"Up to 1,500 active-duty troops in Alaska are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota, a U.S. official informed NPR. This comes as the Trump administration has escalated pressure on the state, including threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to suppress protests happening in Minneapolis. Anti-ICE protesters continued to take to the streets over the weekend, even as temperatures plummeted."
"Democrats can't do much to push back on the Trump administration, besides publicly denouncing the presence of over 2,000 federal immigration agents in the state, Minnesota Public Radio's Clay Masters tells Up First. Attorney General Keith Ellison and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul sued the administration, calling its actions an unconstitutional federal invasion that violates the First and 10th amendments. Because Democrats do not control either chamber of Congress, they are pursuing legal channels in federal courts."
Up to 1,500 active-duty troops in Alaska were placed on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota as the administration threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to suppress Minneapolis protests. Anti-ICE demonstrators continued street actions despite cold temperatures. Democrats lacked congressional control and primarily criticized the deployment publicly while Attorney General Keith Ellison and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul filed lawsuits alleging unconstitutional federal intrusion violating the First and Tenth Amendments. Separately, President Trump proposed acquiring Greenland and announced planned tariffs on eight NATO allies until a Greenland purchase was agreed, prompting those nations to warn of transatlantic consequences.
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