BREAKING: Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarity is bringing the first charges against a federal officer stemming from Operation Metro Surge. Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. faces two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon after he pulled a gun on Hwy. 62 on a driver and passenger. Charges here:

Minnesota lawmakers working now to write a law to prevent grooming of children by adults in schools are parsing through the same questions district administrators, sports officials, caregivers and others have struggled for years to answer: What is grooming and how do we stop it?

Terminating civil rights agreements could have ripple effects far beyond those cases or even transgender students as a group. “Once you open that door to something that is unprecedented, where does it end?" one longtime OCR employee asked. www.chalkbeat.org/2026/04/14/t...

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher said Monday they will pursue information from the Department of Homeland Security that they need for their investigation into the arrest of ChongLy “Scott” Thao, an American citizen.

'Success Sequence' Urges Marriage, Then Parenthood. These States Want Schools to Teach It: The decades-old concept is getting new attention, largely from Republican lawmakers.

Thanks for this. The detention of children--in both ICE and criminal system-- has happened across administrations. But right now, it seems to be in hyperdrive. New numbers: 6,200+ kids detained by ICE in Trump’s Second Term, Up 10x since Biden left office www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/06/i...

Several Twin Cities schools are welcoming students back to in-person learning after many were to afraid to attend class during Operation Metro Surge. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

A librarian in Tennessee was fired this week for refusing to move over 130 books with LGBTQ+ themes to the system’s adult section. Battles over access to children’s books with LGBTQ+ themes have played out through libraries across the U.S.

The company behind Facebook and Instagram has lost two major court cases and appears to be scaling back on the virtual reality Metaverse. n.pr/4cm8Q6C

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The normal DHS footprint in Minnesota is 150 federal officers. On February 25, officials said in a court filing that there would be “approximately 300 agents on detail to the St. Paul Field Office by March 2026.” Hard to confirm actual numbers, besides these court filings.

Fascinating poll on how pervasive ICE invasion was in the central cities. Almost one-fifth of St. Paul encountered ICE; more than a quarter of Minneapolis did. Either figure is astounding & awful; indicates Mpls enforcement was roughly half again more intense than St.P.

"the cost-saving plan...has sparked concerns, especially from tribal nations. J.W. Smith Elementary has the highest population of Indigenous learners in the district." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

This story from @elliemroth.bsky.social !! "Brooklyn Park police say about 10 percent of the 911 calls they handle now originate from group homes." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Read the full lawsuit here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

ICE detained a 9-year-old with severe autism and his mom for more than 80 days. The boy depends on daily therapy, but at Dilley, those supports vanished. Unable to understand why they couldn’t go home, he would cry through the night and hit himself, his mother told me. My latest for @nbcnews.com

“We need to know how they’re being used,” Stanley said of drones and the government. “The secrecy and the opaqueness is also illegitimate and is really a big part of the problem.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The number of federal immigration agents in Minnesota has dwindled in recent weeks, but many immigrants are still living in fear of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A Cold Spring family is among those whose lives were upended by the enforcement surge and haven't yet returned to normal.

Cities in Vermont and Maine are experiencing some of the same tactics that ICE has been using across Minnesota since December, and facing lots of resistance.

Thomson Reuters is best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, but it is also a huge data broker that provides investigative tools to the government, including ICE. Its Minneapolis workers aren't happy about that: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/t...

NEW: 23 people have died in ICE custody this fiscal year, already surpassing the number of deaths of last fiscal year. DHS did not respond to our questions about the tally but they did respond to GA Senator questions about detention conditions. Latest: www.npr.org/2026/03/10/g...

A federal judge in Minnesota has denied a request to order U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop using practices alleged to be racially biased, while a lawsuit against the agency continues.

A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds DHS is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for simply filming or observing officers. Belle Cushing is one of the reporters behind the investigation. She spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about it.

A pro-Iran propaganda network has found viral success by tapping into the conspiracy theory that President Trump attacked Iran to distract the public from the Epstein files.

Philly high schoolers hope their conversations about trauma, as well as a “deescalation room” at their school, can help prevent gun violence.

Then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem doubled down, denouncing the incident as an act of “attempted murder” on law enforcement. Her agency published mugshots of all three men arrested in connection with the alleged assault, casting them as “violent criminals.” None of it was true.

