May 30, 2019

Border patrol arrests largest group of migrants to date

Honduran migrants travel to the Guatemala border. Photo: Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images

A group of more than 1,000 migrants were apprehended by border patrol Wednesday morning — the largest group Border Patrol has ever encountered, NBC News reports.

Why it matters: The apprehension will be a part of a "big league" statement on the border Trump is expected to make on Thursday or Friday, a DHS official told Axios. Trump was also alluding to a potential new policy that would block migrants from asylum if they travel through a country that is not their own to get to the U.S., Politico reports. If implemented, thousands of Central American migrants waiting near the border could be denied asylum.

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Scott Rosenberg

7 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Trump's big, empty beef with Twitter

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

President Trump finally acted on his now year-old threat to take action against social media platforms for alleged bias against conservatives. But so far, according to experts in both government and the industry, the threat looks mostly empty.

Driving the news: Trump escalated his war on Twitter Friday morning, tweeting repeatedly that the company needs to be regulated after it overnight added a warning label to a tweet of his calling for the military to start shooting looters, which violated Twitter’s rules against glorifying violence.

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Mike Allen, Ursula Perano

Updated 34 mins ago - Politics & Policy

In photos: Protests over George Floyd's death grip Minneapolis

The Third Police Precinct burns in Minneapolis on Thursday night. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

Demonstrators demanding justice burned a Minneapolis police station and took control of the streets around it last night, heaving wood onto the flames, kicking down poles with surveillance cameras and torching surrounding stores.

What's happening: The crowd was protesting the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose life was snuffed out Tuesday by a white Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck for about eight minutes.

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Fadel Allassan

41 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Minneapolis mayor to Trump: “Weakness is pointing your finger” during a crisis

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey fired back at President Trump on Friday, after the president accused the mayor of weak leadership amid violence sparked by the killing of an unarmed black man by a white police officer.

Driving the news: Trump made his accusations in a pair of tweets early Friday, saying he would bring the national guard into Minneapolis if Frey couldn't “bring the City under control.”

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