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Trump boosts GOP war chest as House Republicans gear up for high-stakes midterm fight

NRCC Chair Richard Hudson beefing up fundraising as Republicans defend their razor-thin 218-214 House majority in midterm elections

By Paul SteinhauserFox News

Published March 25, 2026 5:06pm EDT

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House Republicans are expecting a major boost from President Donald Trump on Wednesday as they build resources to defend their razor-thin congressional majority in November’s midterm elections.

Rep. Richard Hudson, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) chair, is expected to announce a major haul at the group’s annual fundraising dinner in the nation’s capital, which will be headlined by Trump.

The fundraising is much needed, with Republicans aiming to not only defend but expand their current 218-214 House majority in the midterms.

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President Donald Trump helped the National Republican Congressional Committee haul in a record $36.8 million as he headlined the House GOP campaign arm’s annual fundraising dinner.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Republicans are battling stiff political headwinds as the party in power in the nation’s capital traditionally loses seats in the midterms, and a rough political climate fueled by economic concerns over persistent inflation, an unpopular war with Iran and Trump’s underwater approval ratings.

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And public opinion polling suggests the economy and immigration, winning issues for Trump and Republicans in the 2024 elections, may be liabilities now.

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The NRCC is neck and neck with the rival Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) as it raked in $117.2 million last year, its best-ever off-election year haul other than 2021, when Democrats controlled the White House and Congress. While the DCCC out-raised the NRCC last month by nearly $4 million, both committees had roughly the same amount of cash in their coffers.

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“We know Republicans have seemingly infinite money that they have been raising,” DCCC Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington State told Fox News Digital.

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“We’re neck and neck with our Republican counterparts, and it’s because people know how important it is that we take back the House and that we have a check on this administration.

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“I think that we have an incredible opportunity because the American people understand we have great candidates, and we’re going to have the resources to get their message out.”

Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.”

US Postal Service seeks temporary 8% price hike to address fuel costs

2026-03-25T21:08:06.061Z / Reuters

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March 25, 2026 9:08 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago

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WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service said on Wednesday it is seeking ​approval for a temporary 8% price hike for priority mail and ‌package deliveries, effective April 26, to deal with rising transportation fuel costs.

The USPS, which needs approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission for the temporary price increase, said the surcharge ​will provide a “bridge to a permanent mechanism to reflect market conditions ​in prices for competitive products” and comes as USPS has ⁠warned it could run out of money as soon as October.

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The hike ​will not affect the price of first-class stamps.

USPS said FedEx (FDX.N), opens new tab and UPS (UPS.N), opens new tab have ​imposed fuel surcharges of 25% to 28% for ground and air deliveries since the start of the Iran war as a result of the jump in oil prices, including sharp rises ​in jet fuel and diesel.

“Transportation costs have been increasing, and our competitors ​have reacted with a number of surcharges,” USPS said. “We have steadfastly avoided surcharges and this ‌charge ⁠is less than one-third of what our competitors charge for fuel alone.”

USPS plans for the surcharge to be in effect through January 17 of next year, by which time the agency will determine whether a different long-term approach ​is needed.

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U.S. Postmaster ​General David Steiner ⁠told Congress earlier this month that hiking first-class mail stamp prices to 95 cents or $1 or more, up from ​the current 78 cents, would provide added revenue and ​help it ⁠cut losses.

Stamp prices are up 46% since early 2019, when they were 50 cents, but Steiner said they are still far lower than in other countries. ⁠USPS has ​reported net losses of $118 billion since 2007 ​as first-class mail, its most profitable product, has fallen to its lowest volume since the late ​1960s.

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White House turns down Elon Musk’s offer to pay TSA workers during DHS shutdown

March 25, 2026 / 5:25 PM EDT / CBS News

The White House has rejected an offer from billionaire Elon Musk to pay TSA workers during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted airport travelers across the country, several sources told CBS News.

The suggestion was taken seriously by Trump administration officials, but there could be legal challenges for Musk to cover the pay, even indirectly, because of Musk’s various government contracts, one source said.

