NPR News: 01-08-2026 6PM EST
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What happened in the shooting incident involving immigration agents?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Trump administration continues to express support for the immigration agent who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis yesterday. The agent, Jonathan Ross, was involved in another incident last summer. His arm was trapped in a vehicle and he was dragged as he attempted to arrest a man. As NPR's Jasmine Garst reports... Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says he was following his training.
Secretary Noem says the officer who fired the shots was, quote, surrounded and assaulted and locked in by protesters. She says the woman who was killed, Renee Nicole Good, bears responsibility.
They were impeding our law enforcement operations, which is against the law. And when they demanded and commanded her to get out of her vehicle several times, she did not.
What is President Trump's current stance on the peace plan for Gaza?
Democrats have condemned the shooting, saying the administration's account conflicts with the evidence captured in multiple videos. The FBI has said there is an investigation underway. Minnesota officials say they've been forced to withdraw from the investigation after not being given complete access to the evidence, witnesses, and information. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with a former U.N. diplomat who's expected to be on President Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports Trump's peace plan is still in phase one, nearly three months after he announced it.
President Trump has said he will chair the Board of Peace, but he hasn't yet named anyone else, nor has he stood up a promised international force for Gaza. The man widely believed to be tapped for a key post is Nikolai Mladenov, a Bulgarian diplomat who worked for a decade as the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, until 2020.
How is the U.S. economy expected to perform in 2026?
Prime Minister Netanyahu's office says he met with Mladenov and reiterated that Hamas must be disarmed in Gaza. The statement says that Mladenov will be the director general of the peace council there. President Trump is expected to name his board soon. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Congressional forecasters think the U.S. economy will grow a little bit faster this year than it did in 2025. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the new economic outlook also projects that inflation will remain stubbornly high.
The new forecast from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts that economic growth will rev up slightly this year, goosed by the extended tax cut that congressional Republicans passed last summer. GDP is projected to grow 2.2 percent, compared to a little less than 2 percent in 2025. The economic boost from the tax cut is expected to be partially offset, however, by President Trump's tariffs, which are a drag on the economy, and his immigration crackdown, which limits the size of the workforce.
What recent changes have been made to school desegregation orders in Louisiana?
Inflation is expected to fall only slightly and end the year well above the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target, but congressional forecasters still think the Fed will continue to cut short-term interest rates. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
Wall Street closed mixed today. This is NPR News. The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order. A federal judge approved a joint motion from Louisiana and the Justice Department to dismiss a 1967 lawsuit in a school district in the northwestern part of the state. It's part of a campaign to end court orders the DOJ describes as outdated. College football's semifinals begins tonight in Arizona. The winner gets a spot in the championship game. Steve Futterman reports from Phoenix.
What are the highlights of the upcoming college football semifinals?
In the first semifinal tonight, Mississippi takes on Miami. Ole Miss, which has lost just once this season, has had to overcome a major distraction. Its head coach during the regular season, Lane Kiffin, left the team in November to take over the coaching duties at LSU. Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss.
It was a little difficult, and it was a little tough on the team.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened in the shooting incident involving immigration agents?
0:00–0:48
2
What is President Trump's current stance on the peace plan for Gaza?
0:48–1:45
3
How is the U.S. economy expected to perform in 2026?
1:45–2:43
4
What recent changes have been made to school desegregation orders in Louisiana?
2:43–3:29
5
What are the highlights of the upcoming college football semifinals?
3:29–4:20
6
What interesting findings were revealed in the new study about dogs and toy names?
4:20–4:39