Tamara Keith

Tamara Keith, NPR News, Palm Beach, Florida.

The AI-generated image of Barack and Michelle Obama's heads on ape bodies doesn't come until near the end of the two-minute video.

Trump says he did instruct staff to post the video to his account.

Still, Trump says he isn't firing anyone, doesn't need to apologize, and didn't make a mistake.

The video was ultimately taken down.

Tamara Keith, NPR News, Palm Beach, Florida.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast for Thursday, February.

February, it's the hardest word of the year.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast for Thursday, February 5th, 2026.

I'm Tamara Keith.

I cover the White House.

I'm Ashley Lopez.

I cover politics.

Today on the show, we have a new NPR PBS News Marist poll, and it finds a significant share of Americans say ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has gone too far.

Domenico, after the past month of intense focus on ICE tactics and alarming video out of Minnesota, maybe it doesn't come as a total surprise, but help us understand the numbers.

Another group of voters that President Trump made a decent amount of progress with in 2024 was Latino voters.

Where do they come down on this?

I do want to ask you about Republicans.

We have talked many times on this podcast about President Trump's titanium piece of the electoral pie.

We've been talking about it for nine years on this podcast.