NPR News: 01-20-2026 8PM EST
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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.
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. Seven of Maryland's eight U.S. House seats are already held by Democrats. the new map would loop Democratic-dominated areas into the state's sole Republican district. It is now up to Maryland lawmakers to approve the map, but Democratic Senate President Bill Ferguson has been unwavering in his objection, calling the recommended map, quote, unconstitutional.
For NPR News, I'm Sarah Petrowich in Baltimore.
Stocks sank on Wall Street today. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Iran is warning President Trump not to take any action against the country's supreme leader days after Trump called for an end to his nearly 40-year reign. Trump has drawn two red lines for Iran, the killing of peaceful protesters and Tehran conducting mass executions in the wake of demonstrations. Human rights observers say at least 4,400 people were killed during the protests. A year ago today, President Trump froze almost all U.S. foreign aid. One area that has shrunk dramatically is maternal and child health. NPR's Gabriela Emanuel has more.
A report from the Women's Refugee Council found that one year after the cuts, 88% of U.S. funding for maternal and child health has been cut. That's in addition to cutting nearly all funding for sexual and reproductive health. Elisha Dungeorgio, head of the advocacy group Global Health Council, says she's worried these issues have not been a focus of President Trump's new global health strategy.
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