Good evening. Tonight, I come to you with a difficult but necessary update.
America is not just unsettled, it is in crisis. I hear it from you every single day, and today’s news cycle made it impossible to ignore. From reckless foreign policy decisions to instability and violence here at home, people across this country are struggling. They are anxious. They are afraid. And they are exhausted.
I understand that feeling.
That’s why tonight I’m sharing an important and deeply personal video. I sat down with Senator Mark Kelly and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords on the 15-year anniversary of the day Gabby was nearly killed in a horrific act of gun violence. Fifteen years later, the questions we were forced to confront that day remain unanswered, and the chaos has only deepened.
As a journalist, I refuse to normalize this moment. I will not accept disorder, violence, and dysfunction as “just the way things are.” That kind of resignation is dangerous.
We must demand better from our leaders, our institutions, and ourselves. And I will continue fighting to ensure that every American has access to accurate, timely, and accountable journalism.
A woman fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has been identified as Renee Good, 37; her mother says she had three children and was not involved in any ICE protest groups.
Video shared with the Huffington Post shows federal agents blocking a man who identified himself as a doctor from reaching the woman fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.
Witnesses told FOX 9 Minnesota that ICE agents blocked a doctor from aiding the woman they shot and later prevented an ambulance from reaching her for 10–15 minutes by occupying the street.
NBC News reports that neighbor Emily Heller, 39, witnessed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shoot a woman as she tried to drive away, saying the killing happened in front of her home, will “change my life forever,” and that agents later blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from checking the victim’s pulse.
Aerial footage shows large crowds of protesters and activists gathering at the Minneapolis site where Renee Nicole Good was killed, fueling widespread outrage across the United States.
Donald Trump said the shooting was complete self defense without calling for an investigation into what happened:
Vice President Kamala Harris called the Trump Administration’s explanation “pure gaslighting.”
Tim Walz rejected the Department of Homeland Security claim that ICE agents acted in self-defense in the Minneapolis shooting, saying video evidence contradicts the account and vowing a full, fair investigation after Kristi Noem defended the agents’ actions.
The Guardian reports that shootings involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement have surged under Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, with at least 14 firearm incidents linked to federal agents, alongside rising use of force, mass deployments, overcrowded detention centers, and a record number of deaths in ICE custody.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejected an invitation from Jesse Watters, telling a Fox News producer that Watters had sexualized and harassed her on air by accusing her of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller, and challenging the producer on what they consider acceptable to say to a woman.
Ranking Member Robert Garcia just secured subpoenas for Les Wexner, billionaire businessman and a long-time benefactor of Jeffrey Epstein, and Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, the executors of the Epstein estate. This just happened during tonight’s House Oversight Committee hearing. This morning I spoke with Jess Michaels, an Epstein survivor about where things go from here:
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump are reportedly speaking this evening by phone amid rising diplomatic tensions, according to Noticias Caracol.
Trump plans to put money that he will "personally control" from the sale of Venezuelan oil into "off-shore" accounts.
Denmark warned it would “shoot first, ask questions later” if the United States invaded Greenland, according to Reuters.
Trump said he wants a $1.5 trillion military budget in 2027 to help build what he calls a “dream military.”
Trump said executives at U.S. defense contractors will be capped at $5 million in pay unless conditions are met, with dividends and stock buybacks banned until unspecified “problems are rectified.”
New U.S. dietary guidelines issued by Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture, under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., urge less sugar and ultraprocessed food, higher protein intake, and greater emphasis on whole foods and “healthy fats” (including olive oil and beef tallow), sparking both praise and concern from health experts, CNN reports.
Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from 66 international bodies — including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UN population agency — sharply curtailing U.S. participation in global institutions, according to Associated Press and The Guardian.
