NPR News: 01-29-2026 7PM EST
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Senate Democrats say there is a deal to avert a partial government shutdown. Democrats had refused to vote for Department of Homeland Security funding without major reforms to immigration enforcement. The move would extend DHS funding for two weeks and allow senators to vote on funding for the agency separate from other spending provisions. President Trump has endorsed the plan. The Trump administration continues to face public backlash over its ongoing immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. and courts in Minnesota are expressing frustration with the operation. NPR's Ryan Lucas has more.
Last night, the Minnesota federal court's chief judge, Patrick Schiltz, he's a George W. Bush appointee, he issued an order that really took the government to task. The judge identified and documented 96 court orders that he said ICE had violated in 74 cases since January 1st. Judge Schiltz said that number is certainly understated, and he said, quote, ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.
NPR's Ryan Lucas reporting.
What deal have Senate Democrats reached to avoid a government shutdown?
A bipartisan group of mayors is calling for the federal government to roll back the immigration crackdown. Hundreds are gathered in Washington for an annual mayoral conference. WBUR's Eve Zuckoff reports many of them worry that their own cities could soon resemble Minneapolis.
Just ahead of the three-day conference, mayors released a statement calling for the Trump administration to end, quote, unnecessary chaos caused by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, a Republican who represents Burnsville, Minnesota, says residents are being harassed, intimidated, and cruelly treated.
People are afraid to leave their homes, to go to the grocery store, and might never return, and their children are left. It is horrific.
Asked for a comment about the mayor's call to dial back ICE action, the White House pointed to remarks Monday by Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt, who said Trump doesn't want to see people getting hurt or killed in the streets. But she blamed Democrats for their, quote, deliberate and hostile resistance. For NPR News, I'm Eve Zuckoff.
Two-thirds of the public say Congress should have extended the enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans, according to a new poll. NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin reports.
The American people care a lot about health care and want politicians to do more to make it more affordable. That's according to a poll from KFF, a nonpartisan health research organization. Ashley Kersinger, KFF's director of survey methodology, says they polled 1,400 people earlier this month.
A significant share of them say that health care costs are going to play a major role in their decisions to vote in the midterms and which candidates they vote for.
She notes that the election is still nine months away and a lot can happen in the meantime. Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.
This is NPR News from Washington. The European Union has agreed to list Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization after Tehran's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. It's a largely symbolic move that adds to international pressure on the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, President Trump is threatening military action against Iran. Record-breaking heat helped drive damaging wildfires in Australia this month, according to a new analysis by European scientists. NPR's Rebecca Hershel reports climate change is making such disasters more likely.
Record high temperatures in Australia earlier this month contributed to massive wildfires in the eastern part of the country. That's according to a new report from the European Union's Copernicus Weather Service.
How is the Trump administration facing backlash over immigration policies?
Those fires killed one person and burned at least 900 buildings.
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