Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Trump administration has issued subpoenas against top Democratic officials in Minnesota, including Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry. The Justice Department says the officials have obstructed the federal immigration enforcement operation there.
The Department of Homeland Security says agents have arrested 3,000 people since last month, though NPR has not independently verified that number.
Chapter 2: What recent actions have been taken against Democratic officials in Minnesota?
And the administration is vowing to continue, as Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik reports.
At a news conference in the Twin Cities this afternoon, Customs and Border Protection Chief Greg Bovino said arrests will continue, and he accused local leaders of allowing, quote, criminal illegal aliens to roam the streets. Bovino says ICE agents are following the law.
But Bovino's comments fly in the face of documented incidents where masked, heavily armed agents broke into people's homes without judicial warrants.
Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik. President Trump's insistence that the U.S. acquire Greenland is overshadowing the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week. As NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports, Trump is threatening new tariffs on any nation that stands opposed.
Trump recently threatened to tariff eight European nations, all of them NATO members, if a deal is not reached for the U.S. to purchase Greenland, part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Trump also texted the prime minister of Norway that the fact he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize is weighing on his decision-making.
Overnight, Trump posted that French President Emmanuel Macron texted him, quote, "...I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland." Treasury Secretary Scott Besant spoke already at Davos today defending Trump's tariffs.
Tomorrow, Trump will speak, and Thursday will be an event for the Board of Peace that the president created to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, where Trump has attempted to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
Maryland Democratic Governor Wes Moore's redistricting commission is sending the state legislature a congressional map that could get rid of the state's lone Republican seat, WYPR's Sarah Petrowich reports.
Nationwide efforts to redistrict started last summer when President Trump asked Republican-led states to redraw their congressional boundaries to favor the GOP in the 2026 election. Maryland is one of a few blue states looking to counter those efforts, and the governor's redistricting commission is recommending a map that could deliver a congressional sweep for Democrats.
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