2026.02.21
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The Department of Homeland Security maintains a website detailing the “worst of the worst” who were arrested in Minnesota that is rife with errors, KARE 11 reports. “The Department of Homeland Security’s “Worst of the Worst” website features people arrested in Minnesota who the department says have been convicted of serious crimes. But the list has raised many questions. The Minnesota Department of Corrections’ ongoing fact-check is having trouble confirming that some of the crimes listed were committed, even in other states. Officials also point out that hat a number of the “worst of the worst” arrests did not take place in the community during Operation Metro Surge, but actually were direct transfers from Minnesota prisons to ICE custody.”
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/ice-in-minnesota/worst-of-the-worst-website-rife-with-errors-cnn/89-f052d30f-4ce0-4334-ae87-cc7bf3948936
ICE actions are keeping others from traveling to Minnesota. “A major German soccer team canceled its trip to Minnesota due to the immigration crackdown under the Trump administration,” KOMO reports. Christoph Pieper, Werder Bremen’s head of communications, said in a statement that “[p]laying in a city where there’s unrest and people have been shot, that does not fit with our values here at Werder Bremen. Furthermore, it was unclear for us which players could be able to enter the United States due to the stricter entry requirements.” Via MinnPost
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/german-soccer-team-cancels-minnesota-trip-due-to-ice-tom-homan-alex-pretti-renee-good-immigrant-white-house
DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/doj-protesters-federal-agents-cases
‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’
Jenny Kleeman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
Detentions and disappearances: how ICE has driven fear into Michigan’s Arab communities
Arab Americans in Dearborn and beyond are being swept up by ICE at places of worship and work, with devastating consequences
Stephen Starr in Dearborn, Michigan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/michigan-arab-communities-ice-fear
US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show
Shooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in Texas was not publicly disclosed by Department of Homeland Security
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/us-citizen-killed-federal-immigration-agent
A bar, kitchen and flat-screen TVs: the $70m jet DHS is eyeing for deportations
The department is reportedly considering buying a Boeing plane for deportation flights and for use by Trump officials
Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/luxury-jet-dhs-deportation-flights-trump-officials
More News
Furious Trump signs global 10% duty after supreme court issues tariff blow
President calls six justices a ‘disgrace to the nation’ while praising three justices who dissented
George Chidi
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/trump-tariff-scotus-response
The supreme court’s tariffs ruling puts Trump on notice with a bloody nose
Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/trump-tariffs-ruling-supreme-court
‘Dictator vibes’ as dear leader Trump puts name and face front and center
Banner at justice department just the latest example of how president has imposed himself on daily US life
Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/trump-name-face-justice-department
Trump news at a glance: president lobs insults at US supreme court for striking down his global tariffs
Trump called justices ‘fools’ and ‘disgrace to the nation’ after their rebuke of his aggressive trade tactic – key US politics stories from 20 February 2026 at a glance
Guardian staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/trump-administration-news-updates-today
Epstein files place renewed attention on US authorities’ failure to stop him
Files show accuser in 2011 provided extensive account of abuse as questions mount over why action was not taken
Victoria Bekiempis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/epstein-files-victim-reports-police-fbi-failures
Tale of two nations: Andrew’s UK arrest highlights US passivity on Epstein files
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/21/andrew-epstein-files-us-uk
CBS News is convulsing as Larry Ellison tries to please Trump
Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/21/cbs-trump-anderson-cooper-stephen-colbert-paramount
Ohio mayor arrested on voyeurism charges after allegedly sniffing girl’s underwear
Claims against Wesley Dingus came from teen who had been staying at his residence and hid camera in bedroom
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/ohio-mayor-arrested-voyeurism-wesley-dingus
US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land
Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from ‘wadi of Egypt to the great river’
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/mike-huckabee-israel-middle-east-tucker-carlson
‘We can see that courage’: Greece recovers long-lost photos of Nazis’ May Day executions
Culture ministry hails ‘exceptional historical importance’ of prints that show resistance fighters’ final moments
Helena Smith in Athens
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/21/greece-recovers-long-lost-photos-nazi-may-day-executions-athens-kaisariani
How the beaches, culture and people of Corfu hit me for six
A cricket match kindled my love affair with the Greek island, inspiring both a literary festival and my new novel
Alex Preston
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/feb/21/corfu-beaches-culture-people-alex-preston
Meera Sodha’s recipe for rhubarb and custard trifle
Nostalgia and comfort combine in abundance in this retro dessert that’s strictly for kids of all ages
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/feb/21/rhubarb-and-custard-trifle-recipe-meera-sodha
The Department of Homeland Security maintains a website detailing the “worst of the worst” who were arrested in Minnesota that is rife with errors, KARE 11 reports. “The Department of Homeland Security’s “Worst of the Worst” website features people arrested in Minnesota who the department says have been convicted of serious crimes. But the list has raised many questions. The Minnesota Department of Corrections’ ongoing fact-check is having trouble confirming that some of the crimes listed were committed, even in other states. Officials also point out that hat a number of the “worst of the worst” arrests did not take place in the community during Operation Metro Surge, but actually were direct transfers from Minnesota prisons to ICE custody.”
