NPR News: 01-16-2026 10AM EST
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What recent actions has President Trump threatened regarding protests in Minnesota?
President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota. He wants protesters off the street. The demonstrators are out protesting federal immigration agents whose tactics have become increasingly violent. Liza Goitin is with the Brennan Center for Justice. She says if the president invokes the Insurrection Act, he could either call out the U.S. military or take control of National Guard troops away from the governor.
He would issue a proclamation, and the proclamation should order people to disperse. He can deploy active-duty armed forces, or he can federalize National Guard forces. So in Minnesota, he could remove the National Guard from the command and control of the governor, put the National Guard under federal command, and he can deploy the troops. into Minnesota, into Minneapolis.
She spoke to NPR's Morning Edition. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is eliminating thousands of jobs. NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports that's according to multiple people who attended personnel meetings held by FEMA supervisors in recent days.
About 40% of FEMA's workforce is on two- to four-year contracts. This week, supervisors at the agency told their employees that expiring contracts will not be renewed, even for people who are actively working on rebuilding projects in places that were hit by hurricanes and wildfires in recent years. That's according to several people who attended personnel meetings and who've requested that NPR not use their names because they were told they would be fired for speaking to the press. FEMA and the White House did not respond to questions about why the cuts are taking place or how they will affect FEMA's ability to respond to disasters this year. Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is in Denmark meeting with Danish and Greenlandic leaders. They're talking about Greenland and President Trump's demand that the U.S. take over the world's biggest island. It is controlled by Denmark. Polls show that by an overwhelming margin, neither Greenlanders nor Danes want the U.S. to do that. Stocks opened mixed this morning as Canada strikes a trade deal with China. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 120 points in early trading.
Amid tensions with its biggest trading partner, the United States, Canada is looking for other places to do business. Canada has agreed to lower tariffs on electric vehicles from China. In exchange, China will lower some of its trade barriers on Canadian agricultural products. The U.S., meanwhile, has struck a deal with Taiwan that will cut tariffs on that country's products to 15%. in exchange for Taiwan's investment in the U.S. technology sector. China is set to report on its economic growth on Monday. Forecasters think the world's second-largest economy grew by about 4.5 percent last year. Asian stocks were mixed overnight. Shares fell in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo, but rose in Seoul.
NPR's Scott Horsley. It's NPR. About 15,000 nurses remain on strike in the New York City area. They say their hospital employers failed to keep them properly safe. They're demanding significant improvements to security. The nurses have been off the job since Monday. The Pentagon says it is overhauling the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. In a statement, the Defense Department says the paper cannot include, quote, woke distractions. The paper is required by Congress to be independent, even though the Pentagon provides half of its budget. This week, the Washington Post reported that applicants to the paper are being asked whether they support President Trump's policies. A key advocate of the Northwest U.S.
tree fruit industry has died. B.J. Thurlby's work is recognized across the world. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King has this remembrance. B.J.
Thurlby ran the Washington State Fruit Commission, where he earned the title this year as the Cherry King. He expanded marketing to nearly 30 different countries. John Devaney is the president of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association.
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