Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. U.S. military troops are on standby to deploy to Minneapolis, about 1,500. The service members are from the Army's 11th Airborne Division. A federal immigration officer shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in the city on January 7th.
Chapter 2: What recent events led to military troops being deployed to Minneapolis?
NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
The Justice Department is not investigating the killing of a woman by an ICE agent. Here's Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch on Fox News.
We investigate when it's appropriate to investigate, and that is not the case here. It wasn't the case when it happened, and it's not the case today.
Blanch did not rule out a federal probe in the future and said an internal review of the killing is ongoing at the Department of Homeland Security. The Deputy Attorney General then defended the DOJ's active investigation into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye.
whether you're a governor, a mayor, or somebody out there on the streets assaulting ICE, you cannot, under federal law, you cannot impede a federal officer doing their job.
Fry and Waltz said they will not be intimidated and denied impeding federal law enforcement. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump's tariff threats over objections by several countries to his demand that the U.S. be allowed to acquire Greenland have prompted European leaders to prepare for severe countermeasures on U.S. companies. NPR's Rob Schmitz reports now.
In an extraordinary escalation of President Trump's pursuit of Greenland, he announced he'd impose 10 percent tariffs starting in February on goods from a handful of European countries, including France, the U.K., and Germany, Europe's largest economy. Those tariffs would increase to 25 percent if an agreement on Greenland is not reached by June.
Following an emergency meeting of EU leaders, the bloc is preparing its so-called trade bazooka, mechanisms that will block access to EU markets for American companies and impose export controls on their products, among a broader list of countermeasures.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Justice Department's decision not to investigate the killing by an ICE agent?
This trade defense was originally made with China in mind, not allies like the U.S., but given the serious nature of the threat from the Trump administration, EU leaders are now taking steps to implement the program. Rob Schmitz, NPR News.
Extreme cold is in the forecast for about a dozen states in the northern U.S., from North Dakota to New York. Chuck Kornbach reports.
The National Weather Service has issued a cold weather advisory for much of the Great Lakes region. Service meteorologist Taylor Patterson says Arctic air is to blame.
We have a low-pressure system that has descended down from northern Alberta, Saskatchewan area, and it is tracking across the northern Great Lakes, and it's going to head out northeast towards the New England states.
Patterson says some areas will also be dealing with light and blowing snow. For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee.
This is NPR News. Today is the federal holiday observing the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For more than 20 years, the annual Let Freedom Ring concert at the Kennedy Center has celebrated Dr. King's life and work. Headliners in the past have included Aretha Franklin and Bobby McFerrin. But this year, Let Freedom Ring is relocating, as NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.
Let Freedom Ring was a signature event at the Kennedy Center. U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama attended the celebration. Georgetown University, which produces the concert, says it's moving to the historic Howard Theater to save money. Longtime music producer Nolan Williams Jr. says he has no regrets.
You celebrate the time that was and the impact that has been, and then you move forward to the next thing.
For this year's concert, Williams wrote a piece called Just Like Selma. The headliner for this year's Let Freedom Ring is the actor and rapper Common. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News.
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