We’re wrapping up our live coverage for today. We’ll be back on Wednesday with more. Here is a summary of the day’s developments:

• Ilhan Omar was attacked at a town hall event in Minneapolis on Tuesday evening. She was speaking about abolishing ICE when a man lunged toward her with a syringe and sprayed the congressman with an unknown substance before security tackled him to the ground. Officers witnessed the attack and arrested him for third-degree assault. Forensic scientists are evaluating the scene.

• Pressure continues to mount for Kristi Noem to resign. Republican senators Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis on Tuesday said she should leave her post as the Department of Homeland Security secretary. More than 75% of House Democrats support her impeachment and top Democrats have said Trump should fire her, or they will move with proceedings.

• Donald Trump said his administration plans to “de-escalate” in Minnesota after weeks of a massive, and deadly, immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis-St Paul. His comments came after Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, sat down with Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey and law enforcement in the state on Tuesday. Both Homan and Frey described the meeting as “productive”.

• Republican Senator Susan Collins asked Kristi Noem to pause immigration operations in her home state of Maine as well as Minnesota, and called for an investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti.

• A Customs and Border Protection official...

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