Tom Homan said ICE and Border Patrol agents will "draw down" in Minnesota as federal authorities refocus on "targeted" immigration enforcement.

Gov. Tim Walz says that he and President Trump shared a "productive" phone call Monday morning, during which he says the president agreed to consider a reduction of federal immigration enforcement forces in Minnesota.

President Donald Trump is contacting lawmakers and "urging them not to shut down the government," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC.

Trump has verbally attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar numerous times, most recently doing so hours before she was assaulted Tuesday night.

Attorney General Pam Bondi described the protesters as "rioters" and said they allegedly assaulted federal law enforcement.

By Brad Brooks, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz struck a conciliatory note after a private phone call on Monday, in a sign the two sides want to defuse a crisis over the Trump-ordered deportation drive that has left two U.

President Trump and top administration officials, in trying to shift blame over two recent shootings, have mounted an array of arguments for the influx of federal agents.

President Trump indicated during a Fox News interview before a speech in Iowa that Bovino's "out there" approach wasn't right for the situation.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump compared the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown in Minneapolis to the military raid in Venezuela.

Minnesota’s standoff with the Trump administration amid its immigration crackdown in the state has made a political tinderbox of the Twin Cities, as devolving clashes between protesters and federal agents stoke fears of a bigger brewing conflict.