Another reason: White House officials believe the partial shutdown is likely to end soon, according to sources.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed Democrats for the shutdown and called for the restoration of funding.

“It’s the Democrats who have led to this stalemate over the past six weeks,” Leavitt said Wednesday. “The president and the Republicans’ position has been very clear — fund the Department of Homeland Security.”

In a post on X Saturday, Musk wrote, “I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country.”

President Trump told reporters Monday, “I’d love it. I think it’s great. Let him do that.”

The cost would be about $250 million, two sources said.

Homeland Security spokespeople didn’t immediately comment; neither did Musk.

Administration officials had debated whether Musk could give the money to the government’s general fund, which could then be used to pay the workers. An outside individual is legally barred from paying government employees directly, according to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told CBS News, “We greatly appreciate Elon’s generous offer,” but she added, “This would pose great legal challenges due to his involvement with federal government contracts. The fastest way to ensure TSA employees — and all DHS employees — get paid is for Democrats to fund the Department of Homeland Security.”

TSA workers are about to miss their second full paycheck since the partial shutdown began. The only paycheck they have received was for half pay near the beginning of the shutdown.

The acting head of the TSA said Wednesday that as of Friday, agency employees will have lost a billion dollars in income over this 40-day shutdown and the 43-day shutdown last fall.

Kristin Brown and Kathryn Krupnik contributed to this report.

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Fox News Poll: Voters oppose action in Iran but give US military positive marks

March 25, 2026 6:00pm EDT / Fox News

Voters are split on what role the United States should play in the world, while attitudes on the military action in Iran reflect sharp partisanship, according to a new Fox News national survey.

Forty-two percent support the current U.S. military action against Iran, and 58% oppose it, including nearly 4 in 10 who are strongly opposed.

The partisan divide is stark: 77% of Republicans support the effort compared to 12% of Democrats and 28% of independents. Within the GOP, support ranges from 90% among MAGA supporters to 52% of non-MAGA Republicans.

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The gender divide is less pronounced, with support at 38% among women and 45% among men.

Support is tempered by doubts about the long-term outcome, as more voters believe it will make the United States less safe rather than safer (44% vs. 33%). Another quarter think it won’t make much difference.

On the broader question of what U.S. foreign policy should be, half (50%) say the U.S. should be more engaged and take the lead in world events, while 48% prefer a less engaged, more reactive approach. Republicans favor engagement (72%), while Democrats prefer a less-engaged posture (64%). MAGA supporters are the most pro-engagement (80%), followed by voters who have served in the U.S. military (70%).

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Voters largely agree that the most important U.S. objectives in Iran should be reducing its ability to support terrorism in the region (70%), ending Iran’s nuclear weapons program (69%), and protecting the flow of oil from the region (66%). A slim majority says the same about bringing about regime change (53%).

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Some 64% of voters disapprove of how President Trump is handling Iran, up from 57% disapproval in January. On foreign policy, 62% disapprove, up from 60% last month.

Trump’s overall job rating stands at 41% approve and 59% disapprove. For comparison, former President Barack Obama’s job rating at this same point in his second term was 40% approve vs. 53% disapprove (March 2014).

The president’s 59% disapproval rating is the highest for either term. Nearly half, 47%, strongly disapprove. Last month, his rating was 43% approve vs. 57% disapprove. A year ago, his marks were underwater by only 2 points: 49% vs. 51%.

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Approval of Trump among Republicans has slipped to a second-term low of 84%, down from 92% last March. At the same time, an all-time high 16% of Republicans disapprove. This shift can be attributed, at least in part, to declining support among non-MAGA Republicans, as approval dropped 11 points in the last year among this group (70% in March 2025 to 59% today). Virtually all MAGA Republicans continue to approve of Trump, with 98% approving a year ago and 97% now.

Among Democrats, 95% disapprove — marking the fourth time this term disapproval of Trump reached a record high. Among independents, 25% approve, 75% disapprove.

