In a fiery statement given to CNN, the family of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse fatally shot by Border Patrol agents during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, has blasted the Trump administration for spreading what they call “sickening lies” about the incident.

The family was not present during the altercation.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a press conference on Saturday evening that “The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently.”

“Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.”

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino has said that Pretti was at the scene with the intention of massacring ICE agents.

“The suspect also had two loaded magazines and no accessible ID. This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement,” Bovino said.

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN:

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex…

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 25, 2026

In their statement to CNN, posted on X by Brian Stelter, the Pretti family wrote:

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.

The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.”

The family previously told the Associated Press that they had urged him not to “do anything stupid” while protesting.

Parents of Agitator Shot by Federal Agents in Minneapolis Had Urged Him ‘Not to Do Anything Stupid’ While Out Protesting

"We had this discussion with him two weeks ago or so, you know, that go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid, basically," his father, Michael Pretti, said. "And he said he knows that. He knew that."

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Texas Senate candidate James Talarico has said America should put a “giant welcome mat” on its southern border with Mexico.

Talarico is running for the Democrat primary in Texas against the vile Jasmine Crockett.

“My family is from the border,” he said. “My mum grew up in Laredo, Texas.”

“I feel like Texans understand this issue more so than people in other states because we live with it,” he continued. “Both the benefits and the challenges.”

“So what I’ve said is that our southern border should be like our front porch. There should be a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door.”

”We can welcome immigrants who want to live the American dream and we can build a pathway to citizenship for those neighbors who have been here making us richer and stronger and we can keep out people who mean to do us harm.”

.@JamesTalarico: My family is from the border. My mom grew up in Laredo, Texas.

Our southern border should be like our front porch. There should be a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door. We can welcome immigrants who want to live the American dream.

We can… pic.twitter.com/ED4OJMjrZy

— Team Talarico (@TeamTalaricoHQ) January 24, 2026

Talarico, who is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, has made his role as a Presbyterian seminarian a central aspect of his campaign.

Despite his supposed commitment to Christian values, Talarico has been caught following a multitude of porn stars, escorts, and OnlyFans models across his social media accounts. 

Texas Democrat and Senate Candidate Who Lectured Trump Supporters on Christianity Caught Following Porn Stars, Escorts, and OnlyFans Models

He made his latest remarks during a debate with Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who is running against him in the Democratic primary.

During her remarks, Crockett said ICE officers were acting with the endorsement of the Supreme Court as they carry out their duties.

“They are turning us into Nazi Germany by saying they’re gonna go door-to-door, or they are going after people because of their accent, or the color of their skin, because this Supreme Court gave them carte blanche ability to do so,” she ranted.

Jasmine Crockett says our brave ICE agents - who are arresting heinous criminals - are turning America into "Nazi Germany."

Disgraceful. pic.twitter.com/HbArRvZ8rp

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 24, 2026

According to RealClearPolling, an Emerson poll has Talarico leading Crockett by nine points.

However, two separate polls from TSU and the University of Houston show her up by eight and 18 points, respectively.

Whoever comes up on top, Republicans must hold this seat later this year.

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A major winter storm is unleashing chaos across much of the United States, with heavy snowfall, freezing rain, and dangerous ice accumulations affecting millions from the South to the Northeast.

By Sunday morning, over 700,000 homes and businesses were already without electricity in Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Virginia, and New Mexico, according to PowerOutage.us.

Over 10,000 flights have also already been canceled nationwide.

“It is rare that storms combine this much snow, ice, and bitter cold over such a large area — a widespread travel-halting winter storm will stall daily life for days in large portions of the central and eastern U.S.,” Evan Myers of AccuWeather warned.

At least 24 states have declared states of emergency to mobilize resources and prepare for what forecasters are calling potentially “catastrophic” impacts.

@StephanieAbrams @JimCantore @JordanSteele current situation (1:30am 1/25/2026) in Lebanon TN off Castle Heights south of Main St pic.twitter.com/DmgkBIEZfV

— William C. Mullis (@wcmullis31024ga) January 25, 2026

Winter Storm Fern is expected to impact over 190 million people, stretching from New Mexico to Maine, and cause havoc to power grids and travel.

AccuWeather reports, “Accumulating snow will fall along a swath of the central and eastern United States that extends for at least 2,000 miles and includes the major cities of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Denver, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Nashville, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston.”

