https://www.scmp.com/rss/519506/feed Tim Walz is an American politician who served as a House representative for Minnesota from 2007-2019 before becoming governor of Minnesota in 2019. In 2024, he was selected by Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris to be her VP pick against Republican former president Donald Trump and his own choice for VP, J.D. Vance. Harris and Walz lost out to the Trump-Vance ticket. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump’s point man on Thursday announced the end of an aggressive immigration operation in Minnesota that triggered large protests and nationwide outrage following the killing of two US citizens. Thousands of federal agents including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducted weeks of sweeping raids and arrests in what the administration claims were targeted missions against criminals. “I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343372/trump-end-minnesota-immigration-crackdown-border-tsar-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343372/trump-end-minnesota-immigration-crackdown-border-tsar-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:09:26 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration officers in Minnesota but will continue its enforcement operation that has sparked weeks of tensions and deadly confrontations, border tsar Tom Homan said on Wednesday. About 700 federal officers – roughly a quarter of the total deployed to Minnesota – will be withdrawn immediately after state and local officials agreed over the past week to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants, Homan said. But he did not provide a timeline... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342419/trump-border-tsar-says-700-immigration-officers-leave-minnesota-immediately?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342419/trump-border-tsar-says-700-immigration-officers-leave-minnesota-immediately?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:49:45 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service in an incident that increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, his lawyer said on Friday. Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, Abbe Lowell said. It is unclear what charge or charges Lemon is facing in the January 18 protest. The arrest came... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341887/trump-doj-arrests-ex-cnn-anchor-don-lemon-after-judge-initially-rejected-church-protest-charges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341887/trump-doj-arrests-ex-cnn-anchor-don-lemon-after-judge-initially-rejected-church-protest-charges?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:30:02 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota could be reduced, but only if state and local officials cooperate, US President Donald Trump’s border tsar said on Thursday, noting he had “zero tolerance” for protesters who assault federal officers or impede the ongoing operation in the Twin Cities. Tom Homan addressed reporters for the first time since the president sent him to Minneapolis following last weekend’s fatal shooting of protester Alex Pretti. The news conference comes... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341736/trumps-border-tsar-links-minnesota-ice-drawdown-state-cooperation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341736/trumps-border-tsar-links-minnesota-ice-drawdown-state-cooperation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:17:40 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US Senator Amy Klobuchar said on Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on US President Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the federal government’s immigration crackdown. Klobuchar’s decision gives Democrats a high-profile candidate and proven statewide winner as their party tries to hold onto the office occupied by Governor Tim Walz. The 2024 Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Walz abandoned his campaign for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341729/trump-critic-klobuchar-enters-minnesota-governor-race-amid-ice-crackdown-fraud-scandals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341729/trump-critic-klobuchar-enters-minnesota-governor-race-amid-ice-crackdown-fraud-scandals?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:57:01 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The Trump administration said on Wednesday that two immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of a civilian in Minneapolis had been placed on leave, as the US president slammed the city’s mayor despite a promise to de-escalate the situation. The officers have been on leave - a move US officials said was “standard protocol” - since Saturday, when Alex Pretti was shot multiple times after being forced to the ground by camouflaged officers in a scuffle captured on video. US President Donald... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341597/us-agents-who-shot-minneapolis-man-alex-pretti-placed-leave?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341597/us-agents-who-shot-minneapolis-man-alex-pretti-placed-leave?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:11:40 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Two federal officers fired their weapons during the fatal weekend shooting of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report to Congress published on Tuesday by US media. The shooting sparked bipartisan condemnation and fresh protests in Minneapolis, and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for an “honourable and honest investigation” into the matter. He also suggested he would “de-escalate a little bit” the administration’s immigration... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341559/alex-pretti-shot-2-different-federal-agents-minnesota-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341559/alex-pretti-shot-2-different-federal-agents-minnesota-report?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:17:36 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A man identified as Anthony Kazmierczak was arrested by police after an attack on Democratic US congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Tuesday saw her sprayed with an unknown substance. The incident came during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions with the federal government have come to a head after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deployed by US President Donald Trump fatally shot both an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month. Footage from the town hall incident... