Just hours after a Border Patrol agent’s killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday, Minnesota officials announced a series of extraordinary legal maneuvers to stake local authorities’ claim to investigate the shooting. The moves are meant to counter what state officials and legal experts framed as unprecedented obstruction by federal authorities surrounding a shooting investigation that—under most circumstances—would involve state and local authorities.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has called Pretti, a U.S. citizen and I.C.U. nurse who had been using his cellphone to record immigration agents on the street and was carrying a licensed handgun, a “would-be assassin.” But eyewitness videos appear to counter the Trump administration’s description of events, presenting two starkly different narratives.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Trump seemed to show some willingness for an investigation, if only after he and his aides had already made clear their view of who was at fault. “We’re looking, we’re reviewing everything and will come out with a determination,” he said.

And the Washington Post says that the shooting has scrambled America’s gun debate as some gun rights backers cite Pretti’s gun as a justification for his killing, while gun-control supporters dismiss its relevance. Asked if Pretti ever brandished his gun, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said Saturday: “I don’t know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign.” Those positions are at odds with the usual stance of many gun rights supporters, who often defend the rights of Americans to carry firearms in almost all situations, along with the Trump administration’s view of the January 6th Capitol protestors who were also armed.

In eyewitness videos, Pretti is one of several people in the street. Some are blowing whistles and shouting and honking car horns. Pretti, wearing brown pants, a dark hooded coat and a dark baseball cap, can be seen talking to officers at close range in the middle of the street. One of the officers pushes him back toward the curb. Moments later, Pretti walks back into the street, holding his phone horizontally in his right hand. He puts his arm around one of the other protesters and leads them to the curb. A few feet away, an officer pushes a different person, who falls onto the snow-covered curb. Pretti steps between the officer and the person. And the deadly tussle ensues. A U.S. District Court judge will hold a hearing later today after Minnesota officials sued in federal court to “vindicate their right to access evidence,” including the names of the agents involved in Pretti’s shooting.

This is promising: Wind and solar power produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU for the first time ever last year, according to recently published data. It shows that the bloc’s continued shift towards low-carbon energy despite resistance from some governments.

Wind and solar generated 30% of the European Union's electricity in 2025—inching just above the 29% supplied by fossil fuel power plants running on coal, gas and occasionally oil, Bloomberg reports. Solar now provides more than one-fifth of electricity in countries including Hungary, Spain and the Netherlands.

Beatrice Petrovich, an analyst at the Ember thinktank and the lead author of the report, told The Guardian it was a “major tipping point” that was of strategic importance to the EU, which has grown increasingly panicked about its reliance on other countries for energy. “The importance of this goes beyond the power sector,” she said. “The danger of relying on fossil fuels looms large in destabilized geopolitics.” At a summit in Davos on Tuesday, the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, criticized Europe’s adoption of solar and wind, arguing that its lack of domestic battery factories risked making it “subservient” to China.

The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are headed to Super Bowl 60. The game will take place on February 8th at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC (and Peacock, if you’re streaming). This will actually be a rematch of Super Bowl 49, which the Patriots won 28-24. Can Seattle pull off a victory this time?

The Seahawks advanced Sunday night with a 31-27 win against the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC championship. Earlier in the day, the Patriots got another huge performance from their defense as they held off the top-seeded Denver Broncos to win a cold, snowy AFC Championship Game 10-7. Drake Maye handled the sloppy, snowy conditions better than the home team and he scored New England’s only touchdown on a 6-yard keeper, propelling the Patriots to their 12th Super Bowl.

The Rams tried to pull off a miracle last night. On the final play of the game, Matthew Stafford connected with Puka Nacua for a 21-yard pass play that brought them close to midfield. Nacua caught the ball as he fell down, near the sideline. If he got out of bounds, it would’ve stopped the clock. But the officials ruled him down inbounds, ending the game. According to CBS Sports, Super Bowl LX will be the first Super Bowl ever that both starting quarterbacks (the Patriots’ Maye and the Seahawks’ Sam Darnold) and both head coaches (the Patriots’ Mike Vrabel and the Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald) are in either their first or second season with their respective teams.