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Charlotte McDonald-Gibson

Photo of Charlotte McDonald-Gibson

Charlotte McDonald-Gibson

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    ‘They think we’re the enemy’: state police leaders brace for another ICE surge

    Fears are growing of a blue-on-blue incident if the Trump administration targets another Democratic-run state while its deadly Minnesota operation winds down

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Donald Trump’s response to a second ICE shooting

    After a second civilian is killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, pressure is mounting for a formal investigation into the shooting. Trump has recalled the senior border patrol commander in charge of the operation in Minneapolis, but does this represent a real scaling back of immigration enforcement in Minnesota? Writer: Madeleine Parr Producer: Madeleine Parr Host: Ada Barume  Episode photography: Sofia Fenton Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett  

    7 min • S1, E1287

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Minneapolis digs in against ICE as White House to review latest killing

    The American city is on edge following the deaths of two citizens at the hands of immigration enforcement agents

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Pepper spray on the playground as children shelter from ICE raids

    In Minneapolis, terrified children are looking on in horror as masked, heavily armed ICE agents snatch their parents from the streets and storm their schools

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    ‘We had whistles. They had guns’

    Citizens are gathering to warm their communities of the arrival of heavily armed and masked immigration agents

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Charlie’s angel is on a mission from God ... to deliver the White House to JD Vance

    Now leading Charlie Kirk’s conservative organisation, his widow Erika plans to follow in his footprints by helping to elect the next Maga president

    Sat, 20 Dec 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Not so Teflon Trump: the Epstein files vote shows he can’t control his base

    Congress almost unanimously agreed to disclosure. But some documents could be held back

    Thu, 20 Nov 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Trump sends the National Guard to Chicago

    The president’s military deployments to US cities are unprecedented. They are also on shaky legal ground

    Thu, 9 Oct 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Trump plans to ‘use American cities as training grounds’

    The US president has directed troops to enter ‘war-ravaged’ cities including Portland and Chicago and use ‘full force’

    Sun, 5 Oct 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Far-right militias mobilise across US

    The killing of Charlie Kirk has created further polarisation across America as the number of recruits to groups such as the white supremacist Proud Boys soars while violence from the extreme left is on the rise

    Thu, 2 Oct 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Trump’s media assault goes into overdrive

    Sat, 20 Sept 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Puzzle over motives of alleged shooter who ‘confessed to his dad’

    Search for the killer of the conservative icon ended not with a dramatic shootout but a quiet family drama

    Sun, 14 Sept 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    When Trump met Epstein: ‘They were best friends’

    Images of the partying pair with young women were largely neglected by the established media – until now

    Mon, 28 Jul 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Mamdani’s surprise win spurs battle for soul of the Democrats

    The social-media savvy Zohran Mamdani trounced the former governor Andrew Cuomo in a mayoral primary but the party’s establishment fears a shift to the left

    Sun, 29 Jun 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Trump’s birthday parade: celebration or intimidation?

    As the president gets the public spectacle he’s always wanted, he warns that any counter-protests will be met with a ‘very heavy force’

    Sat, 14 Jun 2025

  • Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
    Biden bombshell allows Maga to tell media: ‘We told you so’

    Anger at press silence over mental decline of president who allegedly failed to recognise George Clooney

    Sun, 18 May 2025

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