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341477/us-congresswoman-ilhan-omar-sprayed-unknown-substance-minneapolis-town-hall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341477/us-congresswoman-ilhan-omar-sprayed-unknown-substance-minneapolis-town-hall?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:12:16 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump’s border tsar, Tom Homan, met with the Minneapolis mayor and the Minnesota governor on Tuesday in a show of detente, as the ‌White House sought to ease unrest gripping the city after two US citizens were shot dead by federal agents. Homan was put in charge of the Minneapolis immigration enforcement drive to replace US Border Patrol “commander at large” ‍Gregory Bovino, who sources said was being demoted and removed after having overseen most of Trump’s crackdowns in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341470/trump-says-will-de-escalate-little-bit-minneapolis-amid-outcry-over-killings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341470/trump-says-will-de-escalate-little-bit-minneapolis-amid-outcry-over-killings?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:30:58 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterisation of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon. The death produced no clear shifts in US gun politics or policies, even as US President Donald Trump shuffles the lieutenants in charge of his militarised immigration crackdown. But... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341413/trump-faces-second-amendment-backlash-over-ice-shooting-alex-pretti?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341413/trump-faces-second-amendment-backlash-over-ice-shooting-alex-pretti?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:35:19 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump sent his top border enforcer to Minneapolis on Monday and struck a conciliatory note in a bid to tamp down nationwide outrage over the second killing of a US citizen protesting militarised immigration raids this month. The White House was scrambling as video of the latest shooting went viral, prompting street protests, criticism from former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, increasingly, from within Trump’s Republican Party. Trump said Tom Homan, his point... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341325/white-house-softens-tone-crackdown-after-minneapolis-killings-fury?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341325/white-house-softens-tone-crackdown-after-minneapolis-killings-fury?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 02:52:40 +0000 Reuters Reuters The White House said on Monday that US President Donald Trump does not ‌want to see people getting hurt or killed on the streets ‍of the United States but will not back down from efforts to deport “violent criminal illegal aliens” from Minnesota. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefed journalists after the killing of 37-year-old nurse Alex ⁠Pretti on Saturday by federal officers drew outrage from Americans. It was the second fatal shooting of a US citizen in Minnesota this... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341312/trump-does-not-want-see-people-killed-us-streets-white-house-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341312/trump-does-not-want-see-people-killed-us-streets-white-house-says?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:30:45 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump announced on Monday he is sending a top official to Minnesota as outrage grew over his administration’s militarised immigration raids and the shooting dead of a second protester in Minneapolis. Trump said that Tom Homan, his point man for border security, would arrive in the state later and “will report directly to me”. The high-profile assignment suggested that the 79-year-old Republican president is seeking to regain control over a rapidly deteriorating political and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341302/trump-sends-border-tsar-homan-minnesota-after-second-fatal-ice-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341302/trump-sends-border-tsar-homan-minnesota-after-second-fatal-ice-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:51:25 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Former US presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton issued pointed calls on Sunday for America to stand up and defend their values after the second killing of a citizen in Minneapolis by immigration agents that Donald Trump blamed on Democratic “chaos”. The Trump administration has faced intensifying pressure over its mass immigration crackdown, particularly after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, Saturday while scuffling with him on an icy roadway. That... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341185/minneapolis-killing-wake-call-us-values-are-under-assault-says-obama?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341185/minneapolis-killing-wake-call-us-values-are-under-assault-says-obama?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:59:22 +0000 Reuters Reuters When Fabiola, a single mother and naturalised US citizen from Latin America, first learned of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, ‌she said she was heartbroken and terrified. Then she joined the thousands of other Minnesotans who have volunteered to track ICE agents since Good was killed, despite her fears for herself and her son Asher, who is seven. “I ‍do feel scared, but at the same time, I know I have to take care of my people too,” she... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341136/minneapolis-resistance-ice-hardens-after-agents-kill-another-us-citizen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341136/minneapolis-resistance-ice-hardens-after-agents-kill-another-us-citizen?