A photo of Alex Pretti is displayed at a makeshift memorial at the site where he was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, Jan. 26, 2026. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By HAMED ALEAZIZ, ERNESTO LONDOÑO, DAVID E. SANGER, MITCH SMITH and ALAN FEUER President Donald Trump promised a “very honorable and honest investigation” into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, but again cast blame on him for carrying the legally permitted weapon that wa

Children at play on a snow-covered hill in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. After a powerful winter storm dumped heavy snow, sleet and ice across wide swaths of the U.S., millions of people on Monday were facing new dangers: perilously cold temperatures and widespread power outages that forecasters and local governments warned could last for days. (Angelina Katsanis/The New York Times) By MAX KIM and YAN ZHUANG Millions of people across parts of the U.S. wer

Demonstrators place candles and flowers at a makeshift memorial at the site where Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a registered nurse was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis earlier that morning, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By TALYA MINSBERG, CORINNA KNOLL and JULIE BOSMAN He was a calm presence amid hospital chaos. A mentor who taught kindness and patience to younger friends and colleagues. A singer with a knack for dancing. A bicyclist w

A photo of Alex Pretti at a makeshift memorial at the site in Minneapolis where he was shot and killed by federal immigration agents, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. Pretti’s parents, Susan and Michael Pretti, in a statement reported by CNN that The New York Times could not independently verify, called their son “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.” (Victor J.

People on a sidewalk during a winter snowstorm in the Corona neighborhood of Queens on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (Janice Chung/The New York Times) By CLYDE McGRADY, AMY GRAFF and JUDSON JONES A dangerous winter storm pummeled much of the eastern United States on Sunday, shattering temperature records, knocking out power to more than 1 million homes and businesses, and wreaking havoc on daily life from Mississippi to Massachusetts. A winter storm warning covered about 120 million

Protesters and the public surround the cordoned off scene where Alex Jeffrey Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents earlier in the day, in Minneapolis, Jan. 24, 2026. Sworn court filings submitted by people who were at the scene are raising further questions about the federal government’s narrative of what happened before federal agents shot Pretti. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By RYLEE KIRK Federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday fatally shot a 37-year-old ma

Memorials honoring the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Sept. 30, 2024. More than three years after a gunman massacred 21 people at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, a former school police officer was found not guilty of abandoning and endangering children. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times) By EDGAR SANDOVAL More than three years after a gunman massacred 21 people at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary in on

A television displays Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who twice indicted Donald Trump, testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. The appearance provided Smith with what is likely to be his best opportunity to challenge President Trump’s assertion that he was persecuted for his politics, not for his misdeeds. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By GLENN THRUSH and ALAN FEUER Jack Smith, the special prosec