Demonstrations, Protests and Riots

• Was Renee Good Obligated to Comply With an ICE Agent’s Orders? - The agent told Ms. Good to get out of her car before fatally shooting her. Legal experts said immigration agents may sometimes, but not always, have the authority to make such commands.
• How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online - Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
• Why Israel Is Wary of Intervening in Iran - Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point.
• Iran Backpedals on Executions Threat but Casts Protesters As ‘Terrorists’ - Iran’s judiciary said there was no death penalty issued for Erfan Soltani, whose case drew international outcry. Analysts say the government is using fear and intimidation to keep people off the streets.
• Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE - Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, administration officials have defended the use of deadly force, which agency guidelines say should be a last resort.
• One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis - Pull up a stool at Ye Olde Pickle Factory and listen to a story about America’s urban-rural divide.
• Federal Agent Shoots Immigrant in Minneapolis, Homeland Security Says - The agent shot an immigrant from Venezuela in the leg while trying to arrest him, an official said. The shooting comes a week after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in the city.
• What are Trump’s Options in Iran? - President Trump has said that “help is on the way” for Iranian protesters. Amid reports that thousands of the protesters have been killed, our national security correspondent David E. Sanger describes what some of Mr. Trump’s options might
• Iran Prepares to Execute a Protester as Trump Threatens ‘Strong Action’ - Rights groups and relatives said Iran planned to put an antigovernment protester to death for the first time during the latest wave of unrest in the country.
• An Emboldened Trump Makes Big Bets in Venezuela, Iran and Beyond - President Trump has left himself plenty of room for maximal intervention. But there are a host of potential wild cards, each with risks for the president.