Natasha Korecki
NBC News Political Reporter
- NEW: Abolish ICE is now "prosecute ICE" with some on the left. TV ads in Dem primaries proliferate with ICE/CBP footage. Dems see this as an issue hitting home with voters as calls intensify in Congress to do more to rein in ICE/CBP. w/Bridget Bowman www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
- Judge Menendez's reaction to Bondi's letter in court today via Kyle Cheney: "Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can’t achieve through the courts?" she asks DOJ.
- DNC seizes on Bondi’s letter; “The Trump administration thinks it can threaten and intimidate through violence and coercion, but they’re wrong. The DNC will stand with local elected officials and fight like hell, including in the courts, to protect our democracy and the rights of voters…”
- In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis. AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including: "Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
- Important statement from Chief O'Hara on the man fatally shot by immigration agents: "We believe he is a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry." And said no interactions with law enforcement besides traffic tickets.
- Mayor Frey makes this point: Yesterday, more than 15,000 people marched the streets of Minneapolis. "Not a single broken window, not a single injury." "Conversely, the mass militarized force and unidentified agents who are occupying our streets, that is what weakens our country."
- What DHS says about today's fatal shooting. Looking for any video evidence of what took place today. Please DM or email natasha.korecki@nbcuni.com "The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement."
- “Federal officials have offered a different account of how Mr. Lunas Campos died. In a Jan. 9 news release, they said he died on Jan. 3 after experiencing medical distress, but after the Washington Post article published, they described his death as a suicide.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
- Scoop: Democratic lawmaker Delia Ramirez to introduce bill to cripple DHS' ability to detain immigrants www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
- “She was so anemic and hungry that she resorted to eating clay, digging out the top layer of earth to get to the cleaner soil below, and charcoal. Her chart showed she gained fewer than 10 pounds during her entire pregnancy. Her baby, Nuru, was born at 33 weeks, weighing about 3.5 pounds.”
- Amid the heightened tensions w/ ICE in MN: Revelation that an AI error meant some recruits were sent into field offices without proper, in-person training. “The majority of the new applicants were flagged as law enforcement officers…but many had no experience.“ www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
- Gestures to Renee Good (or against ICE) popping up throughout Minneapolis. Here, at a gas station.
- Coffee shop, utility pole
- Some shots around Renee Nicole Good’s memorial today.
- NEW: Fatal ICE shooting comes after Trump was fixated on Minnesota for months, sending in thousands of immigration agents, launching multiple probes and even spreading conspiracy theories about Walz. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
- New: Indivisible plans 'nationwide outpouring of grief and mourning' for Renee Nicole Good in vigil-style events across the country this weekend. “A lot of people are shocked and horrified." x.com/natashakorec...
- Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey on Trump administration's contention that the officer was run over. "No he was not run over. He walked out of there with a hop in his step."
- New: IL Attorney General Kwame Raoul files a lawsuit with the attorneys general of CA, CO, MN and NY “challenging the Trump administration’s illegal attempt to freeze $10 billion in federal funding that provides critical support for children and families.”
- New: Gov. Pritzker, whose state saw at least one fatal immigration shooting, talked to Walz on Wednesday about the playbook to come. The Illinois governor reminded Walz what he was dealing with: "a Trump administration that lied." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
- VP Vance closes his White House press briefing asking the press to take down the temperature on the ICE fatal shooting. On Wednesday, the administration deemed the 37-year-old victim a "domestic terrorist" before she even had been identified and before an investigation.
- 'Abolish ICE' creeps back into Democratic messaging, reflecting a growing backlash as images of noncriminal undocumented immigrants being apprehended by masked federal agents, often aggressively, explode across the country. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
- This is such a sweet, happy piece. www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...
- Karoline Leavitt: Trump saying "quiet, Piggy" to a woman is "more respectful" than the last admin that lied behind press' back. it should be appreciated. "the president being frank and open and honest to your faces ... everyone in this room should appreciate the frankness and the openness."
- Leading Democrats speculate the Trump admin is surging DHS and National Guard to test the waters on how to undermine elections. “I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I don’t think like one," Pritzker said in an interview. "But it’s hard to avoid the evidence here." www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
- Tariff turnaround: President Trump issues order rolling back some of his food tariffs as the president has come under criticism for high grocery prices. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
- President Donald Trump’s directive to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost as much as $2 billion, according to six people with knowledge of the potential cost. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
- Breaking: Senate advances bill to reopen the government in a 60-40 vote. Democrats voting yes: Cortez Masto Durbin Fetterman Hassan Kaine King Rosen Shaheen
- Republicans roast Democrats, from the RNC: “Now, after weeks of pain they could have prevented, a handful of Democrats are crawling back to accept the same deal they rejected a month ago."