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/ice-in-minnesota/worst-of-the-worst-website-rife-with-errors-cnn/89-f052d30f-4ce0-4334-ae87-cc7bf3948936
ICE actions are keeping others from traveling to Minnesota. “A major German soccer team canceled its trip to Minnesota due to the immigration crackdown under the Trump administration,” KOMO reports. Christoph Pieper, Werder Bremen’s head of communications, said in a statement that “[p]laying in a city where there’s unrest and people have been shot, that does not fit with our values here at Werder Bremen. Furthermore, it was unclear for us which players could be able to enter the United States due to the stricter entry requirements.” Via MinnPost
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/german-soccer-team-cancels-minnesota-trip-due-to-ice-tom-homan-alex-pretti-renee-good-immigrant-white-house
DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/doj-protesters-federal-agents-cases
‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’
Jenny Kleeman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
Detentions and disappearances: how ICE has driven fear into Michigan’s Arab communities
Arab Americans in Dearborn and beyond are being swept up by ICE at places of worship and work, with devastating consequences
Stephen Starr in Dearborn, Michigan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/michigan-arab-communities-ice-fear
US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show
Shooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in Texas was not publicly disclosed by Department of Homeland Security
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/us-citizen-killed-federal-immigration-agent
A bar, kitchen and flat-screen TVs: the $70m jet DHS is eyeing for deportations
The department is reportedly considering buying a Boeing plane for deportation flights and for use by Trump officials
Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/luxury-jet-dhs-deportation-flights-trump-officials
More News
Furious Trump signs global 10% duty after supreme court issues tariff blow
President calls six justices a ‘disgrace to the nation’ while praising three justices who dissented
George Chidi
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/trump-tariff-scotus-response
The supreme court’s tariffs ruling puts Trump on notice with a bloody nose
Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/trump-tariffs-ruling-supreme-court
‘Dictator vibes’ as dear leader Trump puts name and face front and center
Banner at justice department just the latest example of how president has imposed himself on daily US life
Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/trump-name-face-justice-department
Trump news at a glance: president lobs insults at US supreme court for striking down his global tariffs
Trump called justices ‘fools’ and ‘disgrace to the nation’ after their rebuke of his aggressive trade tactic – key US politics stories from 20 February 2026 at a glance
Guardian staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/trump-administration-news-updates-today
Epstein files place renewed attention on US authorities’ failure to stop him
Files show accuser in 2011 provided extensive account of abuse as questions mount over why action was not taken
Victoria Bekiempis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/epstein-files-victim-reports-police-fbi-failures
Tale of two nations: Andrew’s UK arrest highlights US passivity on Epstein files
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/21/andrew-epstein-files-us-uk
CBS News is convulsing as Larry Ellison tries to please Trump
Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/21/cbs-trump-anderson-cooper-stephen-colbert-paramount
Ohio mayor arrested on voyeurism charges after allegedly sniffing girl’s underwear
Claims against Wesley Dingus came from teen who had been staying at his residence and hid camera in bedroom
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/ohio-mayor-arrested-voyeurism-wesley-dingus
US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land
Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from ‘wadi of Egypt to the great river’
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/mike-huckabee-israel-middle-east-tucker-carlson
‘We can see that courage’: Greece recovers long-lost photos of Nazis’ May Day executions
Culture ministry hails ‘exceptional historical importance’ of prints that show resistance fighters’ final moments
Helena Smith in Athens
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/21/greece-recovers-long-lost-photos-nazi-may-day-executions-athens-kaisariani
How the beaches, culture and people of Corfu hit me for six
A cricket match kindled my love affair with the Greek island, inspiring both a literary festival and my new novel
Alex Preston
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/feb/21/corfu-beaches-culture-people-alex-preston
Meera Sodha’s recipe for rhubarb and custard trifle
Nostalgia and comfort combine in abundance in this retro dessert that’s strictly for kids of all ages
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/feb/21/rhubarb-and-custard-trifle-recipe-meera-sodha
