Vice President JD Vance says he came to Minneapolis to help "lower the temperature" in the city. But during his stop in Minnesota on Thursday, he blamed "far-left people" and state and local law enforcement officials for the chaos that's convulsed the state during the White House's aggressive deportation campaign. He also defended federal agents who detained a 5-year-old boy while making an immigration arrest. President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send in military forces to crack down on the unrest. Vance was asked about that option. He said, " Right now, we don't think that we need that."

Federal prosecutors have served six grand jury subpoenas to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis-St. Paul area. A person familiar with the matter said Tuesday that the subpoenas, which seek records, were sent to the offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Walz and Frey have called the probe a bullying tactic meant to quell political opposition.

President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis. Trump made the threat Thursday. A day earlier, a federal officer in the city shot and wounded a man who had attacked the officer with a shovel and broom handle. Minneapolis has been on edge since an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good in the head. Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the rarely used 1807 law to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.