{"id":198425,"date":"2026-01-28T16:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-top-democrats-give-trump-ultimatum-to-fire-kristi-noem-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:43:54","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-top-democrats-give-trump-ultimatum-to-fire-kristi-noem-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-top-democrats-give-trump-ultimatum-to-fire-kristi-noem-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Top Democrats give Trump ultimatum to fire Kristi Noem &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats and a couple of their Republican colleagues are demanding Noem\u2019s resignation over federal killings in Minneapolis \u2013 key US politics stories from Tuesday 27 January at a glance<br \/>Top Democrats issued a clear message to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a> this week: either he fires Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, or they will impeach her.<br \/>The ultimatum came after a majority of the House Democratic caucus signed on to articles of impeachment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/14\/kristi-noem-articles-of-impeachment\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">introduced earlier this month<\/a> in response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both US citizens fatally shot by federal agents during the increasingly violent immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota\u2019s largest city.<br \/>\u201cThe violence unleashed on the American people by the Department of Homeland Security must end forthwith. Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/house-of-representatives\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">House of Representatives<\/a>,\u201d said Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, along with his two deputies, Katherine Clark and Pete Aguilar, in a joint statement.<br \/>Trump appeared to back Noem earlier in the day, telling reporters at the White House: \u201cI think she\u2019s doing a very good job. The border is totally secure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  It\u2019s no longer just Democrats \u2013 Republican senators Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis on Tuesday said Noem should resign from her post.<br \/>Top House Democrats on Tuesday told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> to fire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/kristi-noem\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kristi Noem<\/a> or they would launch impeachment proceedings against the homeland security secretary, in response to the weekend killing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/24\/alex-pretti-minneapolis-minnesota-shooting\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Alex Pretti<\/a> in Minneapolis.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/democrats-call-to-fire-kristi-noem\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Gregory Bovino, the border patrol commander who has become the public face of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/26\/donald-trump-administration-reviewing-alex-pretti-shooting\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">immigration crackdow<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/sep\/08\/immigration-officers-los-angeles-california\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">n<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/minneapolis\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Minneapolis<\/a>, is expected to leave the city on Tuesday as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump administration<\/a> reshuffles the leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back federal presence after a second fatal shooting by officers.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/gregory-bovino-minneapolis-minnesota-alex-pretti-shooting\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The display of US air power was announced as the White House has suggested it could launch new strikes on Iran after the government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/jan\/27\/iran-protests-death-toll-disappeared-bodies-mass-burials-30000-dead\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, which has left thousands dead<\/a> and many more in detention with their fates uncertain.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/us-announces-multi-day-aerial-military-drills-in-the-middle-east-amid-iran-tensions\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The report emerged as Donald Trump signals he may begin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/26\/donald-trump-administration-reviewing-alex-pretti-shooting\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reducing <\/a>the surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/gregory-bovino-analysis-minneapolis-alex-pretti\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">other federal agents<\/a> in the state.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/minnesota-ice-raids-alex-pretti-killing-dhs-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The United States has officially exited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/paris-climate-agreement\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Paris climate agreement<\/a> for the second time, cementing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump<\/a>\u2019s renewed break with the primary global venue to address global heating.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/trump-withdraws-paris-climate-agreement\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Civil rights attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against the United States government on Tuesday on behalf of the families of two men from a small fishing village in Trinidad who were killed in a US military airstrike on a small boat in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/caribbean\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Caribbean<\/a> Sea on 14 October.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/trump-military-boat-strikes-lawsuit\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Two small opposition parties of the European parliament \u2013 the Green and Left Alliance (AVS) and Azione \u2013 have started petitions calling on the Italian government and the Olympic organising committee to prevent the ICE agents\u2019 entry and involvement in the security operations. \u201cICE is the militia that shoots people on the streets of Minneapolis and takes children away from their families,\u201d AVS said.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/italy-ice-security-role-winter-olympics\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Five-year-old G\u00e9nesis Ester Guti\u00e9rrez Castellanos misses her cousins, classmates and kindergarten teachers in Austin, Texas. Despite being a US citizen, she was deported on 11 January alongside her mother, Karen Guadalupe Guti\u00e9rrez Castellanos, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/honduras\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Honduras<\/a>, a country G\u00e9nesis had never known.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/five-year-old-girl-us-citizen-and-mother-deported-honduras\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>National Transportation Safety Board members <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/ntsb-helicopter-crash-washington-dc-traffic-warnings\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">were deeply troubled on Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems<\/a><\/strong>, long before an American Airlines jet and an army Black Hawk collided a year ago, killing 67 people near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/washington-dc\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Washington DC<\/a>.<br \/>A federal judge <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/liam-ramos-child-father-deportation-blocked\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">ruled on Tuesday that a five-year-old Minnesota boy and his father cannot be immediately deported<\/a><\/strong>, one week after their arrest sparked international outrage.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/us-mexico-border-agent-shooting-arizona\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">A shooting involving a border patrol agent near the US-Mexico border in Arizona<\/a><\/strong> has left an accused smuggler in critical condition, local authorities said on Tuesday.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/alex-vindman-running-florida-senate-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Alex Vindman, who became a key player along with his twin brother in Donald Trump\u2019s first impeachment<\/a><\/strong>, announced on Tuesday that he is running for the US Senate as a Democrat in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/florida\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Florida<\/a>.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/27\/italy-ice-security-role-winter-olympics\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">A unit of US immigration and customs enforcement agents (ICE) will have a security role in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Italy<\/a><\/strong>, sparking uproar and petitions against the deployment.<br \/>Catching up?<em> Here\u2019s what happened <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/26\/trump-administration-briefing-latest-news-updates\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Monday 26 January<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxOMHlsbkU1MTAtRXhNb29hX1J5NGR1ZWM2RDN3SWNXOVRXS0FVTE1fZThCeWY3bFh3dHJZbGh6NHFnRkZCTTdxUU01S3BpS3Q5MVNxeVE4eWxEZDh1NklVQXpRS2dLUm91TEw1NXF1ZkxlY1REMXc5UTdOVHdMcUR2aEVFUFlsWlZ6NzB1RU1lUUE1UUt5WUwwZExvUUcxVlRqSXoxTlBma2d3TlAxRjdoNHpHU2g3a2M2TUl3eFA1RjBoTVU?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats and a couple of their Republican colleagues are demanding Noem\u2019s resignation over federal killings in Minneapolis \u2013 key US politics stories from Tuesday 27 January at a glanceTop Democrats issued a clear message to Donald Trump this week: either he fires Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, or they will impeach her.The ultimatum came 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