Chapter 1: What recent court ruling affects ICE operations in Minneapolis?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. A U.S. District Court judge ruled Friday that federal officers involved in an immigration operation in Minneapolis cannot detain or use tear gas on peaceful demonstrators. Thousands of people have served as observers of ICE and Border Patrol officers involved in an immigration crackdown there, and some have been tear gassed without provocation.
President Trump, meanwhile, now says he doesn't think he needs to use the Insurrection Act when it comes to protesters in Minneapolis. As NPR's Deepa Shivram reports, the two-century-old power allows a president to call in troops to states that's been used historically to put down violent protests.
Earlier this week, the president proposed the idea of using the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minneapolis that intensified after an ICE officer killed an American citizen, Renee Macklin Good. He called the protesters, quote, professional agitators and insurrectionists. And he said he could use the Insurrection Act to put an end to the backlash against ICE.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said that if Trump had invoked the act... he would challenge it in court. Now, though, Trump says he doesn't think he needs to use that rarely utilized power anymore, but added, quote, if I needed it, I'd use it. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
ICE is now the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency, but there are questions about how it's using that money.
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Chapter 2: How does President Trump view the Insurrection Act in relation to protests?
Ampere's Bill Chappell has more.
Last summer, President Trump's spending and policy package, what he dubbed his Big Beautiful Bill, gave ICE an extra $75 billion.
It's larger than the annual budget of all other federal law enforcement agencies combined.
That's Lauren Brooke Eisen, the senior director of the justice program at the Brennan Center. She says billions of dollars are going to detaining people, but far less goes to ensure oversight and due process. After an ICE officer killed Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis, Democrats are calling for changes to how ICE operates, as Congress looks at new immigration-related spending for 2026.
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In an unexpected move today, the Department of Education says it will delay plans to garnish the wages of student loan borrowers who currently are in default. NPR's Corey Turner explains.
The Trump administration announced last spring that it would soon resume involuntary collections on borrowers in default. seizing a portion of their wages, as well as tax refunds and even Social Security benefits. Involuntary collections have been on pause since the pandemic began. Now, the Trump administration has further delayed the restart and offered an explanation.
Republican legislation passed last year created two new student loan repayment plans. and allows borrowers a little more flexibility in getting out of default.
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Chapter 3: What changes are being proposed for ICE funding and oversight?
But those new plans won't be available until July 1st, so the department says it will delay collections so borrowers can benefit from the big changes. Corey Turner, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. California health officials issued a second warning to avoid mushroom foraging this season as more people have become ill from eating death caps. They say it's the largest outbreak of mushroom poisonings in the country. For Member Station KQED, April Demboski has the reports.
Early rains and warm temperatures sparked a super bloom of death caps in the fall. 35 people were hospitalized, three needed liver transplants, and three died. Some dogs have also died. Dr. Craig Smolin runs the San Francisco Division of the state's poison control system.
Chapter 4: How is the Department of Education changing its approach to defaulted student loans?
We anticipate that these mushrooms could continue to be fruiting in abundance throughout the rainy season in California.
Immigrants from Mexico have been disproportionately impacted because the local death cap looks very similar to an edible mushroom that grows in Oaxaca. For NPR News, I'm April Domboski in San Francisco.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from agrochemical manufacturer Bayer concerning its popular weed killer Roundup. Bayer wants to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn users that Roundup could cause cancer. Some studies associate Roundup's key ingredient, glyphosate, with cancer.
The justices will decide whether EPA approval of the weed killer without a cancer warning should rule out state claims. The Palestinian committee set to govern Gaza under U.S. supervision met for the first time on Friday. Ali Shath is leading the group.
Chapter 5: What health warnings have been issued regarding mushroom foraging in California?
The former Palestinian Authority official from Gaza says reconstruction and recovery in the region could take about three years. He also told Egyptian media that Palestinians are eager for the committee to help them recover. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. This message comes from WISE, the app for international people using money around the globe.
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Chapter 6: What implications does the Supreme Court's decision on Roundup have for Bayer?
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