Door of the home of Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman.
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Minnesota lawmakers targeted in “politically motivated attack”; suspect apprehended. Authorities say that around 2am local time on Saturday, Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot multiple times at their home in Champlin, and that the same attacker then went to the house of State Representative Melissa Hortman in nearby Brooklyn Park, where he murdered her and her husband, Mark. Police engaged the suspect at Hortman’s home. He fled, but left a vehicle flashing lights that contained a manifesto listing 50 to 70 names of potential targets, many of whom were abortion rights supporters. Police caught the alleged shooter, 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, on Sunday evening after a manhunt that lasted more than 24 hours. The Hoffmans survived and underwent surgery to treat their wounds; John was shot nine times; Yvette, eight.
Army birthday parade, No Kings protests, took place on Saturday. More than 6,000 soldiers and 128 Army tanks filed through Washington, DC, on Saturday evening for the 250th Birthday of the US Army Grand Military Parade and Celebration. “Every other country celebrates their victories. It’s about time America did too,” President Trump said at the event. The parade coincided with the president’s 79th birthday, a detail that irked some critics. A coalition of over 200 groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), labor unions, and progressive advocacy groups, organized the “No Kings” counter-programming, which featured protests in all 50 states that the ACLU estimated were attended by 5 million people. The No Kings website said that its activities were aimed at “people coming together in communities across the country to reject strongman politics and corruption.” The Secret Service had estimated that 200,000 people would attend the DC parade, but did not provide a final figure.
New guidance instructs ICE to pause arrests at farms, hotels, restaurants. The change reportedly stems from lobbying by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who spoke with the president on Wednesday regarding farmers’ reports of work stoppage and lost productivity due to ICE raids. On Thursday, Trump posted to Truth Social that “our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers” away from farms, “with those jobs being almost impossible to replace.” The New York Times reported that, following the post, “some influential Trump donors” lobbied the admin to ensure that restaurant workers were included in any policy changes. Raids at other types of work sites, like garment factories, which sparked the Los Angeles protests, are still permitted under the new guidance.—HVL
Minnesota lawmakers targeted in “politically motivated attack”; suspect apprehended. Authorities say that around 2am local time on Saturday, Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot multiple times at their home in Champlin, and that the same attacker then went to the house of State Representative Melissa Hortman in nearby Brooklyn Park, where he murdered her and her husband, Mark. Police engaged the suspect at Hortman’s home. He fled, but left a vehicle flashing lights that contained a manifesto listing 50 to 70 names of potential targets, many of whom were abortion rights supporters. Police caught the alleged shooter, 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, on Sunday evening after a manhunt that lasted more than 24 hours. The Hoffmans survived and underwent surgery to treat their wounds; John was shot nine times; Yvette, eight. Army birthday parade, No Kings protests, took place on Saturday. More than 6,000 soldiers and 128 Army tanks filed through Washington, DC, on Saturday evening for the 250th Birthday of the US Army Grand Military Parade and Celebration. “Every other country celebrates their victories. It’s about time America did too,” President Trump said at the event. The parade coincided with the president’s 79th birthday, a detail that irked some critics. A coalition of over 200 groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), labor unions, and progressive advocacy groups, organized the “No Kings” counter-programming, which featured protests in all 50 states that the ACLU estimated were attended by 5 million people. The No Kings website said that its activities were aimed at “people coming together in communities across the country to reject strongman politics and corruption.” The Secret Service had estimated that 200,000 people would attend the DC parade, but did not provide a final figure. New guidance instructs ICE to pause arrests at farms, hotels, restaurants. The change reportedly stems from lobbying by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who spoke with the president on Wednesday regarding farmers’ reports of work stoppage and lost productivity due to ICE raids. On Thursday, Trump posted to Truth Social that “our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers” away from farms, “with those jobs being almost impossible to replace.” The New York Times reported that, following the post, “some influential Trump donors” lobbied the admin to ensure that restaurant workers were included in any policy changes. Raids at other types of work sites, like garment factories, which sparked the Los Angeles protests, are still permitted under the new guidance.—HVL
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