Tamara Keith

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I cover the White House.

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In an interview on Fox News, First Lady Melania Trump said she hopes people will come away from the film knowing her a little more.

Mrs. Trump isn't just the subject of the film.

She's an executive producer.

Amazon acquired it for $40 million and is spending another $35 million on marketing.

Documentaries don't normally fetch that kind of money.

Tamara Keith, NPR News.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast for Thursday, January 29th, 2026.

I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.

And we're joined by domestic extremism correspondent, Odette Youssef,

Hi, Odette.

Hey, Tamara.

We are recording this at 1.05 p.m.

Eastern Time, and today we're looking at how the fatal shooting of Alex Preddy by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis is scrambling the political lines around guns.

President Trump's response to the shooting, specifically the fact that Preti was carrying a gun, has sparked pushback from the NRA and other Second Amendment advocates.

We're going to get into that in a minute.

But first, Odette, I want to ask you about some of your recent reporting.

We typically think of gun rights as a conservative cause, but that's not what you found to be the case in Minneapolis, right?