture sector alone. That changed when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested more than 70 people at a meatpacking plant in Omaha, Neb., and other federal agents targeted farms north of Los Angeles on the same day, June 11. "There's been rumors here and there after the new administration started, people would have fear that maybe something like this could happen," said Roger Garcia, a Democrat and the Douglas County commissioner in Nebraska. His district includes Omaha. "People who had their mothers taken away, their spouses … just people who have been working here for decades raising a family. These are just individuals who want to work and unfortunately got caught up in the raid."
The repulsiveness of Miller. Poll: Americans overwhelmingly want Trump to obey court rulings, but MAGA Republicans are split excerpt: "White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller argued last month that “Marxist judges” were conducting a “judicial coup” by constraining the president’s authority when a judge ordered the release of a Tufts University student in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention. Several federal judges, meanwhile, have considered whether to hold executive branch officials in contempt for what one called "willful disregard" of judicial orders."
It's very disturbing that only 50% of Trump's supporters want him to comply with federal court orders, although not surprising. Poll: Americans overwhelmingly want Trump to obey court rulings, but MAGA Republicans are split Eight in 10 respondents believe the Trump administration shouldn't ignore a federal court ruling the White House doesn't like, per the new NBC News Decision Desk Poll. By Dylan Ebs June 16, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT Poll: Americans overwhelmingly want Trump to obey court rulings, but MAGA Republicans are split excerpt: "But among people who consider themselves supporters of the MAGA movement, there's a sharper divide. According to the poll, supporters of President Donald Trump are split, 50%-50%, over whether he should comply with federal court orders."
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Mahdawi is a premanent resident. He was detained by ICE for allegedly being a risk of "adverse foreign policy consequences." Mohsen Mahdawi, released from Ice custody, graduates from Columbia excerpt: “It’s very mixed emotions,” Mahdawi told the Associated Press. “The Trump administration wanted to rob me of this opportunity. They wanted me to be in a prison, in prison clothes, to not have education and to not have joy or celebration.”
Mike Lee makes insulting remarks about the killing of the husband and wife couple on Father's Day. Klobuchar condemns Mike Lee’s posts about Minnesota suspect: ‘This isn’t funny’