Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The FBI will be the sole law enforcement agency investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer Wednesday.
NPR's Meg Anderson has more. 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.
Chapter 2: What happened in the investigation of the Minneapolis shooting by an ICE officer?
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 Trump administration wants Venezuelan migrants to go back home after U.S. forces seized President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. But for many, returning is dangerous. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran has more.
Luis Falcón has been living in the U.S. since 2017 after fleeing persecution for protesting Nicolás Maduro's regime in Venezuela. He's happy to see the toppling of the autocrat, but says it's still dangerous for him to go back despite the U.S.
government saying it is now safe.
Putting a foot back in Venezuela means I will be taken to jail, tortured and potentially killed, Falcón says. The U.S. has advised U.S. citizens not to travel to Venezuela due to severe risk of wrongful detention and torture. Over a dozen journalists have been detained since Monday, and armed groups are already cracking down on those who support Maduro's ouster.
Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.
Meanwhile, Venezuela says it will release a number of political prisoners today in the first action of the interim government since the Trump administration ousted Maduro. The Commerce Department says the U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply this fall. And Pierre Scott Horsley reports.
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Chapter 3: What is the U.S. government's stance on Venezuelan migrants after Maduro's ouster?
But NASA now says it may end Crew 11's mission early as they evaluate all their options. There are four people on Crew 11, two Americans, one person from Russia, one from Japan. The group arrived at the ISS in August and is nearing the end of its six-month stay. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.