“The storm may last 36-48 hours in some areas before dry Arctic air finally overwhelms and turns off the snow later this weekend or early next week.”

The storm is forecast to continue through the weekend, with two-thirds of the U.S. population expected to face extreme weather.

Fern is expected to bring accumulations of up to a foot of snow in higher elevations and dangerous ice buildup in lower areas.

The National Weather Service has advised people to prepare for prolonged power outages by stocking up on essentials.

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Michelle Obama just cannot stop complaining about how hard her life is.

The multi-millionaire former First Lady has lamented that people know her only for being married to Barack Obama.

She made the comments during an appearance on the feminist Call Me Daddy podcast.

Ehe explained:

People would be like, “Well, how do you know what to do in this role?” And to me, it was clear that… you don’t know anything about what I did before I came here.

But I was like, well, I went to Princeton and Harvard. I mean, I practiced law. I was an assistant to the mayor in Chicago.

I ran a nonprofit, a 501c3. I was a vice president for community relations at the University of Chicago Hospitals. I was a dean of students.

All of that just disappeared in the course of this whole election, and you now see me as just Barack Obama’s wife.

That quickly my shoes become the most important thing about me… not unique to me, it can happen to the best of us.

So, I shied away from fashion leading the conversation. But I knew I didn’t completely control it.

So, let’s lean in. Let’s lean in with what we do. Let’s make sure that we have a plan and a strategy in place for how fashion, just like everything we did in the White House, would have meaning and impact.

Obama also urged women to carry on with their careers rather than focus on child rearing.

“You don’t have to get off your career track. And I don’t even recommend it,” she said.

“Because kids grow up fast. And then they’re gone. You’ve sacrificed everything. And you know, when they leave, they leave. They close the door and act like you never sacrificed.”

Watch the interview below:

As part of her podcast tour aimed at selling her new book, Obama recently urged people to be “mindful” of buying white clothes brands.

“If I hear of someone whose fashion that I like, and I know that they’re a person of color, I try to make it a point, but the clothes have to be available.”

“You know, I think we can all do some work to think about that balance in our wardrobes, you know.”

“What does our closet look like and who’s in it? Who are we supporting in it? You know, and I think if you have the money to buy Chanel, then you have the money to buy everybody.”

“And so let us be mindful, I think would be my advice.”

Michelle Obama Urges People to Be ‘Mindful’ of Buying’ White Owned Clothes Brands

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Steve Bannon discussed China and its unrestricted warfare in East Asia during a recent episode of his show, War Room.

Bannon said the United States and China are heading toward a kinetic war in that region.

“We are right now, the Chinese Communist Party, and the United States of America, are heading down the path to a kinetic conflict in East Asia,” Bannon said.

“Why do you think the Japanese Prime Minister is calling a snap election when she is riding high in the polls because the people in Japan understand this is coming,” Bannon continued.

“The Taiwanese, the Philippines, the Filipinos, even in South Korea, as bad as that government is. The people in South Korea. The people in the indigenous nations around the South China Sea and the infiltration takeover by the Chinese Communist Party,” Bannon warned.

“What we’ve done on rare earths. The type of movements that we’ve made rapidly that are nothing short of stunning,” Bannon said.

“The unrestricted warfare of the Chinese Communist Party is teeing up now to get ready for the kinetic phase,” Bannon continued.

“Serious people in both countries are not dealing in happy talk. They are dealing in harsh realities of a great power struggle,” Bannon explained.

“Why do you think Greenland and Canada became so important so quickly? It’s been bubbling up for years, but now you can’t look away because of the great gain of the 21st century in the Arctic,” Bannon continued.

Bannon also called out the Davos elites, explaining that their way of running things is falling apart.

“Like the Romans, they co-opted the elites. They co-opted the elites, and they paid them off, and they ran the deal from there. This is why the post war international rules-based order is collapsing. You see it collapsing in Davos,” Bannon explained.

Bannon explained just how bad it is getting and used Minnesota as a primary example with the chaos at the airport and how crazy leftists are also targeting churches.

“You want to see bad optics, look at what happened in Minnesota’s airport last night. Look what happened to the churches. They are coming to the churches,” Bannon said.

“There is a war on. And we are either gonna win it or we are gonna lose it, and there is no middle ground,” Bannon warned.

Watch:

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