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:25:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A US immigration officer shot and killed a man on Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. Family members identified the man who was killed as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who had protested against US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered and protesters clashed with federal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341132/us-federal-officers-shot-another-person-minneapolis-amid-trump-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341132/us-federal-officers-shot-another-person-minneapolis-amid-trump-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Jan 2026 16:50:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters The ‌Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government’s deportation drive, two US officials told ‍Reuters on Sunday. The US Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates, the officials said, though it is not clear whether any of them will be sent. US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to use the Insurrection Act to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340355/pentagon-readies-1500-troops-potential-minnesota-deployment-us-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340355/pentagon-readies-1500-troops-potential-minnesota-deployment-us-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:26:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Minneapolis was on edge as US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to the city to enforce his administration’s massive immigration crackdown. The threat came a day after a man was shot and wounded by an immigration officer who had been attacked with a shovel and broom handle. That shooting further heightened the fear and anger that has radiated across the city since an Immigration and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340060/trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act-end-protests-minneapolis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340060/trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act-end-protests-minneapolis?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:52:10 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg A federal officer shot a man in the leg on Wednesday night in Minneapolis, a week after the fatal shooting of a local woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent touched off angry protests and an intensifying clash between state leaders and the Trump administration. The shooting followed a targeted traffic stop shortly before 7pm Central Time, when the man fled in his vehicle and crashed into a parked car, according to Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339969/man-shot-federal-officer-minneapolis-tensions-flare-over-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339969/man-shot-federal-officer-minneapolis-tensions-flare-over-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:30:34 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, according to people familiar with the matter. The resignations follow growing tensions over a decision by the Trump administration to block the state out of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339795/ice-shooting-us-prosecutors-quit-over-handling-probe-renee-goods-killing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339795/ice-shooting-us-prosecutors-quit-over-handling-probe-renee-goods-killing?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:11:00 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Hundreds more federal agents were heading to Minneapolis, the US homeland security chief said on Sunday, brushing aside demands by the Midwestern city’s Democratic leaders to leave after an immigration officer fatally shot a woman protester. In multiple TV interviews, Kristi Noem defended the actions of the officer who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, whose death has sparked renewed protests nationwide against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Homeland Security... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339548/us-surges-hundreds-more-agents-minneapolis-amid-furore-over-ice-killing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339548/us-surges-hundreds-more-agents-minneapolis-amid-furore-over-ice-killing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:07:27 +0000 Reuters Reuters Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Saturday urged demonstrators protesting the fatal shooting of a ‍motorist by a US immigration agent to stay peaceful, saying that any unlawful actions would play into US President Donald Trump’s hands. Frey, a Democrat, cautioned them as civil liberties and migrant rights groups prepared nationwide rallies to protest the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday. Minnesota and US officials have offered... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339462/minneapolis-ice-shooting-mayor-urges-activists-avoid-trumps-bait?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339462/minneapolis-ice-shooting-mayor-urges-activists-avoid-trumps-bait?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:11:35 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The investigation into the killing of a US citizen by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this week is being complicated by clashes between federal and local officials, with the FBI taking control over the objections of Governor Tim Walz. State authorities questioned whether a federal probe could be trusted, especially given comments by Trump administration officials that seemed to exonerate the officer. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said that after it was invited to participate in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339241/minnesota-investigators-barred-probe-womans-killing-ice-officer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339241/minnesota-investigators-barred-probe-womans-killing-ice-officer?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:55:51 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Democrats’ 2024 candidate for vice-president, is ending his bid for a third term amid President Donald Trump’s relentless focus on a fraud investigation into the state’s child care programmes and its Somali community. Less than four months after announcing his re-election campaign, Walz said Monday that negative attention and Republican attacks have contributed to an “extraordinarily difficult year for our state,” making it impossible for him to serve full time as... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338824/tim-walz-democrats-2024-vp-candidate-exits-minnesota-governor-race-klobuchar-weighs-bid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338824/tim-walz-democrats-2024-vp-candidate-exits-minnesota-governor-race-klobuchar-weighs-bid?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:30:44 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen youngsters sitting in the pews of a Minneapolis church once attended the same school and was “obsessed” with the idea of killing children, authorities said on Thursday. The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, fired 116 rifle rounds through stained-glass windows while the children celebrated Mass during the first week of classes at the Annunciation Catholic School, said Minneapolis police Chief Brian... