Jacob Frey
Mayor of Minneapolis since 2018
55 stories
63 quotes
Let this lame-ass racist rally fall flat and fade into irrelevance,
- Frey wrote ahead of the eventInternational Business Times AUibtimes.com.au/far/right…
I know that our hearts and our prayers are with the people of Hopkins and any families that have been impacted. I have already touched base directly with Mayor Hanlon, offered any assistance that we possibly can provide.”
- Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis mayor, saidGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Wednesday,... according to the stationFox Newsfoxnews.com/us/dead…
- Frey saidThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
We can disagree without putting people at risk.”
- The incident drew widespread condemnation from local and state leaders, with Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey calling it “unacceptable” and sayingGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense,
- Frey said angrilyCNNcnn.com/2026/07…
No one should be targeted for questioning those in power,
- Mr. Frey said in a statementThe New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/06…
It was an extremely painful decision, obviously, but I concluded that that was necessary to maintain public trust, and this was the right way to move forward as a city,
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Kennedy center abruptly removes ‘Blue’ sculpture amid Trump overhauls
CNNcnn.com/2026/09…Shapiro, known for breathing life into otherwise minimalist stick figures, described “Blue” in a video posted to the Kennedy Center’s YouTube years ago as being “about action and risk and performance and energy. It’s a celebration of possibility.”
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/kennedy…Bakery owner confronts Trump’s former border chief: ‘You are not welcome’
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Jake Lang Arrested After Vehicle Drives Toward Minneapolis Crowd
Newsweeknewsweek.com/jake/lang…A “Freedom of Speech” rally in Minneapolis descended into chaos as counter-protesters surrounded Jake Lang’s vehicle outside City Hall
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/videos/chao…Zhamira Zambrano throws one of the worst celebrity first pitches ever, Mayor Frey dancing & Mendoza is ready
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/outkick/sports…4 dead, including a child, after Minneapolis-area violence that ended at daycare
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/news/us…Some time prior to the attack, police believe he also killed a 78-year-old relative at her home
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/minnesota…Ilhan Omar questions whether Trump administration has used ICE to ‘surveil’ critics
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Paul, Omar raised questions about how it was “appropriate or necessary” for an ICE agent to be parked outside of her town hall with constituents in Richfield on Thursday
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/ilhan…US immigration agents arrested a record number of people in June, data shows
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Only four were convicted after trial, while 246 pleaded guilty and another 95 cases are pending
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/us/trump…Ring camera captures Aspen Acres Fire engulfing family’s property in Colorado
CNNcnn.com/2026/06…The Aspen Acres fire, which is burning in Custer and Pueblo counties, was first reported at approximately 6 a.m. Monday, according to The Colorado Springs Gazette
Newsweeknewsweek.com/aspen/acres…Chicago bloodshed leaves 3 dead, 15 shot days after Mayor Johnson launches new gun violence office
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/us/chicago…Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey tears into DHS and ICE after woman is fatally shot by agent CNN
CNNcnn.com/2026/06…Federal judge blocks Trump election plan in major legal blow to administration
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…US District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the recent upgrades to the program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, aggregated Americans’ sensitive personal data in a way that could result in voters being wrongly purged from voter rolls
The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/06…US judge blocks Trump administration subpoena against Minnesota officials
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…The decision marks a significant legal defeat for the Trump administration’s attempt to compel state cooperation with federal immigration initiatives
Newsweeknewsweek.com/gop/judge…Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara resigns after he’s accused of interfering with investigation into his conduct
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/news/us…While those allegations were never substantiated, Frey said investigators found that O’Hara had interfered with the probe
CNNcnn.com/2026/05…After raids, U.S. citizens and immigrants seek millions for shootings, injuries, trauma
Los Angeles Timeslatimes.com/politics/story…If the locks fail, a host of archangels, holy cards and crosses stand guard on nearby walls and tables
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/news/us…Jacob Frey criticized for remembering George Floyd on Memorial Day, six years after death sparked riots
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/us/jacob…George Floyd Square became a place to honor the Black Minneapolis man who was killed by a white police officer in May 2020
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Jewish Democrats grapple with a changing party and Israel’s entrenched leadership
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/2026…Washington should no longer be liable for Israeli misdeeds
Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/05…Trump’s grave threats toward Iran stoke war crime debate
The Hillthehill.com/policy/defense…Trump: Iran’s civilisation will die tonight
