Weekend Edition | US at 'Turning Point' After Alex Pretti Killing
Sunday, January 25, 2026 ■ Today's Top News Bondi Demands Walz Turn Over Minnesota Voter Rolls to 'Restore Rule of Law' to State "This is blackmail. This is the way organized crime works." By Julia Conley As Minnesota residents and people across the US were reeling from the killing of protester Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents on Saturday—the second fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in the city in less than three weeks—US Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz , telling him it is in his power to “restore the rule of law ” in his state. One suggestion the attorney general gave amounted to a “shakedown,” said US Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and had nothing to do with the Trump administration’s persistent claims that immigrants have caused a crisis in Minnesota. Bondi demanded the Democratic governor turn over voter rolls for the state, as she has called on all 50 states and Washington ...