Sharon Reich-Garson

For nearly two weeks, the Trump administration has flooded the Minneapolis region with almost 3,000 federal officers, a deployment larger than the city's own police force.

The move followed the fatal shooting of Renee Good on January 7, and then another ICE shooting just this past Thursday, when an officer wounded a Venezuelan man during an attempted vehicle stop.

On Friday, a U.S.

judge in Minnesota issued a major injunction restricting what immigration officers can do during these protests.

The judge's order blocks ICE and Border Patrol from arresting peaceful protesters or using tear gas or pepper spray on people who aren't interfering, saying the government hadn't shown why force against peaceful observers was necessary.

At the same time, the Justice Department has launched a probe into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged interference with immigration operations.

Accusations both reject.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado met with President Donald Trump in Washington this week, even presenting him with her Nobel Peace Prize medal as she tried to sway him to give the opposition a role in determining Venezuela's future.

But her visit hasn't clarified how much influence she actually has.

We spoke to Reuters correspondent Graham Slattery, who explains why her priorities may not line up with Washington's.

And while Machado was touring Washington, D.C., Trump's CIA director, John Ratcliffe, was in Caracas, sitting down with Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez.

After the U.S.

raid in Venezuela, world leaders are no longer laughing off President Trump's vow to buy or take Greenland against its will.

Because we need Greenland for national security, so I may do that.

And the administration's military threats are testing the patience of America's allies and the strength of the NATO alliance.

On this week's On Assignment, host Jonah Green calls up correspondent Jacob Gronholdt-Peterson, who traveled to the Arctic island to see how this tug of war with the U.S.

is playing out on the ground.

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Turns out America's biggest economies and the European Union have clinched a mega trade deal after a quarter century of talks.

In fact, analysts say the Trump administration's pressure tactics in the region may have helped the deal finally get over the line.