NPR News: 02-04-2026 8AM EST
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, is scheduled to hold a news conference in Minnesota this morning. He arrived last week to take over Trump's immigration crackdown after federal agents shot and killed a second protester in Minneapolis. Homan suggested federal forces could be drawn down. if Minnesota leaders cooperate more. Minnesota officials say they already do this. Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Baxt says despite Homan's arrival, the situation appears to be the same.
Agents are still making arrests, protests large and small continue to happen, and observers are still out there with their whistles to alert people to the ICE presence and their cameras to record encounters. We haven't seen that much of Homan, but today he'll hold only his second news conference since his arrival in Minnesota. which is a contrast to the regular ICE briefings that featured mugshots of detainees and stern warnings about observers getting in the way before Holman arrived. Mostly, Holman has been meeting privately with elected officials, local law enforcement, and other business and civic leaders.
Brian Baxter reporting. At least two cases of measles have been confirmed at an ICE detention facility holding families in South Texas. NPR's Maria Godoy reports this is the second report of measles at an ICE facility in recent weeks.
Two people held at the Federal Immigration Detention Center have been quarantined for measles, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. She said federal officials have halted all movement within the center and they're quarantining anyone exposed. Dr. Catherine Peeler of Harvard says a 2016 study of an ICE facility found measles can spread quickly in a crowded center. even with high overall levels of immunity.
I'm very concerned that we're going to see higher rates of measles outbreaks, the same way that we saw a lot of, we saw very high rates of COVID, both in adult detention centers as well as family detention centers.
And as vaccination rates decline, she says the risks of measles outbreaks grows. Maria Godoy, NPR News.
U.S. forces say they have shot down an Iranian drone. It was flying toward an American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. NPR's Greg Myrie has more.
U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for the Middle East, says the Iranian drone, quote, aggressively approached a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier with unclear intent. The aircraft carrier, the USS Lincoln, dispatched one of its F-35 fighter jets, which shot down the drone. According to the U.S. military, the episode was in international waters about 500 miles south of Iran's coast. The aircraft carrier is the largest of about a dozen U.S. ships in the region, as President Trump warns of possible military action against Iran. Trump also says he's open to negotiations, and his envoy Steve Witkoff is in the region with tentative plans to hold talks with Iran on Friday. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting a meeting of international representatives today. They'll talk about rare earth minerals and how nations can build supply chains for them. Minerals are used in many products, from cars to computers. President Trump is creating a multibillion-dollar stockpile of critical minerals for the U.S. Winter weather advisories are still up for North Carolina. The eastern part of the state could get another inch of snow and a glazing of ice. Storms over the past two weekends have hit southern residents of the U.S. very hard. Nearly 50,000 customers in Mississippi and Tennessee have been out of power for days. The record-breaking cold snapped last weekend surprised some South Florida residents.
Iguanas stunned by the cold. From Member Station WLRN, Sophia Zaran has more.
The invasive green iguana is not an unusual sighting in Florida. However, the cold weather has longtime iguana trapper Blake Wilkins leaping for lizards.
The sheer numbers of them was surprising, even knowing that it was getting as cold as it was going to.
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