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No public autopsy report or hospital records for Renee Nicole Good have been released as of the available reporting; state prosecutors and investigators do not currently have access to an autopsy that...
Ilhan Omar has publicly declared she will run for re-election to represent Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District in 2026, explicitly ruling out a bid for the open U.S. Senate seat; multiple local and...
Multiple local and national news outlets report that agents detained a 5-year-old boy in , and school and district officials have alleged the child was “” to draw other family members out of a home . ...
Available reporting shows wide, divergent estimates for unemployment among Minnesota’s Somali-born and Somali-American residents: older local reporting and state advocacy documents have cited figures ...
Multiple tribal leaders, local officials and news outlets report that agents have stopped, questioned and in some cases detained Native Americans in recent enforcement actions—incidents that tribal le...
’s recent and verifiable employers immediately prior to the were in and a position as a recovery technician at the eye bank, while his broader work history includes past employment in food manufacturi...
Under current law and Supreme Court precedent, the government generally may not make a nonconsensual entry into a home without a judicial warrant; narrowly defined exceptions permit warrantless entry ...
There is no authoritative, reported count of how many ICE agents have been "harassed at home" in the sources provided; the available reporting documents a large leak of personal information that could...
The public record in the reporting provided shows federal immigration authorities made multiple arrests during the Minneapolis Operation Metro Surge in early–mid December 2025, with the Department of ...
Available reporting points to Minnesota as the single state with the clearest, best-documented high Somali‑American electoral engagement in 2024, with secondary evidence suggesting active Somali commu...
No credible reporting in the materials provided supports the claim that "shot off" a woman’s hand; available coverage describes that was fatally shot with multiple gunshot wounds to her head/upper bod...
Somali-American voter turnout in 2024 was highest and best-documented in Minnesota, where a historically engaged community continued to participate robustly but showed notable shifts in partisan prefe...
Available sources do not provide a clear, up‑to‑date numeric comparison of SNAP participation rates specifically for Somali Minnesotans versus the statewide SNAP participation rate; national and local...
No credible local news outlets or court filings among the reporting provided documented any discovery of connected to immigration enforcement activities in during 2025–2026; the available coverage ins...
In mid‑2019 journalists obtained and reported on a set of documents generated during a Minnesota state inquiry that examined Ilhan Omar’s campaign and personal tax‑related filings; those records were ...
A range of Republican politicians and conservative outlets have publicly accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of corruption or culpable negligence for fraud that occurred in state-administered social servi...
Minnesota marriage records show Ilhan Omar applied for a marriage license in 2002 with Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi (then using the surname Aden), has a 2009 Hennepin County marriage certificate to Ahmed Nur...
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) has been at the center of operational shifts and partisan scrutiny in recent reporting: the organization announced staff cuts tied to the halt in federal ref...
Available reporting in the provided sources does not mention a Minneapolis protest “immediately after Waters spoke” nor documents of violent incidents tied to such an event; the indexed articles descr...
Available reporting does not provide a clear, single-number comparison of SNAP participation specifically among Somali Minnesotans versus other immigrant groups in Minnesota; statewide SNAP rolls cove...