Evaluations of the U.S. military’s performance in the Iranian conflict are more positive than negative: 58% rate it as excellent or good, but a substantial 41% say only fair or poor.

When asked how things are going in Iran, 47% of voters say the effort is going well, while a larger 52% disagrees. Only one in five say things are going “very” well (19%).

Most Democrats say things are going badly in Iran (79%) and rate the military negatively (63% only fair or poor), while most Republicans say things are going well (81%) and rate U.S. forces positively (86% excellent or good).

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“Historically, foreign policy attitudes have been notoriously context dependent,” says Republican Daron Shaw, who conducts Fox News polls with Democrat Chris Anderson. “Today, it seems many partisans rate the Iranian conflict based on their broader perceptions of Trump. Facts on the ground are interpreted to conform to partisan predispositions.”

As the conflict enters its fourth week, few expect the swift conclusion Trump predicted. Only 13% believe it will be over in a matter of weeks, while 37% expect it to last months, and 15% anticipate a full year. Some 35% think the end is more than a year away.

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Republicans are more likely to expect a quick resolution, while Democrats think it will be a long haul.

On specific goals of the operation, half or more voters gave the U.S. positive marks for disrupting Iran’s leadership structure (55% excellent/good), reducing its ability to develop nuclear weapons (53%), and limiting U.S. troop casualties (50%). At the same time, majorities are more negative on setting clear goals for the operation (54% only fair/poor), limiting civilian casualties (55%), and gaining support from key countries (61%).

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Veterans are more supportive than voters overall. They back the current action in Iran (61%), say it is going well (67%), and more of them think it will make the country safer (45%) than less safe (31%). Veterans are also more likely to approve of the president’s job performance overall (55%) and on Iran (53%).

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How do voters view the White House’s current approach to world affairs? By a 20-point margin, more say it is focused on issues outside of U.S. security than on U.S. national security.

Concern about Iran obtaining nuclear weapons stands at 66%, back to where it was in April 2025, after rising to 78% following the U.S. strikes on Iran in June 2025.

For comparison, more voters are worried about attacks in the U.S. by non-Islamic (70%) and Islamic terrorists (73%). Even larger numbers are concerned about political divisions within the country (80%), gas prices (80%), and healthcare (81%). And of course, inflation remains the biggest worry, with 86% expressing concern about high prices.

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Conducted March 20-23, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,001 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (104) and cellphones (641) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (256). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.

Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.

As head of the polling unit, Dana Blanton runs the Fox News Poll and oversees the Fox News Voter Analysis election survey.

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Appeals court lets Trump administration hold many immigration detainees without bond

March 25, 2026 / 5:55 PM EDT / CBS News

A panel of appeals court judges handed the Trump administration a major legal victory on Wednesday in its quest to detain large swaths of immigrants living in the country illegally, saying that people who entered the United States without inspection and admission can be detained without bond.

The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit marks the second time that a federal appellate court has sided with the administration on the issue, even as hundreds of lower court judges across the country have taken the opposite view. The conservative Fifth Circuit issued a similar ruling earlier this year.

Wednesday’s ruling could impact more than 1,000 immigration detention cases in Minnesota alone, according to a source in the U.S. Attorney’s office in that state. The Eighth Circuit also oversees six other states stretching from North Dakota to Arkansas.

The case involved a man named Joaquin Herrera Avila, a citizen of Mexico who was apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security in Minneapolis last August. DHS detained him without bond and brought removal proceedings against him.

His lawyers filed a petition of habeas corpus seeking his release, and the U.S. District Court in Minnesota granted the request. Wednesday’s decision reversed the lower court’s ruling.

The majority opinion was drafted by Judge Bobby Shepherd, a George W. Bush appointee, and joined by Judge L. Steven Grasz, a Trump appointee. Judge Ralph R. Erickson, who was appointed during President Trump’s first term, dissented.

“Except for a single DUI, for nearly 20 years, Joaquin Herrera Avila had been living a law-abiding life in the United States,” Erickson wrote. “For the past 29 years, Avila would have been entitled to a bond hearing during his removal proceedings. The court now holds that Avila—and millions of others—are subject to mandatory detention.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi lauded the ruling in a post on X.

