Police arrested several demonstrators during a protest in front of a federal building in Minneapolis, USA. The protest was on the occasion of a month since the death of Renee Goode, who was killed on January 7 by an immigration agent, the Associated Press reported.
Her death, as well as that of another resident of the city - Alex Pretty, who died just weeks later again from the gun of an immigration agent, sparked a wave of outrage across the country against President Donald Trump's immigration measures.
Dozens of protesters gathered yesterday in front of a federal building in Minneapolis, throwing various objects, including bottles and even sex toys, at the cordon of police officers guarding the site. Law enforcement officers arrested several protesters after the crowd began throwing ice cubes at officers. According to a statement from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, a deputy was hit in the head and the windshield of a police car was broken during the confrontation.
Hundreds of people gathered in a Minneapolis park yesterday to honor Goode and Pretty. Organizers of the event echoed recent criticism of Minnesota's immigration crackdown, calling it a federal occupation.
On Wednesday, the top U.S. immigration official, Tom Howman, announced that the Trump administration would withdraw 700 immigration agents from Minnesota, about a quarter of the agents currently stationed there. This will be possible because state and local authorities agreed last week to cooperate by transferring detained immigrants. However, Howman did not say when the administration would end its operations in Minnesota.
US President Donald Trump's emissaries - Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, visited the US aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln" in the Persian Gulf. The visit came a day after talks between US and Iranian delegations in Oman over Iran's nuclear program, Agence France-Presse reported.
Witkoff posted a message about the visit on "Ex", saying that he, along with Kushner and Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Naval Forces Central Command, had met "with the brave sailors and Marines aboard the "Abraham Lincoln" who ensure the security of the United States and defend President Trump's messages of peace and strength."
After talks yesterday in Oman between the Iranian and US delegations, Trump described them as very good discussions. And Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said it was a good start.
According to the US president, talks will resume early next week.
The CEO of the "Washington Post" Will Lewis has announced his resignation, world agencies reported. The decision comes after the daily newspaper announced sweeping layoffs earlier this week.
“During my tenure, difficult decisions have been made to ensure the sustainable future of "The Washington Post" so that it can continue to publish high-quality, unbiased news for millions of readers every day for many years to come,“ Lewis wrote in a message to employees that was shared online by the newspaper's White House bureau chief Matt Weiser.
Jeff D’Onofrio, the paper's chief financial officer, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, will take over as CEO, the newspaper said.
Lewis, who previously worked at the "Wall Street Journal", was appointed to the position at the "Washington Post" in 2023. He took over the role from Fred Ryan, who served as CEO for nearly a decade.
Lewis' tenure was marked by problems from the beginning, when there were layoffs and a failed reorganization plan for the publication, which led to the departure of editor-in-chief Sally Busby.
The newspaper also lost tens of thousands of subscribers after Bezos ordered it to withdraw its support for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the end of the presidential campaign, which was due to subsequent changes to steer editorial policy in a more conservative direction, the Associated Press notes.