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MINNEAPOLIS — A federal immigration officer wanted in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s Minnesota crackdown was arrested Friday in Texas, authorities said. Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Hennepin County, Minnesota prosecutors said the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension located Castro, 52, in Texas, and the Texas Rangers said they assisted in the arrest in Cameron County, which borders Mexico in the southernmost part…

“Podium Guy,” who was infamously photographed carrying then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern through the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, has asked the Department of Justice to pay him $5 million. Adam Johnson met Wednesday with DOJ personnel to file his official claim from President Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund, which has been established to compensate victims of the Biden administration’s legal activities. Mr. Johnson, who pleaded guilty to entering a restricted building and earned a 75-day sentence in 2021, told “Seen, Heard & Whispered” that he spent $250,000 on his legal defense and accrued far more than that in…

The Justice Department has reportedly issued subpoenas to compel Reddit and X to give federal prosecutors the names, addresses and banking details of users who have criticized the government’s deportation efforts.The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington has subpoenaed social media companies as part of criminal probes, seeking personal information about at least two accounts that have rebuked immigration enforcement efforts, according to records that the users’ attorneys shared with Bloomberg.The users have not been told what possible offenses are being investigated, but their lawyers believe it could relate to allegations of revealing a federal officer’s location.While the Justice Department previously…

The Federal Trade Commission warned America this week about phishing emails falsely telling people they’re invited to something. The fake invites are sometimes made to look like they originate from companies like Paperless Post and Evite, which specialize in legitimate invitations. Scammers are also known to use details about people the victim knows in order to make their emails look real, the FTC said in an alert Tuesday. The false invitation emails rely on getting the victim to input their email login credentials, phone number or a special code to open the emails or RSVP to the fake event. The…

New York’s state reparations commission convened its final public hearing Saturday in Harlem, where residents called on officials to make direct cash payments to Black Americans as the only path to what one attendee described as “true justice.” According to a commission announcement, the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies held the hearing — themed “From Extraction to Repair: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap” — at the National Urban League Conference Center at 117 West 125th Street in Manhattan.  Testimony gathered through the series of hearings will be reviewed alongside research and data as the commission compiles its…

During the 2026 World Cup that kicks off on June 11, Uber will be offering shuttles from games in the Boston, Dallas, Miami and New York City areas. The shuttles will operate after games, and each shuttle will have 50 seats. Fans will have the option to either book their ride back from a match in advance or to book the day of the event, according to WABC-TV. Uber Shuttle rides will cost $49 per person for rides back from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, less than 8 miles northwest of New York City, according to the Sports…

A United Airlines flight changed directions to Wisconsin’s Dane County Regional Airport after a passenger tried to breach the cockpit.After the crew reported the passenger disturbance, United Airlines Flight 2005 diverted to the airport 80 miles west of Milwaukee and landed there at around 9:10 p.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The flight originally took off from Chicago O’Hare International Airport at around 8:30 p.m. for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, according to FlightAware.The Dane County Sheriff’s Office told Madison’s WMTV that the passenger trying to breach the cockpit was a 75-year-old man “suffering a mental health crisis.” The man, unnamed by…

Kathryn Burgum is the White House’s senior adviser for addiction recovery — and for her, it’s a searingly personal issue. Ms. Burgum, wife of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, has been recovering from alcohol addiction for 24 years. She told a group of women hosted by CPAC’s Women Warriors Summit that she first blacked out from drinking in high school. She turned to alcohol at the time after being overwhelmed by abuse at home and pressure to be perfect in school. “I just couldn’t stop, so that started me on a 20-year struggle with addiction, and I tried to get sober…

ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a judge to recuse herself in a fight over Georgia election records, arguing that she attended an event honoring Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who prosecuted President Donald Trump, raising questions about the judge’s ability to be impartial. A federal judge in 11th Judicial Circuit received a “private reprimand” after a court investigation found that the judge had sex in the courthouse with a high-ranking uniformed police officer within earshot of staff, attended a partisan event and then initially lied to deny the allegations. The court’s investigation did not publicly…

DALLAS — Firefighters responding to reports of a gas leak at a Dallas apartment complex had already arrived and were preparing to evacuate residents when the building exploded in a massive fireball, killing three people and injuring several more, the city’s fire chief said Friday. Dallas Fire-Rescue Chief Justin Ball said the first group of four firefighters arrived within two minutes of the call reporting the gas leak on Thursday. “Right before they were going to enter and evacuate, it exploded,” Ball said. Firefighters had been on scene for about 10 minutes, conducting necessary safety protocols that include blocking off…