“MASSIVE COURT VICTORY against activist judges and for President Trump’s law and order agenda!” she wrote. “The Eighth Circuit has held that illegal aliens can be detained without bond — following a similar ruling from the Fifth Circuit last month. The law is very clear, but Democrats and activist judges haven’t wanted to enforce it. This administration WILL.”

In the past, undocumented immigrants who lived in the U.S. for years had typically been eligible for bond hearings where they could ask an immigration judge to let them fight their deportation cases without remaining detained.

But the Trump administration has argued that anyone who entered the U.S. illegally is subject to mandatory deportation, unless immigration authorities grant them parole on humanitarian or public interest grounds.

Last fall, a Justice Department-run immigration court made a sweeping determination that the government could essentially detain a large swath of immigrants indefinitely while their removal proceedings are pending.

Since then, federal courts across the United States have been crushed by a tidal wave of cases filed by immigrants challenging their detention. In most cases, U.S. District Courts have sided with the immigrants and ruled against the government. According to a tally from Politico, more than 400 judges have ruled against the government in more than 5,000 cases.

The federal court district in Minnesota, where the case taken up by the Eighth Circuit originated, has had an especially challenging time handling immigration detention cases, in part due to staffing shortfalls. Attorneys from other units of the federal government, including military Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) officers and ICE lawyers, have been shifted to assist the Justice Department in Minnesota.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Daniel Rosen said in a court filing earlier this year that his staff were facing “an enormous burden.”

“This office has been forced to shift its already limited resources from other pressing and important priorities,” Rosen wrote. “Paralegals are continuously working overtime. Lawyers are continuously working overtime.”

Jonah Kaplan and Camilo Montoya-Galvez contributed to this report.

GOP lawmakers vent frustration over Trump administration’s lack of info on Iran war

2026-03-25T23:51:35.355Z / CNN

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A key group of House Republicans are growing increasingly wary of the US war with Iran after a briefing with Department of Defense officials on Wednesday left some unsatisfied with what they were told about the objectives and length of the war effort.

Briefers faced questions by Democrats and Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee about the Trump administration’s overall strategy, end game and whether the US would put military troops on the ground in Iran, but many left with concerns over what they said was a lack of clarity provided.

The reaction to the closed-door briefing is the latest example that cracks are emerging among congressional Republicans over the Iran war as lawmakers are growing increasingly skeptical about spending billions of dollars to prolong the conflict. Several Republicans have said they will refuse to support any more money for the war without a clear White House strategy.

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House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers described “frustration on both sides of the aisle in the last few briefings” — including the one Wednesday — with the war now in its fourth week and a major funding request on the way. Rogers said members did not receive adequate information about plans for ground troops, the end goal or the expected price tag, among other questions.

“They’re moving troops into the CENTCOM and the combatant command, and we want to know more about what options they’re considering. And we aren’t given any details,” Rogers said. “This is one in a series where we feel like the administration needs to be more forthcoming when they send folks over here. That’s good that they finally started sending people over here, but they have to tell us meaningful things while they’re here.”

Rogers said lawmakers made their concerns clear to the Pentagon officials, who “took the message,” adding: “My hope is that the next briefing and those thereafter will be more fruitful.”

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace told CNN she stormed out of the briefing exasperated by the lack of clarity and would be a “no” on any requests for additional funding until she gets answers to her questions about just how long the US may be engaged in the conflict in Iran. She even argued that all lawmakers would be against approving more money for the war effort if they heard the briefing Armed Services Committee members received on Wednesday.

“I felt like the House Armed Services Committee was misled during that briefing. They didn’t have a lot of answers,” Mace said following the meeting. “Every day this drags on the less support on the Republican side.”

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement to CNN, “President Trump’s administration has briefed Congress throughout Operation Epic Fury and before the military action began. To date, the Department of State, Department of War, and Intelligence Community have conducted 20 bipartisan briefings for Members of Congress, including two briefings for the House Armed Services Committee. The President’s team will continue to work closely with the Hill while completely demolishing the Iranian regime’s ballistic missile capabilities, navy, ability to arm proxies, and dreams of possessing a nuclear weapon.”