Nelsie Yang’s uncle spent five days in detention as she scrambled to find an attorney to get him out. HwaJeong Kim stood between protesters and ICE and police, trying to mediate the situation on Rose Avenue. Anika Bowie woke to armed agents at her door who were there to arrest her husband. Noecker…

In reading, some states continue to see declines, while a handful have surpassed pre-COVID performance www.the74million.org/article/nati...

School districts across the country are working to help students with disabilities make up for the supports they lost access to during the pandemic. In Pittsburgh, those efforts include rock climbing.

A new short film by Minneapolis filmmaker Yasmin Yassin follows two Somali American sisters running a social-media matchmaking business as they move through Lake Street, exploring friendship, femininity and the in-between world of first-generation Somali life.

“In my classroom, students frequently become emotional, crying due to stress or fear. Many appear increasingly agitated and reluctant to engage in class activities,” a teacher wrote. via @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

BBC Verify has pieced together verified videos, satellite imagery and expert views after a deadly attack near a primary school in Minab, souther Iran, which suggest the area was hit more than once "by multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So please support your public radio and newspapers! We're the source of whatever Claude is summarizing anyway. And we do it better.

BREAKING: A Jan. 6 defendant pardoned by Trump was just sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing two middle-school aged children. He tried to bribe his victims by saying he would share Jan. 6 restitution money from the Trump administration, according to police.

While the surge of federal agents in the Twin Cities grabbed much of the attention the past few months, stories of children hiding at home, crying in class and being detained have quietly gripped some Minnesota small towns since January. More from MPR News reporter @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social

Police fielded 50,000 calls during the surge, canceled over 1,000 days off and extended 500 shifts. The department says that more than $5 million was spent on policing between Jan. 7 and Feb. 1.

The United States evacuated diplomats across the Middle East and shut down some embassies as war with Iran intensified Tuesday while President Trump signaled the conflict could turn into extended war.

Breaking news: The father of a teenager accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school in 2024 was convicted of second-degree murder. It’s a landmark victory as prosecutors attempt to bring charges against the parent of an alleged shooter.

Thread from @msepic.bsky.social who has been following court proceedings in MN associated with the surge of DHS agents in the state:

ICYMI over the weekend: My colleagues and I reviewed 15,000 documents to put together a detailed account of how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged medical care to manipulate and control victims, and how some doctors enabled that. Gift link:

After detaining children and parents for weeks, or months, inside Dilley detention center, ICE is dumping them at a shelter in Laredo, TX. They are often thousands of miles away from where they were arrested, with no money to get back home. THREAD (1/) www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/02/i...

"The agency’s Office for Civil Rights aims to protect millions of students from being discriminated against based on disability, race and gender. Under Education Secretary Linda McMahon, that work has become cloaked in secrecy, the lawsuit alleges." www.propublica.org/article/educ...

“They’ve let so many people go. I’m worried we’ve done tremendous damage to our ability to recruit people into government work.” - @carajackson.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/27/e...

Far from being deterred by the 5th circuit, federal judges in Texas appear to be ordering the release of more ICE detainees than before on due process/constitutional grounds. Here is Judge Jason Pulliam, a Trump appointee, joining their ranks. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"...using misinformation to limit who can seek healthcare is a warning for all patients." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Hundreds of FEMA responders have been grounded amid DHS’s partial shutdown, stymying disaster relief efforts. However, DHS has allowed some FEMA staffers to deploy for immigration-related work, according to agency officials and documents seen by The Post. https://wapo.st/4r00jue

Breaking News: Two transgender Kansans sued the state over a law this week that abruptly invalidated the driver’s licenses of residents who had changed their gender designations.

The nearly $111 billion marriage would unite Paramount and Warner film studios, streamers and television properties — including CNN — under the control of the wealthy Ellison family. n.pr/4rCH4YH

This is still twice as many as they said, and almost 7 times as many as pre-surge.

NEW: When anti-ICE protesters disrupted a church service, the Trump administration vowed to stop at nothing to protect religious liberty. But congregations across the country who welcome immigrants say ICE has been violating their rights on a mass scale. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...