- Out of groceries since Oct. 29, Gia Haley is trying to survive on water and coffee after the $298 she gets for food didn't come. “The black coffee kind of kills my appetite." Read the realities behind no SNAP by Daniel Arkin & @ariabendix.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
- A judge made Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino's deposition public today. www.loevy.com/wp-content/u...
- Federal Judge Sara Ellis will enter a preliminary injunction against DHS, restricting immigration agents from using force against protesters and the media. She said she didn't find the agency's "version of events credible." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... via @nbcnews.com
- “All of a sudden, my eyes were just burning and I couldn’t breathe,” a Chicago mom told @nbcnews.com Then she heard her 2-year-old scream: “Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!” She realized immigration agents were in the neighborhood and deployed chemical agents. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
- Residents said in interviews that despite President Donald Trump’s depiction of Chicago as a “war zone,” the biggest disturbance or encounter with violence that they have witnessed in their neighborhood was not from criminals — but when immigration agents swept through.
- Kristi Noem rejected a plea by Gov. Pritzker to pause raids over Halloween. It came amid a firestorm of controversy in the Chicago area, as a series of immigration enforcement operations devolved into chaotic confrontations with residents. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
- “In the absence of data, we make assumptions about nonverbal people, equating a lack of speech with nonthinking and nonunderstanding” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
- NEW: Chicago teachers say immigration enforcement near schools is scaring kids and disrupting class “Can you imagine telling a 12-year-old that people are out there who might want to take their family? Daniella Silva & me www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
- "A chase involving federal agents led to a crash Tuesday afternoon on Chicago's East Side, a neighborhood resident said. After the crash, a crowd gathered around agents on the scene." abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...
- Tear gas seeps into people's homes, including those with asthmatic children. Helicopters whir relentlessly. Federal agents storm through back yards chasing suspects. People fear leaving their houses at all. This is what life is like in Broadview these days. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
- Federal TRO requires agents to issue 2 warnings before using riot control weapons "witnesses said they heard no warnings, and none can be heard on videos of the incident ... leading up to the gas being thrown in the middle of a residential street" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
- DHS video directly contradicts events & court orders. A federal judge said evidence showed: "whatever lawlessness is occurring is not occurring by protesters.” In fact, the judge issued a TRO against immigration officials' tactics b/c they “clearly violate the Constitution." x.com/dhsgov/statu...
- Gov. JB Pritzker in remarks carried live over multiple local outlets, charges that Trump is following a playbook to “cause chaos, creat fear and confusion, make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and gas canisters at them.”
- Pritzker says of Trump: “He wants to justify and normalize the presence of armed soldiers under his direct command.” Pritzker says, referring to ICE deployment as a “Trump invasion.”
- Illinois AG Kwame Raoul: “this is a political targeting utilizing our military,” he says, citing Trump calling for troops to train in US cities through such operations.
- NEW: Obama has intensified attacks on Trump in recent weeks, a move that came after private conversations w/allies about whether he should speak out more and how to approach high-stakes White House actions as they unfold. w/@jonallendc.bsky.social & Carol Lee www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
- Federal employees' union files lawsuit against the Trump administration for altering furloughed Dept of Education employees' emails to include partisan shutdown language, calling it a "blatant violation of First Amendment rights." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
- “behind the scenes, his team is increasingly concerned that the issue at the center of the debate will create political vulnerabilities for Republicans.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
- Response from Dept of ED: “The email reminds those who reach out to Department of Education employees that we cannot respond because Senate Democrats are refusing to vote for a clean CR and fund the government. Where’s the lie?” Does not acknowledge OOO responses were changed.
- NEW: Education employees surprised to find their out of office messages were altered to blame Democrats for a government shutdown "None of us consented to this ... I don’t think it’s ethical or legal. I think it violates the Hatch Act." w/@aterkel.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
- NEW: Education employees surprised to find their out of office messages were altered to blame Democrats for a government shutdown "None of us consented to this ... I don’t think it’s ethical or legal. I think it violates the Hatch Act." w/@aterkel.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
- They assaulted officers with a flagpole, a stun gun and more. One pepper-sprayed an officer who later died. On his 1st day in office, Trump pardoned them all. “Trump is OK with violence, as long as it’s done in his name," cap police officer tells us. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