CNN has reached out to the Department of Defense.

While GOP Rep. Clay Higgins said he personally was happy with the briefing, he described it as the “most contentious” Armed Services Committee briefing he has seen.

“I believe members kind of went in there determined to not be satisfied with the administration,” Higgins said. “I didn’t find it any less professional or complete than previous briefings. This is a delicate thing, an ongoing military operation and some of the questions that my Democratic colleagues were asking … they were like designed to be unanswerable.”

GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson said some of his colleagues wanted the Pentagon officials to elaborate more than the briefers felt like they were able to.

“I guess some people wanted them to elaborate more than they felt like they were able to,” Jackson said.

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended the Trump administration in response to members’ growing frustrations.

“They’ve given member briefings at the classified level. Every member is privy to whatever information they need and I’m not sure how much more transparent they can be,” he said.

Lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee were also briefed Wednesday, but Republicans in that chamber seemed less concerned about the information provided.

When asked by CNN if he was satisfied by the briefing from the administration, GOP Sen. Mike Rounds said that “any information we can get helps. Naturally, we always want more.”

“We’re trying to do our due diligence. Our oversight responsibilities are important, and as part of that, we continue to remind them that we expect to get good answers, and in some cases, they can do a very good job of that. In other cases, we sometimes ask for more,” he said.

GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan said he asked the Pentagon representatives how much progress they had made in satisfying the goals that Trump has defined as his objectives and said he walked away feeling good about the progress made.

“I have no doubt it was accurate,” Sullivan said.

CNN’s Zack Cohen, Kylie Atwood, Haley Britzky, Samantha Waldenberg contributed to this report.

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U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 4 in the Caribbean Sea, military says

March 25, 2026 / 6:19 PM EDT / CBS/AP

The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran.

The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 163 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in early September. Some 47 boats have been struck in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

As with most of the military’s statements on the dozens of boat strikes, U.S. Southern Command said it targeted the alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes. The military did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs. A video posted on X showed a boat moving across the water before it was engulfed in a bright explosion.

The military said the boat was operated by a designated foreign terrorist organization. It didn’t name the group, but the Trump administration has labeled several Latin American drug cartels as terrorist groups.

President Trump has said the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with cartels and has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States and fatal overdoses claiming American lives. His administration has described the individuals aboard the boats as “unlawful combatants,” the same designation used by President George W. Bush’s administration to describe members of al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.

“Applying total systemic friction on the cartels,” U.S. Southern Command said Wednesday.

Critics have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes as well as their effectiveness, in part because the fentanyl behind many fatal overdoses is typically trafficked to the U.S. over land from Mexico, where it is produced with chemicals imported from China and India.

The boat strikes have continued in Latin America even as the U.S. military has focused on operations in the Middle East, where American warships and planes have been pounding Iran with strikes. Additional Marines and soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division are either preparing to deploy or on their way to the region.

The tempo of boat strikes has slowed somewhat since early January, when U.S. forces captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him to New York to face drug charges. Since that operation, 12 alleged drug boats have been struck, eight of which were traveling in the Pacific rather than the Caribbean.

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Twin Cities residents missed work, school and lost trust in law enforcement during Operation Metro Surge, survey finds

Updated on: March 25, 2026 / 6:31 PM EDT / CBS News

From missed doctor’s appointments to lost wages, Minneapolis and St. Paul residents faced widespread disruptions to their daily lives when the White House deployed thousands of federal immigration agents to their cities, a University of San Diego survey released this week found.

Survey respondents reported missing work and skipping scheduled medical appointments during the immigration crackdown, also known as Operation Metro Surge, in which more than 4,000 federal agents were deployed to the Twin Cities between December and mid-February. Some also said they kept children home from school.

Some reported they were physically assaulted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and the majority said they now have less trust in law enforcement in general, the survey found.

