Chapter 1: What happened during the ICE shootings in Minneapolis?
This week on Consider This, the deadly ICE shootings in Minneapolis. That city's police chief told us he was already concerned with how federal agents were doing their jobs. Truly, the manner how this enforcement action is being conducted. An immigration crackdown gone wrong on Consider This. Listen every weekday afternoon on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Pentagon says the U.S. military carried out large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria. It's part of an operation started last month in response to the deadly ISIS attack on U.S. and Syrian forces that left two American soldiers and a U.S. civilian interpreter dead.
Protests over the death of 37-year-old Renee Good by ICE agent in Minneapolis this week continue in Minnesota and around the country. Immigrant rights groups say more than 1,000 demonstrations are planned from New York City to Minneapolis to Portland, Oregon this weekend. Meanwhile, three Democratic members of Congress were turned away from the ICE detention center in St. Paul today.
This as the Department of Homeland Security upped its presence in the Twin Cities following Good's death Wednesday. Minnesota Public Radio's Clay Masters reports.
Democratic U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison were initially allowed into the facility. But Omar says it was not long before officials said they were no longer allowed access to the building.
What happened today is a blatant attempt to obstruct members of Congress from doing their oversight duties.
The lawmakers say they were told their denial is because the facility was funded by the Big Beautiful Bill Act, which they dispute. For NPR News, I'm Clay Masters in Minneapolis.
Authorities in Iran indicated today that they intend to continue their crackdown on large-scale anti-government protests. Villa Marx reports the country's Revolutionary Guards blamed the unrest on terrorists.
The current set of demonstrations that have lasted two weeks are the biggest in years, and the Iranian authorities have promised to safeguard their existing system of government. Meanwhile, President Trump has posted on social media that the U.S. stands, quote, ready to help. with Iran, quote, looking at freedom perhaps like never before.
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Chapter 2: How are protests responding to the death of Renee Good?
Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
General Motors says it will lose another $6 billion as it pulls back on making electric vehicles. That's on top of a $1.6 billion charge the Detroit automaker announced in October. on changes to its EV plan. This after sales of electric vehicles sputtered when the Trump administration cut tax incentives to buy them and also eased auto emissions standards.
GM and other automakers invested heavily in EV plans ahead of stringent environmental regulations put in place by the Biden administration. But the Trump administration rolled those plans back. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News in Washington.
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