Kim Vinnell

The legal fight over the immigration crackdown in the U.S.

is heating up.

The Justice Department has served grand jury subpoenas to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the state's attorney general, and the mayor of Minneapolis, investigating whether their public opposition to the immigration surge amounts to a crime.

The subpoenas demand documents on their cooperation, or lack of it, and come after weeks of highly visible, sometimes violent, enforcement operations in Minneapolis that have sparked protests.

One ended with a federal agent fatally shooting an American woman.

Minnesota officials say the investigation is a partisan effort to intimidate them.

The Trump administration's pressure on the Federal Reserve will be tested today at the Supreme Court, as justices hear arguments in the case against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

Trump announced he was firing Cook after the Department of Housing and Urban Development opened an investigation into her, claiming she lied on a mortgage document before she was Fed governor.

Fed reporter Howard Schneider says the court's decision on this case could have a lasting impact on the central bank.

A shift in tone now from President Trump on Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.

Saying he's considering involving her without elaborating on what role she could play.

His comments coming after she gave him her Nobel medal last week.

He's previously questioned her popularity and ability to lead Venezuela.

US Vice President Jadie Vance and his wife Usha have said they'll welcome their fourth child, a boy, in July.

Usha Vance announced the news on the second lady's ex-account, where the pair said she and the baby were doing well.

There's been another train accident in Spain just days after a deadly high-speed collision.

This time, a commuter train is derailed after a containment wall fell on the track due to heavy rain near Barcelona.

The driver was killed and several passengers injured.

And for today's recommended read, how a winter blast has swept across Asia, burying Russia's Far East in its heaviest snow in 60 years and disrupting transport in Japan and China.

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