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/world/news…GOP dissenters emerge on Trump's threat against Iranian "civilization"
Axiosaxios.com/2026/04…The dramatic rhetoric came with roughly 12 hours remaining before Trump's self-imposed 8 p.m. EDT deadline for Iran to reopen the vital waterway, through which roughly one-fifth of global oil supplies pass
International Business Times AUibtimes.com.au/breaking/trump…Newly released video undermines ICE account of Minneapolis migrant shooting
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Authorities initially accused 2 Venezuelan men of beating an ICE officer during a chase and scuffle in Minneapolis in January
South China Morning Postscmp.com/news/world…The Government Really Thinks It Can Get Away with Lying About ICE’s Brutality
Esquireesquire.com/news/politics…Trump threatens to take out Iran in 'one night' as deadline looms
France 24france24.com/en/video…Tehran has a tight deadline of 8pm ET (1am BST Wednesday) to reopen the Strait of Hormuz before Trump unleashes the dreaded attack
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…Trump: ‘Iran can be taken out in one night,’ could happen Tuesday
Global Newsglobalnews.ca/news/11766330…Trump had earlier vowed to enforce a Tuesday night deadline for Iran to agree to a ceasefire deal or face broad attacks on power plants and other critical infrastructure
Deccan Heralddeccanherald.com/world/us…US on verge of shutting down airports as travel chaos spirals
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/us/news…Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were deployed to 14 airports on Monday to help with crowd management as the Transportation Security Administration faces growing callouts from officers during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown
CNNcnn.com/2026/03…Trump rejects any shutdown deal with Democrats without voter ID despite TSA chaos
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…President Donald Trump’s post from 2016 criticizing then-White House leader Barack Obama for golfing during major air travel disruption caused by a Transport Security Administration (TSA) staff shortage has resurfaced
Newsweeknewsweek.com/donald/trumps…Trauma in the classroom: Minneapolis administrator says life after immigration surge is forever changed
CNNcnn.com/2026/03…Crime in the United States continued to fall in 2025, with preliminary city data showing steep declines in homicides and other major offenses, a trend President Donald Trump has seized on
Newsmaxnewsmax.com/newsfront/crime…Trump touts ongoing Middle East conflict a success as the DHS Secretary is ousted
CNNcnn.com/2026/03…Senator Markwayne Mullin, whose first name is a mash-up honoring two uncles, took questions on Capitol Hill after President Trump announced his nomination on Thursday
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/03…Around half of Democrats skip Trump State of the Union
Axiosaxios.com/2026/02…Top Democrats gathered on the National Mall in Washington DC along with Jeffrey Epstein victims, families impacted by immigration raids, fired public health workers and Americans struggling with rising costs while Trump spoke to the joint chamber of Congress
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…US President Donald Trump to deliver State of the Union address
South China Morning Postscmp.com/news/us…Top Democrats gathered on the National Mall in Washington DC along with Jeffrey Epstein victims, families impacted by immigration raids, fired public health workers and Americans struggling with rising costs while Trump spoke to the joint chamber of Congress
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…Minneapolis Mayor Frey speaks to CNN ahead of Trump’s State of the Union Address: All Americans ‘should be pissed’
CNNcnn.com/2026/02…Illinois university moves classes online after learning ICE is operating in the same building
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/illinois…After federal officers killed two U.S. citizens last month, self-identified Republicans in the state expressed stronger support for Trump’s immigration agenda than Republicans nationwide, while Minnesota Democrats and independents pulled more strongly the other way than their national counterparts
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/trump…Minnesota Democrats demand reparations from ICE after losing $18 billion to Somali fraud
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/minnesota…Democrats hope to rein in the power of federal immigration officers in Minnesota as the state's legislative session gets underway Tuesday, while Republicans will focus on combatting fraud in taxpayer-funded programs that President Donald Trump cited to justify the recent immigration enforcement surge
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/news/us…ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/02…Those demands have included a prohibition on federal agents wearing masks to an expansive limit on places where agents can operate
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…How one big break can crack a case
CNNcnn.com/2026/02…Tim Walz demands federal government ‘pay for what they broke’ after Homan announces Minnesota drawdown
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/tim…Operation Metro Surge will ultimately send nearly 3,000 additional federal officers and agents to the Twin Cities
Reutersreuters.com/legal/government…Trump Repeals the Government’s Power to Regulate Climate
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/02…This is Jack Blanchard, slowly realizing that the Great Thaw of 2026 actually just means roadside slush mountains, sodden sidewalks and monster puddles for ever more
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/playb…Mamdani to Meet With Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in New York
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…The mayors discussed how blue cities can stand up to President Donald Trump
