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Law & Crime: In legal turnabout, Trump admin to settle wrongful death lawsuit brought by husband of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt

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The Trump administration is planning on settling a multimillion dollar wrongful death lawsuit filed by Aaron Babbitt, the husband of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed while storming the Capitol during the Jan. 6, riot.

Aaron Babbitt’s lawyer and attorneys with the Justice Department’s Civil Division confirmed that they had reached an agreement in principle to settle the case over Ashli Babbitt’s death during a hearing on Friday in Washington, D.C., according to a report from Washington, D.C., CBS affiliate WUSA.

Payola for the criminals! Thank you, King Donald! Wrong does pay!

Perhaps if the family of the poor marksman that shot off King Donald’s ear were to sue, they too could get a nice multi-million dollar settlement at taxpayer expense?

In legal turnabout, Trump admin to settle wrongful death lawsuit brought by husband of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt
The Trump administration confirmed that it has reached a settlement in principle with the husband of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. The post In legal turnabout, Trump admin to settle wrongful death lawsuit brought by husband of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt first appeared on Law & Crime.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-legal-turnabout-trump-admin-to-settle-wrongful-death-lawsuit-brought-by-husband-of-capitol-rioter-ashli-babbitt/ar-AA1E4ieK

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Trump administration agrees to settlement with family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt
Lawyers for the Trump administration and the family of slain Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt said they have reached a settlement over her death.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-agrees-to-settlement-with-family-of-jan-6-rioter-ashli-babbitt/ar-AA1E4yH5

WCCO Radio Minneapolis: Possible Trump executive order could target sanctuary cities. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says it’s not the city’s problem

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says President Donald Trump is wrong and told Vineeta Sawkar on the WCCO Morning News says that it would be against Minnesota state law, and is also a violation of a separation ordinance between the city and the federal government.

“Look, I’m the mayor of this city and my responsibility is to make sure that people are safe and I want our officers, I want them stopping violent crime,” Frey explains. “I don’t want our officers spending a single second assisting someone who’s undocumented, and that’s the only issue.”

Mayor Frey says that the Minneapolis police department has more important things to do and adding immigration enforcement duties would be unsafe for the city.

“I’ll just ask kind of the, the basic question like what’s more dangerous? A serial killer who’s on the loose or a guy that’s just dropping his kids off at school and then going to work a landscaping job? There are more important things that we need our officers to do and we’re able to prioritize that,” Frey said.

Possible Trump executive order could target sanctuary cities. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says it’s not the city’s problem
The Trump administration escalated its showdown with Democratic-led states and cities over immigration enforcement on Monday, but Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the order would be “illegal” and it’s not a priority for the city’s police department.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/possible-trump-executive-order-could-target-sanctuary-cities-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-says-it-s-not-the-city-s-problem/ar-AA1DQWek

Associated Press: Homeland Security pushes back against criticism of immigration raid at Oklahoma home

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The ICE pigs who terrorized a woman and her three daughters in the middle of the night have no shame and offer no apologies:

 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday fought back against criticism over its handling of a raid of an Oklahoma City home as part of a migrant smuggling investigation, saying the people living there haven’t been ruled out as suspects.

The updated statement by Homeland Security came after the agency initially said the home’s previous residents were the intended targets. The initial statement was followed by backlash from congressional Democrats and by the family that lives in the targeted home.

And the pigs still haven’t returned the loot (laptops, phones, cash) that they stole from the family.

Homeland Security pushes back against criticism of immigration raid at Oklahoma home
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is fighting back against criticism over its handling of a raid of an Oklahoma City home as part of a migrant smuggling investigation.

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-raid-home-oklahoma-city-71ab49a057917caf0375575b8fde801e

NPR: The U.S. economy shrinks as Trump’s tariffs spark recession fears

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Economic output is shrinking. The stock market has dropped sharply. And consumer confidence has tumbled to its lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

That hardly looks like the new “golden age” the president promised on Inauguration Day just over three months ago.

Figures released by the Commerce Department Wednesday show that the United States’ gross domestic product contracted at an annual rate of 0.3% in the first quarter of the year, after growing at a solid pace of 2.4% in the final months of 2024.

The U.S. economy shrinks as Trump’s tariffs spark recession fears
Trump promised a new “golden age” for the U.S. But his first 100 days in office have left the economy looking tarnished, with data showing the economy contracted in the first three months of the year.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5380204/trump-economy-gdp-tariffs-recession-consumers

Miami Herald: ‘Deport every person under the sun’: ICE detains Cubans during immigration appointments

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Anything to get the numbers up, so that Trump & cronies can claim to be doing something!

Federal authorities in South Florida have recently detained at least 18 Cubans during scheduled immigration appointments, local attorneys say, highlighting that a group that has historically enjoyed special immigration benefits is not immune to the Trump administration’s intensified mass deportation efforts.

Among the Cubans recently detained is Beatriz Monteagudo, 25, her friend Johan Ariel told the Miami Herald. The pair texted each other daily. But the last message he received from Monteagudo was March 10. The Cuban woman, who got an I-220A after entering the U.S. in January 2024, was heading to her required check-in appointment in Miramar.

Ariel quickly grew worried that he hadn’t heard from her following the appointment. When he searched the ICE detainee locator service online, her name showed up. Then came Monteagudo’s call.

When she called Ariel from the detention facility, she told him she was with about 18 others who had also been taken into custody after showing up for their routine appointments. Monteagudo told him she wasn’t told why they were there, aside from officers mentioning the laws had changed.

That’s a blatant lie. No laws changed. Trump and ICE are now retaliating again people who have properly complied with the process up to this point. Most of these Cubans crossed the border after they had arranged appointments to do so with immigration officials.

To date, neither Monteagudo nor Ariel have gotten answers, he says. And this week, Monteagudo, who was living in Miami, was transferred to a detention facility in San Diego.

Transferring detainees to remote prisons is a favorite ICE tactic to make it difficult / impossible for family members and attorneys to assist the detainees.

‘Deport every person under the sun’: ICE detains Cubans during immigration appointments
Beatriz Monteagudo and Laura de la Caridad Sanchez are two Cuban women detained by ICE after routine appointments in Miramar. More than a dozen others were also possibly detained.

‘Deport every person under the sun’: ICE detains Cubans during immigration appointments

ABC News: Man deported under Alien Enemies Act because of soccer logo tattoo: Attorney

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An attorney representing a migrant sent to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act says her client was deported due to a soccer logo tattoo, according to court declarations submitted Wednesday night.

Linette Tobin is representing Jerce Reyes Barrios, a professional soccer player from Venezuela who protested the Maduro regime in February and March 2024 and was detained and tortured after one of the demonstrations.

Man deported under Alien Enemies Act because of soccer logo tattoo: Attorney

Man deported under Alien Enemies Act because of soccer logo tattoo: Attorney