US Congresswoman attacked as Trump vows to ‘de-escalate’

As the White House worked to “deescalate” tensions in Minneapolis on Tuesday, a man sprayed Democratic Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (House of Representative) with a syringe of unknown liquid ata town hall meeting, where she called for curbing the Trump administration's anti-immigration crackdown, AFP reported.

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The White House is also evaluating whether the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who gunned down 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti failed to follow “clear guidance” to “create a physical barrier between the arrest teams and the disruptors,” deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said. “We are evaluating why the CBP team may not have been following that protocol,” Miller said.