Democrats Threaten Shutdown After Latest Minneapolis Killing (1)

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer vowed to block a massive spending package next week unless Republicans strip funding for the Department of Homeland Security, dramatically increasing the risk for a partial US government shutdown.

Schumer’s announcement came on the same day that a Border Patrol agent shot and killed an American intensive care unit nurse in Minnesota during protests over the immigration crackdown in that state. The man was identified by state and local officials as Alex Pretti.

Residents near the scene of a shooting by a federal law enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 24.

Photographer: Jaida Grey Eagle/Bloomberg

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