Missing work, school and appointments

More than 35% of those surveyed in Minneapolis and about 20% of those surveyed in St. Paul reported missing work during the operation, most often because their workplace closed or they were concerned for their safety.

Those who reported missing work included service workers, physicians and nurses. The study estimated that there was a combined $243.8 million in lost wages in Minneapolis and St. Paul during Metro Surge.

More than 53% of parents with children in K-12 schools surveyed in Minneapolis said they kept their children home from school at some point during the operation, along with approximately 45% of parents in St. Paul.

Among those who had scheduled medical appointments during the crackdown, 29% of Minneapolis respondents said they missed at least one appointment, compared to 20% of St. Paul residents. Some who otherwise would have gone to urgent care or the hospital for an unexpected medical condition instead opted to stay home.

“We are beginning to learn more about how Trump-style, large-scale immigration enforcement is impacting communities,” said Tom Wong, the study’s author and director of the university’s U.S. Immigration Policy Center.

Wong surveyed 728 Minneapolis residents and 662 St. Paul residents between Feb. 17 and March 6. The two cities have a combined population of about 736,000, according to the latest American Community Survey. He weighted the responses to ensure they represented the broader population.

Less trust in law enforcement

In addition to reporting decreased trust in law enforcement, nearly half of survey respondents in both cities said they were less likely to seek help from law enforcement in the future as a result of the operation. Nearly a third in Minneapolis and more than a quarter in St. Paul said they were less likely to obey commands from law enforcement now.

About 28% of Minneapolis residents and 19% of St. Paul residents surveyed said they interacted directly with ICE or Border Patrol agents during the operation, the survey found. Many of those individuals reported being questioned about their race, ethnicity, national origin or whether they spoke English.

In Minneapolis, about 46% of respondents who had at least one interaction with federal immigration enforcement said agents did not believe they were lawful residents even after they showed identification, compared to about 20% of respondents in St. Paul.

A little more than half of the survey respondents who interacted with ICE agents in both cities said those encounters happened at or near a school, health care facility, child care facility, courthouse or place of worship – places that have been protected from immigration enforcement under previous administrations.

In Minneapolis, about 23% of survey respondents who interacted with ICE reported being physically assaulted, and about 25% said that agents used pepper spray, tear gas or another chemical agent against them. For St. Paul respondents, approximately 14% said they were physically assaulted and 17% said agents used chemical agents against them.

Operation Metro Surge, and the January shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in south Minneapolis by federal agents, sparked widespread protests in the Twin Cities, which federal agents often used chemical agents to disperse.

People of color were roughly twice as likely to be questioned or assaulted by ICE agents, Wong told CBS News of the survey’s findings. The available survey results don’t break down by ethnicity, but will be detailed in a forthcoming study, he said.

“A lot of other states and cities are kind of just waiting to see if they’re going to be the next target,” he said. “I think that if this happens again in the way that it happened in Minnesota, a lot of communities are going to have to brace for a lot of change.”

US House panels to consider sweeping aviation safety reforms

March 25, 2026 11:36 PM UTC / Reuters

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A cockpit recording plays as National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the January 29, 2025, midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, on Capitol Hill in Washington,… Read more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) – Two U.S. House committees on Thursday are ​set to consider sweeping aviation ‌safety reform legislation to address 50 recommendations issued after a January ​2025 collision between an ​American Airlines regional jet and ⁠an Army Black Hawk ​helicopter that killed 67 people.

The National ​Transportation Safety Board said in an analysis seen by Reuters that ​the revised ALERT Act largely ​requires implementation of its recommendations made ‌after ⁠its year-long investigation.

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The bill establishes requirements for equipping collision mitigation technologies for airplanes and helicopters ​and ​aims to ⁠address deficiencies in the FAA’s safety culture, ​enhance air traffic control ​training ⁠and procedures, and strengthen safety of airspace around Reagan Washington ⁠National ​Airport where the ​fatal collision occurred last year.

Reporting by David ​Shepardson; Editing by Himani Sarkar

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