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Minneapolis mayor, six months after Trump’s takeover of his city: ‘The danger of a new invasion still exists’

13 June 2026 at 05:00
Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, on May 19 in Washington.

Six months ago, Jacob Frey, 44, went from being mayor of Minneapolis to governing an occupied city. Between 3,000 and 4,000 agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), dispatched by Donald Trump, descended on the state of Minnesota in December of 2025. This was under the pretext of combating fraud within the burgeoning local Somali community.

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Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, pictured during his interview with EL PAÍS.Faces of the Minneapolis protests. Top row, from left: Sarah Chargin, Mike Camilleri, Abe Eversman, Josiah Myeog, Julie Prokes and Lesley Ernst. Bottom row, also from left: Nekima Levy Armstrong, Jim Winterer, Una Rana Cualquiera (“Any Frog”), Cathy Anderson, Joey Keillor and Rogelio Aguilar.

Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’

8 June 2026 at 12:05

Fired journalist accuses CBS News chief of interfering with report because it did not echo Trump’s view of the shooting

The fired 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley has accused editorial management at CBS of interfering with a broadcast segment on the killing of the Minneapolis protester Renee Good by an immigration officer in January.

The veteran broadcaster, who was recently dismissed from the show, said CBS News’s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, had sent an email to his supervisor requesting changes shortly before the airing of the segment in question.

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© Photograph: Charles Sykes/AP

© Photograph: Charles Sykes/AP

© Photograph: Charles Sykes/AP

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