Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Chapter 2: What new tariffs did President Trump announce and why?
President Trump says he will put new tariffs on European countries as part of his pressure campaign to get control of Greenland. NPR's Mara Liason has more.
Trump says he will put 10% tariffs on Denmark, which currently includes Greenland. He will also tariff seven other countries, including France, Germany, and the UK. All are members of NATO who are supporting Denmark's refusal to sell Greenland to the U.S. Trump has not ruled out using military force to take over Greenland.
Trump says if Denmark doesn't sell Greenland to the U.S., the tariffs will go up to 25% on June 1st. Denmark says it's willing to let the U.S. expand its military presence in Greenland, but it insists Greenland is not for sale. Mara Liason, NPR News.
The Justice Department says it's investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry over alleged conspiracy to impede ICE agents in the city and across the state in recent weeks. On social media, Walz says weaponizing the Justice Department against your opponents is, quote, an authoritarian tactic.
This as tensions remain high in Minneapolis, with two opposing protests taking place today, one an anti-immigration march organized by a pardoned January 6th rioter, which was outnumbered by a nearby counter-protest. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security is facing backlash from immigration advocacy groups who accuse it of trying to recruit local police to join ICE.
MPR's Windsor Johnston has more. The American Immigration Council says the DHS is actively working to expand its ranks in parts of the country where enforcement is ramping up, including Minnesota. Naina Gupta is the group's policy director. She says her organization has been contacted by local law enforcement officials in the state who are frustrated by the recruitment effort.
Heard directly from local police chiefs and local police departments who are enraged by this attempt to poach local police officers.
The DHS tells NPR that ICE has received more than 220,000 job applications in recent months and is on track to hire thousands of new officers. Windsor Johnston, NPR News.
The U.S. Central Command says that U.S. forces conducted a strike in northwest Syria yesterday that killed a leader affiliated with al-Qaeda. The Pentagon says the man had direct ties to an ISIS militant who was responsible for the ambush last month that killed two U.S. service members and an American interpreter. Meanwhile, the U.S.
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