NPR News: 01-10-2026 12AM EST
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Happy New Year!
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Want to set goals that you'll actually stick to in 2026? You want to accept yourself and the situation you're in, but you also want to expect more from yourself and say, what are the ways that I can grow? This week, how to design and plan your year on the Life Kit podcast. Listen in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President Trump met with more than a dozen oil executives at the White House Friday afternoon to talk about the future of oil production in Venezuela. If the companies strike a deal, he said, they'd be in Venezuela for a long time. And Pierce Camillo-Dominoski reports.
President Trump made it clear what he wanted.
Our giant oil companies will be spending at least $100 billion of their money, not the government's money. They don't need government money. but they need government protection.
And if any companies didn't want to invest, he said other companies would be willing to take their place. Darren Woods, the CEO of ExxonMobil, said that after having had assets seized twice in Venezuela, it would take some significant changes before they went back in. As it is today, he called Venezuela uninvestable. Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.
A prosecutor in Minnesota is calling on the public to share with investigators any recordings and other evidence related to the fatal shooting of Rene Good this week. Good was shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis, and a separate shooting a day later in Portland has led to protests in a number of cities. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran was in Minneapolis on the streets with protesters.
People in Minneapolis continue to protest President Trump's immigration crackdown in the city and in the state of Minnesota. And they're doing it in the streets. You can hear in the background there is a noise demonstration outside a hotel in downtown Minneapolis where organizers say ICE agents are staying. And people here told me they want to send the Trump administration a couple of messages.
What is President Trump's plan for oil production in Venezuela?
One, that they're still mourning the death of Renee Goode. and that they don't want immigration agents in their community. More protests are expected over the weekend. The Trump administration has said it will continue its immigration crackdown in the state of Minnesota. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Minneapolis.
The Trump administration is ramping up its focus on public benefits fraud by creating a new position in the Justice Department. Critics say there's no evidence for many of its allegations, but as NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports, experts do see risk in the nation's safety net system.
Many benefits are administered by states with federal money. Matt Weidegger with the American Enterprise Institute thinks that undermines the incentive to be super vigilant.
This is the same reason why you don't wash rental cars, right? It really belongs to somebody else.
A lot of benefits also flow through private contractors, says Don Moynihan, a political scientist at the University of Michigan.
Once you make that choice, then that also invites more opportunities for bad apples.
Moynihan says the administration's drumbeat of unfounded allegations is politicizing the issue, but tackling real fraud is key to public trust in a system millions rely on. Jennifer Ludden in Pierre News, Washington.
Stocks finished up across the board on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 237 points. You're listening to NPR News. The owner of a Swiss bar where more than 40 people died in the New Year's Eve fire has been arrested. NPR's Terry Schultz says prosecutors are calling him a flight risk.
Prosecutors have placed Jacques Moretti in pretrial detention. Moretti and his wife and co-owner are being investigated for homicide by negligence and other crimes related to the fire that broke out in their bar in the resort town of Cron, Montana, as revelers celebrated the new year. They say they will cooperate fully with the probe. Authorities say there had not been proper safety checks on the establishment and that those responsible for the oversight must also be brought to justice.
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