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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Two people were shot and wounded by an immigration agent in Portland, Oregon today. They've been taken to a local hospital. Portland Mayor Keith Wilson called it a deeply troubling incident.
We know what the federal government says happened here. There was a time when we could take them at their word. That time is long past. That is why we are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland. until a full and independent investigation can take place. Our community deserves answers. Our community deserves accountability. And most of all, our community deserves peace.
A Homeland Security spokesperson says the shooting took place while agents were conducting a vehicle stop on alleged Venezuelan migrant gang members. The spokesperson says the driver attempted to run over the agents, one of whom fired a defensive shot. The FBI says it's leading an investigation. Meanwhile, the FBI will be the sole law enforcement agency investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer yesterday. NPR's Meg Anderson reports Minnesota officials say they have reluctantly withdrawn from the investigation.
In a statement, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said the U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota had, quote, reversed course.
What happened during the immigration incident in Portland?
Now the state agency won't have access to the evidence needed to do an independent investigation of the shooting. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is questioning whether an FBI investigation without the state would be fair.
People in positions of power have already passed judgment from the president to the vice president to Kristi Noem, have stood and told you things that are verifiably false.
Noem is the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary. The Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office could not be reached for comment. Meg Anderson, NPR News.
The White House Ballroom Project got its first public hearing before a planning commission dominated by appointees of President Trump NPR's Tamara Keith reports a few new details were revealed.
A White House official and the architect leading the ballroom project presented an overview to the National Capital Planning Commission, including drawings and renderings of what the structure, as designed, would look like next to the existing White House. Architect Shalom Baranis said the ballroom will seat 1,000 people and have a footprint of 22,000 square feet.
There had been talk of going bigger, but... Further consideration of enlarging the size was abandoned in late November.
He said the overall project is 89,000 square feet. The commission didn't vote on the ballroom. That will come at a future meeting. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
The IRS will start accepting 2025 tax returns on January 26th. The deadline is April 15th. The IRS is facing challenges, including tens of thousands of layoffs. It's NPR. Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders says it's suspending services at a clinic in a violent neighborhood in Haiti's capital. given ongoing clashes between police and armed groups. The nonprofit offered the only medical services available in the area of Port-au-Prince. It served several thousand patients each month. The group says the violent clashes trapped seven community volunteers at the clinic for several hours on Tuesday. President Trump is pulling the U.S. out of a bedrock treaty to deal with climate change. NPR's Michael Copley reports it's part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to
to remove the country from dozens of international groups.
For three decades, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has been the basis for global efforts to limit heat-trapping emissions.
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