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National Guard of the US state Minnesota
between and National Guard is highly unlikely to produce a clear battlefield-style “victor”; instead, any clash would most likely be a political and legal standoff shaped by jurisdiction, rules of eng...
Pete Hegseth served as a commissioned infantry officer in the Army National Guard and deployed to Afghanistan; military evaluations and reporting characterize him as a junior infantry officer with “ba...
Tim Walz used combative language about federal immigration operations in Minnesota — phrases such as “we’ve never been at war with our federal government” and that the state was “under assault” — and ...
Governor Tim Walz did not, in the sourced reporting, utter the plain declarative phrase “we are at war with the federal government” as an instruction to take up arms, nor did he tell protesters to “fi...
The Minnesota National Guard has been mobilized and staged to support local authorities in Minneapolis but, according to official statements, its troops were on standby at bases and not patrolling cit...
Minnesota is experiencing sustained, large demonstrations and local alarm after the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent, with protests in Minneapolis and solidari...
The protests in Minneapolis have been largely massive, organized and intended to be peaceful, drawing tens of thousands and scheduled to end before nightfall, yet they have repeatedly included episode...
The unrest that followed May 25, 2020, murder began as protests on May 26 and quickly escalated into widespread demonstrations, rioting, arson and looting across Minneapolis– and beyond . By early Jun...
Reporting shows multiple and enforcement actions at worksites and factories in recent months and statements from /ICE that they have arrested individuals tied to violent and organized criminal activit...
National Guard does not have blanket "supremacy" over local police; when activated under state authority the Guard serves in a supporting role to civil authorities and operates under the governor’s ch...
A small, right-wing march organized by conservative influencer Jake Lang was overwhelmingly outnumbered by counterprotesters in downtown Minneapolis and withdrew from its initial location after being ...
Pete Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard and was deployed three times: to Guantánamo Bay (2004–2005), to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division as an infantry ...
Public records and multiple profiles say Pete Hegseth deployed overseas three times: to Guantánamo Bay, Iraq (2005–2006, including Baghdad and Samarra), and Afghanistan; his service has been described...
and city leaders have publicly rejected federal accounts of multiple shootings and demanded that state investigators lead inquiries, while state law enforcement officials say they were blocked from cr...
Official, public biographies and major reference outlets say Pete Hegseth served in the Minnesota and Army National Guard and reached the rank of major with deployments to Guantánamo Bay, Iraq and Afg...
Video and multiple local and national outlets show handing out coffee, donuts and hand warmers to people at an anti‑ICE protest outside a federal building in on January 25, 2026, a gesture Guardsmen d...
, a 37‑year‑old intensive care nurse at the VA, was shot and killed by federal immigration agents during a Minneapolis operation on January 24, 2026; his death has ignited large protests, political fa...
A shot and killed during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday morning; bystander video and independent analyses conflict with and spurred large protests and political backlash . Loc...
scheduled for Jan. 24 at was postponed by after of a resident by federal agents in south Minneapolis sparked and raised safety concerns around the downtown arena; the league rescheduled the contest fo...
Mischaracterization in the query: Gov. Tim Walz did not “activate a Somalia national guard in Minnesota,” but rather issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard after a fatal ICE sh...