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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was rushed by a man during a town hall event Tuesday night. He used a syringe to spray her with an unknown liquid. He's now in custody. NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports on what happened.
Footage from the event shows a man approaching Omar and spraying an unknown substance in her direction. He was swiftly tackled by security. A statement from Omar's office said the congresswoman is okay. After a brief pause and comments from her staff asking her to step aside to get checked out, Omar continued her remarks. This comes on the heels of another attack on a lawmaker.
Democrat Maxwell Frost of Florida reported being punched by someone at the Sundance Festival. Threats against congressional lawmakers have been rising. Last year, there was an increase in security funding in the wake of growing concerns about political violence. Barbara Sprint and Peer News, Washington.
President Trump has verbally attacked Minnesota's Somali community, the largest in the nation, and during a speech Tuesday in Iowa, he said Omar does not love the United States. Trump traveled to Iowa Tuesday to talk about his first year back in the White House.
Today, just after one year of President Trump, our economy is booming, incomes are rising, investment is soaring, inflation has been defeated, our border is closed, totally closed.
Trump delivered his remarks after 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Prattie was fatally shot in Minneapolis. Hundreds of anti-ice protesters stood outside the event center during the rally, calling on Trump to remove federal ICE agents from Minneapolis. The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement will likely not have to travel to Minnesota to testify in court this week.
Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports that ICE is abiding by a judge's order to release a man who's been detained for the last three weeks.
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Chapter 2: What happened during Ilhan Omar's town hall event?
U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz directed Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear in court in Minneapolis personally on Friday after ICE didn't respond to orders to set a bond hearing for Juan Hugo Tobay Robles. Ice arrested the 43-year-old on January 6th, but his lawyer says the agency never gave a reason.
On Monday, Judge Schultz wrote, quote, the court's patience is at an end, but he gave Ice an off-ramp and said he'd cancel the hearing if it freed Robles. Immigration attorney Graham Ojala-Barber says Ice released his client from a detention facility in Texas less than a day after the judge issued the order. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
Crews are still working to get the lights back on across several southern states that are shivering following that weekend winter storm that dumped snow and ice from Arkansas to New England. More than 400,000 customers remain without power, more than half of them in Tennessee and Mississippi. And you're listening to NPR News.
TikTok agreed Tuesday to settle a closely watched lawsuit on social media addiction. TikTok was one of four companies facing claims that their platforms are deliberately addictive and harm children, including Instagram and YouTube. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Snapchat settled last week for an undisclosed sum.
Activists say at least 6,221 people have been killed in Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests. The U.S.-based human rights activist news agency released new figures Tuesday, saying many more are feared dead. The Iranian government has reported far lower figures and labeled hundreds as terrorists. A protest began late last month.
The worldwide Anglican community is getting a new leader Wednesday. Sarah Mullally, the current Bishop of London, was named Archbishop of Canterbury last October. NPR's Jason DeRose reports she is set to become the first woman to lead the church.
Her official installation isn't until March, but Sarah Mullally legally becomes the Archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday during her confirmation of election at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. She's the first woman to hold the role in the history of the Anglican Church, which began when Henry VIII... broke with Rome in the 16th century.
More conservative Anglicans, mostly in Africa, say they're unhappy with both Malali's gender and her stance on LGBTQ inclusion. Some have threatened to leave the Anglican Communion over her leadership, but it's unclear how that might play out. Jason DeRose, NPR News.
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