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No president from Woodrow Wilson to Joseph Biden has ever even tried to remove a governor for cause, despite the ever-present temptation for lower rates and easier money.

As he considers a run for president in 2028, he sat for a video interview with our co-host Steve, and he talked of corporate America enabling the Trump administration.

And I'm A. Martinez.

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Protests are growing in Minnesota after the second shooting by a federal agent in the state.

I'm A. Martinez, that is Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News.

Venezuela's top opposition leader brought her Nobel Peace Prize to Washington and handed it to President Trump.

But in Caracas, the country's interim president struck a defiant tone in her national address.

So who does the White House actually back to lead Venezuela?

On Wednesday, immigration officers shot another man, this time in the leg, which sparked unrest on the city's north side.

Maria Corina Machado is making a push to remain part of Venezuela's future after the U.S.

military operation that led to the seizure of deposed leader Nicolás Maduro.

Trump has sidelined Machado and is backing Venezuela's acting president, who at the same time yesterday was in Caracas giving a defiant and at times compliant speech before lawmakers.

Now a year into his second term, Trump says he finally has a plan.

Jeremy Martinez, cognitive disorders are common among criminal defendants.

Where were you that day?

This weekend on The Sunday Story, one pioneering effort to address the needs of those with cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system.