Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.
Chapter 2: What legal battles is Minnesota's Attorney General preparing against President Trump?
Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison says he will fight President Trump in court if the president tries to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to ongoing protests of federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. The demonstrations were sparked by last week's fatal shooting of a woman in her SUV by an officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
That was followed by this week's wounding of a man in Minneapolis by another ICE agent. The Department of Homeland Security says the latest incident began as a traffic stop involving a person from Venezuela who was in the U.S.
Chapter 3: What recent incidents have sparked protests against federal immigration officers in Minneapolis?
without legal status. DHS says the officer was later attacked by the man and two others following a foot pursuit. The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on local and state officials across the U.S. to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. As NPR's Joel Rose reports, it's raising legal questions about what the government can demand from local law enforcement.
President Trump is threatening to cut off significant funding from cities and states that limit their cooperation with immigration authorities. This is not the first time the Trump administration has made a threat like this.
Presidents signed an executive order nearly a year ago directing the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to make a list of sanctuary cities and withhold money from them.
But courts have consistently sided against the administration in almost every case, saying the federal government cannot use federal funding to coerce state and local governments into cooperating with immigration enforcement. Democratic leaders say they are not intimidated and plan to fight any cuts in court. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
Venezuela's political opposition leader, Maria Karina Machado, presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump yesterday during their meeting at the White House. Trump called it a wonderful gesture and later said their closed-door meeting went great.
NPR's Carrie Khan reports on Venezuela's acting president, Delce Rodriguez, who delivered the annual State of the Nation speech to lawmakers yesterday, less than two weeks after the U.S. military seized the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife.
Rodriguez exhibited flashes of defiance in her short speech to lawmakers, calling the U.S. military attack on Venezuela a, quote, stain on our relations. Rodriguez has the tough task now of not upsetting hardliners in her government while avoiding antagonizing President Trump.
She told lawmakers Venezuela can't fear diplomacy, but also added if she has to go to Washington, she will go on her own terms.
I will do so standing tall, not being dragged, never crawling, she said.
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