Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Madden Clay. Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison

says he will fight President Trump in court if the president tries to invoke the Insurrection Act

in response to ongoing protests of federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. The demonstrations were

sparked by last week's fatal shooting

of a woman in her SUV by an officer with U.S. immigration and customs enforcement. That was

followed by this week's wounding of a man in Minneapolis by another ICE agent. The Department of

Homeland Security says the latest incident began as a traffic stop involving

a person from Venezuela who was in the U.S. without legal status.

DHS says the officer was later attacked by the man and two others following a foot pursuit.

The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on local and state officials across the U.S. to cooperate with

federal immigration authorities. As NPR's Joel Rose reports, it's raising legal questions about what

the government can demand from local law enforcement. President Trump is threatening to cut off

significant funding from cities and states that limit their cooperation with immigration authorities.

This is not the first time the Trump administration has made a threat like this.

The president signed an executive order nearly a year ago, directing the departments of

justice and homeland security to make a list of sanctuary cities and withhold money from them.

But courts have consistently cited against the administration in almost every

case, saying the federal government cannot use federal funding to coerce state and local governments

into cooperating with immigration enforcement. Democratic leaders say they are not intimidated and

plan to fight any cuts in court. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

Venezuela's political opposition leader Maria Kar Karina Machado, presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump yesterday during their meeting at the White House.

Trump called it a wonderful gesture and later said their closed-door meeting went great.

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