Good afternoon, everyone. María Corina Machado has confirmed that she presented a Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump, even as the Nobel Committee again makes clear that Trump did not win the Nobel Prize and that the award cannot be transferred or given to anyone other than its original recipient. At the same time, public support for ICE is collapsing nationwide in what is shaping up to be a watershed moment for both the agency and the country.
This afternoon, Maria Corina Machado said that she “presented” the Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump.
The only problem for the President is that the Nobel Committee today reiterated, in a subtly dig at the President that the Prize cannot be transferred. Although the it is unclear whether the President currently has the Prize in his possession, he is not a Nobel Laureate.
NBC News has confirmed that despite government promises to release large numbers of political prisoners in Venezuela, only a small and disputed fraction have been freed so far, leaving families in anguish amid opaque processes, continued detentions, legal restrictions on those released, and ongoing repression.
The White House said Venezuelan leaders, including Delcy Rodríguez, have been “extremely cooperative” with the U.S., citing ongoing high-level communication, fulfillment of U.S. demands, and a $500 million energy deal as evidence that Donald Trump is satisfied with the current cooperation.
Following the killing of Renee Nicole Good, new YouGov polling shows majorities of Americans view ICE unfavorably, believe the shooting was unjustified and warrants criminal charges, and support sweeping reforms—including stricter limits on force, greater accountability, and, for nearly half, eliminating the agency altogether.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked a reporter for asserting that the killing of Renee Nicole Good was unjustified.
Roughly 3,000 federal agents—including over 2,000 from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, hundreds of Border Patrol agents, and others from Justice Department agencies—are conducting immigration arrests in the Minneapolis area.
Leavitt dismissed a question about whether President Donald Trump finds canceling elections humorous, deflecting by mocking the reporter rather than directly addressing the concern.
The Associated Press has confirmed that St. Paul Public Schools and Minneapolis Public Schools are offering temporary online learning options, with St. Paul closing schools until Thursday to prepare, while the University of Minnesota will begin its new term with flexible class formats.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging federal immigration officers unlawfully targeted Somali and Latino communities in Minnesota through warrantless, racially motivated stops and arrests driven by xenophobic rhetoric.
Tear gas was deployed as masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in riot gear clashed with roughly 100 protesters outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building—a local Department of Homeland Security office—resulting in at least one detention.
European troops began arriving in Greenland as Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen said the island’s defense is a shared responsibility of NATO, amid continued tensions after Donald Trump reiterated his ambition for the U.S. to acquire Greenland despite firm opposition from Danish and Greenlandic leaders.
The White House said European troop deployments to Greenland will not affect Donald Trump’s stated goal of acquiring the territory, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt reiterating that Trump views acquisition as vital to U.S. national security despite the island being long controlled by Denmark.
According to NBC, a bipartisan group of senators led by Andy Kim introduced the NASA Talent Exchange Program Act, which would boost U.S. space innovation by enabling temporary talent exchanges between NASA and the commercial space industry, modeled after a Defense Department program.
Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, sued xAI and its chatbot Grok in New York Supreme Court, alleging the tool generated and spread nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfake images of her—including as a minor—via X despite requests for removal.
U.S. allies including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Oman urged Donald Trump to refrain from striking Iran, warning such action could trigger a wider regional conflict—pressure that appears to have helped delay U.S. military action as tensions escalated across the Middle East.
The Guardian has confirmed that the United States reached a deal with Taiwan to cut tariffs on Taiwanese goods to 15% in exchange for at least $250bn in new Taiwanese semiconductor and tech investments in the U.S., aiming to reshore chip production and strengthen American supply-chain self-sufficiency under the Donald Trump administration.
According to Politico, former Rep. Billy Long apologized for joking that Iceland could become the “52nd state” after the remark sparked diplomatic backlash, complicating his nomination by Donald Trump to serve as U.S. ambassador amid heightened tensions over Greenland.
