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The district judge, Kate M. Menendez, had ordered agents not to retaliate against people “engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity,” and not to use pepper spray or other “crowd dispersal tools” in retaliation for protected speech. The judge also said that agents could not stop or detain protesters in vehicles who were not “forcibly obstructing or interfering with” agents.

These are basic constitutional requirements, and all the now-blocked order did was ask ICE go follow the rules they're supposed to be following to begin with.

“Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland,” the president said, referring to market shifts related to his repeated threats to seize Greenland. “So Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.”

He did this several more times. Then the White House Press Secretary tried to tell journalists that it had not happened:

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, denied that Mr. Trump had misspoken, responding in a social media post to a reporter who wrote that he had appeared to mix the countries up multiple times.

There are many plausible explanations for the recent crime downturn: sharper policing strategy, more police overtime, low unemployment, the lure of digital life, the post-pandemic return to normalcy. Each of these surely played a role. But only one theory can match the decline in its scope and scale: that the massive, post-pandemic investment in local governments deployed during the Biden administration, particularly through the American Rescue Plan Act, delivered a huge boost to the infrastructure and services of American communities—including those that suffered most from violent crime. That spending may be responsible for our current pax urbana

Crime by ICE and the border patrol is of course excluded from these statistics

A federal judge previously issued an injunction meant to prevent immigration agents from detaining and pepper-spraying peaceful observers.

Attacking a peaceful protest is a crime, whether or not there is an injunction. This is a signal to ICE thar they will be protected as they commit crimes and levy war against Americans

For decades, there had been an average of 30 each year. With a new deterrent in place, there were none in the second half of 2025.

For decades, there had been an average of 30 each year. With a new deterrent in place, there were none in the second half of 2025.

First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.

This is shaping up to be the first US general strike in living memory.