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…Nancy Guthrie's neighbor mentions possible connection after reviewing doorbell footage and more top headlines
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/us/nancy…But the case was dismissed after video evidence emerged showing that an agent had steered his vehicle into Martinez’s car
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…First Thing: Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…This is Jack Blanchard, slowly realizing that the Great Thaw of 2026 actually just means roadside slush mountains, sodden sidewalks and monster puddles for ever more
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/playb…El Paso airspace closed for 10 days over security concerns
CNNcnn.com/2026/02…Police arrest protesters at Minneapolis federal building 1 month after woman’s death
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…At least 42 protesters were arrested Saturday outside a federal building in Minneapolis during a demonstration marking one month since 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross on January 7
Newsweeknewsweek.com/dozens/arrested…When anti-ICE clashes trigger federal intervention: Experts explain the constitutional breaking point
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/minnesota…But the change shines a light on how the two main agencies behind Trump's centerpiece deportation agenda have at times clashed over styles and tactics
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Hundreds of Immigration Agents Left Minnesota, but Residents Report Little Change
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/02…Jacob Frey had just helped his 5-year-old daughter into her ballet slippers at dance class when Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara called
Timetime.com/7368943/jacob…Frey on Homan’s Minneapolis drawdown plan: ‘It’s not enough’
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/state…Jacob Frey had just helped his 5-year-old daughter into her ballet slippers at dance class when Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara called
Timetime.com/7368943/jacob…Minnesota athletes head into the Winter Olympics with concerns about turmoil back home
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/minneso…Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey tears into DHS and ICE after woman is fatally shot by agent
CNNcnn.com/2026/01…Philadelphia city council member weighs in on ‘ICE Out’ legislation movement in her city
CNNcnn.com/2026/02…With the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good fresh on their minds, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stood before a room full of fellow city leaders last week and delivered a dire warning
Timetime.com/7364531/ice…Minnesota federal judge declines order to halt to Trump's immigration enforcement in Minneapolis
The Jerusalem Postjpost.com/international/articl…United States President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to avoid getting involved in protests in Democrat-run cities unless they ask for federal help
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Venezuela’s New Leader Is Trying to Run Out the Clock on Trump
The Wall Street Journalwsj.com/world/americas…But the way Donald Trump — such a consummate performer for his own people until recently — has stripped himself bare, warts and all, in this first, tumultuous month of the year defies belief
Buenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/opinion…Trump's border tzar signals possible drawdown in Minnesota
Saudi Gazettesaudigazette.com.sa/article/65…Homan was sent to Minnesota earlier in the week following the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, which saw Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino stand down earlier this week
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Hennepin County Attorney: Noem ‘should come out and say her comments were inappropriate’
CNNcnn.com/2026/01…It’s not just a growing group of Republican lawmakers refusing to parrot the White House line
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/west…Ex-Attorney General Eric Holder: ‘Huge concerns’ over Tulsi Gabbard’s presence during FBI’s seizure of 2020 election ballots
CNNcnn.com/2026/01…This event has marked a turning point for many health care workers, leaders and organizations
Newsweeknewsweek.com/a/sobering…Man charged with assaulting Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/42…Anthony Kazmierczak faces federal assault charge after rushing at Democratic congresswoman
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Alex Pretti filmed kicking in taillight on an ICE SUV 11 days before he was shot dead
The Independentindependent.co.uk/tv/news…Nationwide public criticism is mounting over federal immigration tactics in Minneapolis, which escalated following Saturday's deadly shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti
Newsweeknewsweek.com/jan/6…Frey doubles down on Minneapolis sanctuary city policy
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/state…Trump Warns Minneapolis Mayor Over Immigration Comments
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…Minneapolis Mayor Hits Back at Trump’s Comment He’s ‘Playing With Fire’
Newsweeknewsweek.com/minneapolis/mayor…After protest, agitation and chaos rocked Minneapolis over the weekend, President Donald Trump has offered leaders there an olive branch, and placed the political ball squarely in their court
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/opinion/david…Laura Coates explains why new Alex Pretti video doesn’t change legal case in his shooting
CNNcnn.com/2026/01…Frey’s comments come as state, local and federal officials look for ways to tamp down tensions in the wake of the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two US citizens who lived in Minneapolis
CNNcnn.com/2026/01…ICE Officers in Minnesota Told Not to Engage With Agitators
Deccan Heralddeccanherald.com/world/ice…Trump Warns Minneapolis Mayor Over Immigration Comments
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…