Minnesota

Gregory Bovino stripped of Border Patrol role after Minneapolis shooting fallout

According to CNN, Bovino and a group of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday and return to their respective sectors, according to three sources familiar with the discussions.

JANUARY 27, 2026|ByREUTERS, LARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF

US Customs and Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A line of interfaith leaders protest Immigrations and Customs Enforcement at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, Jan. 23, 2026.

Rabbi among dozens arrested in faith leaders' anti-ICE protest in Minnesota

Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman, the Jewish and interfaith chaplain at Macalester College, was briefly detained by police alongside leaders of other faiths while staging a protest at the airport.

JANUARY 26, 2026|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz arrives to speak at a press conference regarding new gun legislation at City Hall on August 1, 2024 in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Tim Walz invokes Anne Frank in pressing Trump to end ICE operations in Minnesota

Walz suggested that the conditions facing children in his state during the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement raids were of a kind with those facing Frank during the Holocaust.

JANUARY 26, 2026|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

People march in the street during a protest against increased immigration enforcement, after Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot in Minneapolis by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, in Seattle, Washington, US January 11, 2026.

The West is weaponizing immigration - and Jews can recognize the pattern - opinion

When governments hemorrhage money through corruption and incompetence, they cut security budgets, outsource protection, and leave minority communities to defend themselves. Jewish centers hire guard

JANUARY 25, 2026|ByLINDA SADACKA

Ilhan Omar under fire for paying alleged romantic partner nearly $150,000

“Our question is whether this was necessary travel or whether she was just bringing her boyfriend along for the company,” said Peter Flaherty, chairman of the NLPC, three months prior.

NOVEMBER 19, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER, TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) addresses a small rally on immigration rights at the temporary installation of a replica of the Statue of Liberty at Union Station in Washington, U.S. May 16, 2019

Homeless man pleads guilty to burning down Minnesota synagogue

Matthew James Amiot had previously admitted to starting the fire outside the synagogue on the morning of Sept. 9.

OCTOBER 28, 2019BySAM SOKOL/JTA

Nazi authored Arabic-English dictionary causes stir at University of Minnesota

Lauren Meyers, a student of Arabic, told the paper that she takes the Hans Wehr dictionary on loan from the library because she does not want to finance the dictionary.

OCTOBER 24, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL

Landmark Center, completed in 1902, originally served as the Federal Court House and Post Office for the Upper Midwest, near Rice Park in St. Paul, Minnesota July 3, 2013

Trump accuses Omar of ‘virulent antisemitism’ at rally in her home state

A few days before the rally, Trump called on Minneapolis to "dump" Rep. Ilhan Omar.

OCTOBER 12, 2019ByAARON REICH, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

President Donald Trump (L) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (L)

Homeless man accused of burning down Minnesota synagogue spit on fire

A homeless man charged with setting fire to a historic Duluth synagogue, tried to spit on it to put it out.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA

Police charge suspect with arson in Minnesota synagogue fire

Police arrested and charged 36-year-old Matthew James Amiot with first degree arson on Friday in connection with a fire that destroyed the historic Adas Israel Synagogue in Duluth.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF