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NPR News: 02-04-2026 11AM EST

04 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.453 - 14.339 Corva Coleman

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, says he will start withdrawing federal immigration officers from Minnesota. Speaking to reporters this morning, Homan says he'll draw down about 700 agents.

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Chapter 2: What actions is President Trump's border czar taking regarding immigration enforcement in Minnesota?

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Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Bask says Homan insists agents will still carry out targeted raids.

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21.091 - 36.989 Brian Bask

Holman said several times it was smart law enforcement, not less law enforcement. He says a full pullback isn't here yet because there will still be some more than 2,000 agents in Minnesota well above normal levels. And I want to be clear that even as Holman talks about a drawdown, agents are still out there making arrests. There are still protests.

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Observers are still out there with their whistles and cameras to record encounters.

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40.673 - 65.712 Corva Coleman

Brian Bask reporting. Separately, NPR has learned the U.S. military has taken active duty U.S. troops off alert. More than 1,500 U.S. troops were being readied for possible deployment to Minnesota. The U.S. troops are not immigration officers. The Washington Post newspaper has cut one-third of its entire workforce. The paper is killing its sports desk and book section.

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and it's making profound cuts in its foreign and local coverage. The layoffs come at the behest of the newspaper's owner, billionaire Jeff Bezos. NPR's David Folkenflik reports the cuts will severely alter the paper's scope and ambitions.

80.66 - 98.945 Matt Murray

Executive editor Matt Murray addressed the entire newsroom by Zoom Wednesday morning. Murray called the cuts a strategic reset as the paper's readers preferred coverage of national politics and national security. Bezos is the founder of Amazon and one of the world's richest people. He bought the paper in 2013 and invested in it deeply, saying it needed to innovate to survive.

99.465 - 115.685 Matt Murray

Now he demanded deep cuts to stem years of red ink. Former executive editors Marty Baron and Marcus Browkley questioned the strategy. Notably, the paper's chief executive and publisher, Will Lewis, did not address the newsroom and has not so far spelled out the roadmap for the path ahead. David Folkenflik, NPR News.

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Gaza's health ministry says Israel conducted new attacks today, killing at least 23 Palestinians. The Israeli military says it struck after one of its soldiers was severely wounded by gunfire in northern Gaza. Israel says this is a violation of the ceasefire. The military did not identify the attackers. NPR's Anas Baba reports.

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Israeli tanks and artillery struck homes and tents overnight as people slept. Among those killed were at least eight children and seven women, says Gaza's health ministry. In one strike, a paramedic arrived to evacuate the wounded. But the same spot was struck again, killing the paramedic, a boy and a girl.

Chapter 3: How is The Washington Post restructuring its operations and what are the implications?

236.908 - 256.418 Robin Pashby

will develop a clinical eating disorder over their lifetime. And even more have problem relationships with eating or weight, binging or restricting food, for example. Washington, D.C. psychologist Robin Pashby says, especially when people acquire GLP-1 drugs online, they are not screened for eating disorders.

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We're at a point where we need to hold two truths. that GLP-1s are legitimate evidence-based treatments for obesity, but that they also sit inside our culture, which has intense weight pressure, weight stigma, and eating disorder risk.

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272.855 - 278.927 Corva Coleman

Yuki Noguchi, NPR News. And I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, from Washington.

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