Hundreds more federal agents were heading to Minneapolis, the US homeland security chief said Sunday, brushing aside demands by the Midwestern city’s Democratic leaders to leave after an immigration officer fatally shot a woman protester.In multiple TV interviews, Kristi Noem defended the actions of the officer who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, whose death has sparked renewed protests nationwide against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.Homeland Security Secretary Noem reiterated her claim that Good’s actions in the Midwestern city on Wednesday amounted to “domestic terrorism,” and that the agent acted in self-defense when he shot Good in her car.Prominent Democratic officials, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, have strongly disputed this narrative, saying viral footage from the scene shows Good’s vehicle turning away from the agent and posing no threat to his life.Noem was pressed repeatedly by CNN about how she could make such definitive statements while an investigation into the incident had just begun, but she insisted the administration was in the right.”Why are we arguing with a president who’s working to keep people safe?” she said.Asked late Sunday if deadly force was justified in the Minnesota incident, Trump replied that Good was “violent” and “very, very disrespectful to law enforcement. “These are professional agitators, and law enforcement should not be put in a position where they have to put up with this stuff,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.  – ‘Extremely politicized’ -Speaking separately to the Fox News network, Noem said hundreds more officers would arrive Sunday and Monday, to allow immigration agents “that are working in Minneapolis to do so safely.”If protesters “conduct violent activities against law enforcement, if they impede our operations, that’s a crime, and we will hold them accountable to those consequences,” Noem told “Sunday Morning Futures.” Confrontations between federal agents and protesters occurred again Sunday in Minneapolis, with officers seen using pepper spray against people holding signs outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in the city.Noem accused Democrats of encouraging violence against immigration officers.”These locals, if you look at what Governor Walz has said, if you look at what Mayor Frey has said, they’ve extremely politicized and inappropriately talked about the situation on the ground in their city,” she told CNN’s “State of the Union.””They’ve inflamed the public. They’ve encouraged the kind of destruction and violence that we’ve seen in Minneapolis the last several days.”Since Wednesday’s shooting, thousands of people have largely peacefully demonstrated in several cities across the country, including in Minneapolis, where 29 people were detained and then released Friday, according to police.Protesters have demanded a full investigation into the circumstances of the deadly encounter.Democratic officials are particularly critical of the fact that local authorities have been excluded from the investigation, which is being conducted by the FBI.”It should be a neutral, unbiased investigation where you get the facts,” Frey told CNN.He also described as legitimate some activists’ actions to disrupt immigration enforcement operations, such as the one in which Good was involved.”You need to enforce laws, of course, but there’s also a requirement that you carry out laws and carry out enforcement in a constitutional way,” Frey added.”We’ve got pregnant women getting dragged through the street. We’ve got high schoolers just getting — American citizens, by the way — getting taken away.”On Sunday agents were carrying out Trump’s immigration crackdown and were seen detaining people in residential areas. People were also seen laying flowers at makeshift memorials honoring Good.The federal security operation in Minneapolis occurred amid a highly politicized fraud investigation in Minnesota.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Sunday that the central bank had been subpoenaed by the US Justice Department, blasting the move as part of President Donald Trump’s extraordinary pressure campaign on US monetary policy decisions.Powell added in a statement that the bank received grand jury subpoenas “threatening a criminal indictment” on Friday related to his Senate testimony in June, which had been about a major renovation project of Federal Reserve office buildings.He dismissed the possible threat of indictment over his testimony or the renovation project as “pretexts.””The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President,” Powell said. “This unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration’s threats and ongoing pressure,” Powell said.The Fed has a dual mandate to keep prices stable and unemployment low, and its main tool in doing so is by setting a key interest rate that influences the cost of borrowing across the economy.Trump has consistently pressured Powell and the central bank to move faster in lowering interest rates, in a breach of the long-standing independence of the institution.Trump on Sunday denied any knowledge of the Justice Department’s investigation into the Federal Reserve.”I don’t know anything about it, but he’s certainly not very good at the Fed, and he’s not very good at building buildings,” NBC quoted Trump as saying.- ‘Corrupt takeover’ -Senators from both sides of the aisle blasted the investigation. “It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question,” Republican Thom Tillis said.”I will oppose the confirmation of any nominee for the Fed — including the upcoming Fed Chair vacancy — until this legal matter is fully resolved,” he added.Democrat Elizabeth Warren accused Trump of trying “to complete his corrupt takeover” of the central bank by pushing Powell out and installing a “sock puppet” instead.Powell’s term as chairman of the Federal Reserve ends in May, and Trump told Politico in an interview last month that he would judge Powell’s successor on whether they immediately cut rates.The US president has openly spoken about ousting Powell but stopped short of doing so, and focused instead on cost overruns for renovation of the Fed’s Washington headquarters.In July, the cost of the Fed’s facelift of its 88-year-old Washington headquarters and a neighboring building were up by $600 million from an initial $1.9 billion estimate.That month, Trump made an unusual visit to the construction site during which the two men, clad in hard hats, bickered over the price tag for the makeover.A significant driver of the cost is security, including blast-resistant windows and measures to prevent the building from collapsing in the event of an explosion. The Federal Reserve, the world’s most important central bank, makes independent monetary policy decisions and its board members typically serve under both Republican and Democratic presidents.