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NPR News: 01-08-2026 4PM EST

08 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.841 - 12.902 Janine Herbst

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.

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13.423 - 24.722 Meg Anderson

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.

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Chapter 2: What happened in the investigation of the Minneapolis shooting by an ICE officer?

24.702 - 37.476 Meg Anderson

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.

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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.

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51.888 - 60.525 Meg Anderson

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.

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61.507 - 74.672 Janine Herbst

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.

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74.804 - 87.572 Luis Falcón

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.

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government saying it is now safe.

91.561 - 111.287 Luis Falcón

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.

111.848 - 114.852 Luis Falcón

Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.

115.051 - 130.469 Janine Herbst

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.

Chapter 3: What is the U.S. government's stance on Venezuelan migrants after Maduro's ouster?

257.868 - 279.231 Janine Herbst

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.

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