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323560/minneapolis-church-shooter-was-filled-hatred-and-admired-mass-killers-police-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323560/minneapolis-church-shooter-was-filled-hatred-and-admired-mass-killers-police-say?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:01:58 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck some of the nearly 200 children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely incomprehensible”. Armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol, 23-year-old Robin Westman approached the side of the church and shot dozens of rounds through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews during... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323404/minnesota-catholic-school-shooting-leaves-3-dead-including-gunman?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323404/minnesota-catholic-school-shooting-leaves-3-dead-including-gunman?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:54:51 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The suspected killer of a Minnesota lawmaker could face the death penalty, US prosecutors said Monday as they revealed chilling details of an alleged murderous nighttime spree targeting local Democrats. Vance Boelter, 57, faces six federal charges, including two counts of murder by firearm, punishable by life imprisonment or the death penalty, acting US Attorney for the District of Minnesota Joe Thompson told a press conference in Minneapolis. Thompson gave a shocking account of Boelter’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314710/minnesota-shooting-suspect-allegedly-stalked-multiple-democrats-death-penalty-possible?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314710/minnesota-shooting-suspect-allegedly-stalked-multiple-democrats-death-penalty-possible?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:05:12 +0000 Robert Delaney Robert Delaney There was nothing wrong with the idea that America might want a 250th anniversary celebration of the US Army. The celebration that US President Donald Trump finally got after pushing for it since his first term could have been billed as a front-running event connected to the country’s 250th birthday, since we are almost one year away from that significant date. And for those longing for a break from the blood sport that US politics has become, the event did not end up as Trumpian as might have... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3314560/despite-growing-anger-trump-marches-his-projections-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3314560/despite-growing-anger-trump-marches-his-projections-power?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:30:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters A massive two-day manhunt ended on Sunday with the arrest of Vance Boelter, 57, for allegedly killing a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, Governor Tim Walz said. Boelter allegedly shot dead Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, in their home on Saturday - a crime Governor Tim Walz characterised as a “politically motivated assassination”. Authorities said Boelter also allegedly shot and wounded another... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314552/suspect-shooting-minnesota-lawmakers-custody-after-manhunt-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314552/suspect-shooting-minnesota-lawmakers-custody-after-manhunt-report?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Jun 2025 03:34:48 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A manhunt was under way on Sunday for a gunman who shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, killing Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounding the other, in what Governor Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination”. The shootings on Saturday came as deep political divisions have riven the United States, the same day that hundreds of thousands of protesters across the country took to the streets to rally against the policies of Republican President Donald Trump. Democratic... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314477/minnesota-former-house-speaker-and-husband-killed-political-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314477/minnesota-former-house-speaker-and-husband-killed-political-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:23:39 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed back against Democrats’ criticism of the decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles, telling Congress that the Trump administration wants to protect immigration agents and keep demonstrations there from getting out of control. Asked by congresswoman Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, how much the deployment would cost, Hegseth criticised Governor Tim Walz’s handling of protests that erupted after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis 2020. US... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313920/hegseth-grilled-over-trumps-la-troop-deployment-estimated-cost-us134-million?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313920/hegseth-grilled-over-trumps-la-troop-deployment-estimated-cost-us134-million?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:37:42 +0000 Nearly 100 days in, Donald Trump’s second term as US president has been defined by his determination to upend the established order on nearly all fronts of domestic and foreign policy, with dire consequences for global economic and cultural engagement. In the first of this series, we look at the extent to which the president’s actions have stirred up a viable opposition that includes voters from his own party. In deep-red Iowa, long-time US Senator Chuck Grassley was met with boos and groans as... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3307506/almost-100-days-us-opposition-trump-has-mobilised-it-enough-slow-his-agenda?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3307506/almost-100-days-us-opposition-trump-has-mobilised-it-enough-slow-his-agenda?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:16:28 +0000 US Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Tuesday warned voters of her Republican opponent Donald Trump’s desire for “unchecked power” and hit out at his plan to impose tariffs on imports, making her final case to undecided voters in the nation’s capital a week from election day. “This election is more than just a choice between two parties and two different candidates. It is a choice about whether we have a country rooted in freedom for every American or ruled by chaos and division,”... