Brief US government shutdown begins after funding deadline lapses
US gov’t funding impasse driven by Democratic anger over federal agents killing two people during immigration crackdown.

US gov’t funding impasse driven by Democratic anger over federal agents killing two people during immigration crackdown.









Bills yet to be voted by Senate, with opposition to gun law likely from conservative Liberal-National Coalition.
ICE-related shooting in Minnesota occurred one week after Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by federal officer.

Protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota confronted federal agents days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good.

New video has emerged of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Trump administration officials allege the shooting victim was interfering with an ICE agent’s work.
Manhunt under way; police believe attack was not random nor religiously motivated.
US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said she was ‘beyond outraged’ by ICE’s ‘reckless, callous actions’.
Before the Ashes Test, Australian and English cricket teams honour responders who rushed to the site of the shooting.

As Brazil heads toward elections in 2026, millions live in fear. Nearly one in five Brazilians is affected by gangs.
Palestinian, Jewish and Indigenous groups say they will launch constitutional challenge to laws described as ‘rushed’.