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/us-elections/analysis/article/3284405/us-election-kamala-harris-urges-voters-beware-trumps-desire-unchecked-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/us-elections/analysis/article/3284405/us-election-kamala-harris-urges-voters-beware-trumps-desire-unchecked-power?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Oct 2024 03:40:16 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/us/us-elections/analysis/series/3282664/us-elections-2024-china-factor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/us-elections/analysis/series/3282664/us-elections-2024-china-factor?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:12:11 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/series/3281928/us-elections-2024-what-you-need-know?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/series/3281928/us-elections-2024-what-you-need-know?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:29:28 +0000 America’s 2024 general election has many quirks like divergent voting processes, the outsize influence of “swing states” and uncertainties about how congressional results will affect the next president’s ability to govern. In the second of a four-part series, the South China Morning Post takes a closer look at which party each of the swing states backed in recent elections and what issues motivated voters. The United States calls itself the world’s oldest democracy, but the popular vote does not... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3281747/how-do-us-swing-states-decide-presidential-elections?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3281747/how-do-us-swing-states-decide-presidential-elections?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:19:23 +0000 (Editor’s note: This report has been updated to remove from the “other issues” section a rule that would have required Georgia election officials to hand-count ballots but was blocked in court. The section now contains a new development about North Carolina.) America’s 2024 general election has many quirks like divergent voting processes, the outsize influence of “swing states” and uncertainties about how congressional results will affect the next president’s ability to govern. In the first of a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3281618/how-are-votes-counted-us-presidential-election?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3281618/how-are-votes-counted-us-presidential-election?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:08:58 +0000 We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Harris-Trump debate: tough talk on China but little substance in first US presidential debate Kamala Harris was widely seen as having come out on top in her first presidential debate with Donald Trump, where both candidates traded blows on who would take a tougher approach towards... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3280879/harris-trump-debate-alleged-chinese-agent-tech-innovation-7-us-china-relations-reads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3280879/harris-trump-debate-alleged-chinese-agent-tech-innovation-7-us-china-relations-reads?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:00:09 +0000 This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. The vice-presidential debate between US senator J.D. Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Tuesday rarely strayed outside of domestic issues following an opening question on the Israel-Iran conflict – but when it did, China was the focus. Vance, the VP pick for Donald Trump,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3280735/jd-vance-and-tim-walz-debate-gears-vp-picks-set-make-cases-2024-us-election?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3280735/jd-vance-and-tim-walz-debate-gears-vp-picks-set-make-cases-2024-us-election?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:10 +0000 This week’s vice-presidential debate between Democratic Governor Tim Walz and Republican Senator J.D. Vance might not be as consequential as June’s match-up between US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump. However, it could still affect November’s election and have wider global implications in the coming years. This is not least given the possibility on the Republican side that Trump could die or become incapacitated during a second presidential term, from 2025 to 2029, given his... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3280482/why-walz-vance-us-vice-presidential-debate-more-sideshow?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3280482/why-walz-vance-us-vice-presidential-debate-more-sideshow?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:30:08 +0000 US vice-presidential candidates J.D. Vance and Tim Walz will face off on Tuesday in a debate that promises to be a feisty battle to win over voters in middle America, who could decide the cliffhanger 2024 election. The Republican Ohio senator and the Democratic Minnesota governor make for a study in contrasts and have already traded a series of bad-tempered insults in the bitter race for the White House. The combative Vance, 40, shares former president Donald Trump’s gift for courting... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3280500/walz-vs-vance-us-vp-debate-pits-hillbilly-energy-against-minnesota-nice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3280500/walz-vs-vance-us-vp-debate-pits-hillbilly-energy-against-minnesota-nice?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2024 05:50:06 +0000 Taylor Swift, a self-declared “childless cat lady,” has endorsed Kamala Harris for president of the United States. The global megastar broke her silence on the current state of US politics on Tuesday, voicing support for Harris over Donald Trump for the White House, and calling the Democratic candidate a “steady-handed, gifted leader.” “I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” she posted on Instagram in the minutes following a televised... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3278043/taylor-swift-backs-kamala-harris-us-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3278043/taylor-swift-backs-kamala-harris-us-president?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Sep 2024 03:47:39 +0000 A group of US politicians and community leaders on Wednesday launched ‘Chinese-Americans for Harris-Walz’, the latest in a cascade of affinity groups supporting 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz. “What we have on the ticket are two dragons,” said US Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the two-hour Zoom launch event, noting that both Harris and Walz were born in the lunar year of the dragon. Tai spoke about the particular challenges experienced... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3277389/us-2024-election-chinese-americans-launch-group-backing-kamala-harris-and-tim-walz?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3277389/us-2024-election-chinese-americans-launch-group-backing-kamala-harris-and-tim-walz?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:50:15 +0000 Tim Walz’s estranged older brother Jeff has revealed that he does not agree with his sibling’s views, according to a number of damning Facebook comments made last week, as reported by the New York Post. “I’m 100 per cent opposed to all his ideology,” Jeff, 67, shared on August 30 about Kamala Harris’ running mate, per the source. Apparently, he’s even considering publicly endorsing Donald Trump’s White House run. “I’ve thought long and hard about doing something like that! I’m torn between that... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3276869/who-tim-walzs-donald-trump-supporting-brother-jeff-walz-floridian-estranged-vice-presidential?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3276869/who-tim-walzs-donald-trump-supporting-brother-jeff-walz-floridian-estranged-vice-presidential?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Sep 2024 22:00:14 +0000 As America’s two candidates prepare for the final phase of the US presidential election, the unfolding process will be marked by day-to-day trench warfare and fluid dynamics that can alter the contest in either direction at any given moment, particularly the scheduled presidential debate on September 10. US Vice-President Kamala Harris will aim to maintain the momentum she has gained since launching her campaign in late July and further build on the electoral bump from the recent Democratic... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3276845/us-swing-voters-await-harris-trump-answers-big-questions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3276845/us-swing-voters-await-harris-trump-answers-big-questions?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:30:09 +0000 As the US presidential election approaches, the world is watching with keen interest, knowing that the outcome will significantly shape US-China relations for years to come. This pivotal bilateral relationship, one of the most consequential of the 21st century, stands at a critical juncture. After decades of engagement and interdependence, recent years have witnessed a dramatic shift towards competition and heightened tensions. Both Republican and Democratic administrations have come to view... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3276243/conflict-or-cooperation-how-will-us-election-affect-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3276243/conflict-or-cooperation-how-will-us-election-affect-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:30:10 +0000 US Vice-President Kamala Harris sent a message of continuity on Thursday as she touted the Biden administration’s investment in alliances and domestic industries in her first, unscripted interview since being nominated as the Democratic Party’s standard bearer. “What we have done to improve the supply chain so we’re not relying on foreign governments to supply American families with their basic needs – I’ll say that’s good work,” said Harris, 59, in response to a question about her “opportunity... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3276513/kamala-harris-pitches-continuity-china-lite-first-interview-nomination?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3276513/kamala-harris-pitches-continuity-china-lite-first-interview-nomination?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Aug 2024 04:10:32 +0000 If campaign hat sales are any predictor of electoral results, the Harris-Walz ticket is in great shape, as their camouflage cap with orange lettering goes viral. The Unionwear textile factory in New Jersey says demand has soared for the baseball hats emblazoned with the names of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the Democrats vying for the White House. Over nearly a quarter-century in the campaign merchandise business, “we’ve never seen hats sell this fast,” said Unionwear president Mitch Cahn, as... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3275744/demand-soars-viral-harris-walz-camo-hat-made-usa-unlike-made-china-maga-hats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3275744/demand-soars-viral-harris-walz-camo-hat-made-usa-unlike-made-china-maga-hats?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:56:08 +0000 Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has already faced criticism for his extensive personal experience in China. Richard Grenell, a former acting director of national intelligence in the Trump administration, asserted that “Communist China is very happy” he was chosen as the Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee. Walz taught in China and has reportedly travelled to the country about 30 times. Without proof to the contrary, it’s just plain wrong-headed to imply that there’s something suspect about... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3275328/us-should-welcome-leaders-experience-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3275328/us-should-welcome-leaders-experience-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:30:10 +0000 Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was catapulted into the spotlight after he was named Kamala Harris’ running mate ahead of the upcoming US election. Walz served in the National Guard for 24 years and was a high school geography teacher before running for Congress. Walz has gone viral for calling out Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance as “weird guys”. The two vice-presidential nominees have been taking shots at each other over the past few weeks and are... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/article/3275588/meet-tim-walzs-children-hope-and-gus-who-inspire-his-politics-kamala-harris-running-mate-went-viral?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/article/3275588/meet-tim-walzs-children-hope-and-gus-who-inspire-his-politics-kamala-harris-running-mate-went-viral?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:00:24 +0000