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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The Trump administration says the immigration crackdown in Minnesota is coming to an end. Borders are Tom Holman made the announcement Thursday, saying the Homeland Security Department has accomplished its goal. Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik has reaction from Minnesota's Democratic governor.
What immigration changes are being announced by the Trump administration?
Governor Tim Walz says he is cautiously optimistic that Trump will keep his word. The Democratic governor says Holman personally assured him that agents are leaving immediately. Wall says the operation caused an economic crisis here similar to COVID and left the state with generational trauma. The governor says the feds need to pay for what they broke, but for now he's urging state lawmakers to approve an aid package for small businesses.
The announcement came a day before the Homeland Security Department set to run out of money as Senate Democrats demand new restrictions on immigration enforcement operations. Trump administration revoking the scientific finding the government uses for federal actions on climate change. The EPA Thursday rescinded the 2009 declaration that greenhouse gases endanger public health. Environmental groups likely to take court action. A chopped antitrust official in the Trump administration, Gail Slater, is leaving after a year on the job. Her departure comes amid internal tensions over some big cases, including high-profile deals like the proposed Netflix takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery and Pierce David Folk conflict.
President Trump, of course, likes to be the decider on such matters. He earlier announced he would personally examine the Netflix offer for Warner Brothers Discovery, then said he'd sit it out. Warner has repeatedly rejected Paramount's rival bids. Paramount CEO David Ellison, a political ally of the president, visited with Trump last week, according to CNN. As an assistant U.S. Attorney General, Gail Slater was seen as a regulator who took questions of corporate consolidation seriously. But the Justice Department settled a lawsuit she had filed against HP's $14 billion bid to take over a competitor. And the deal ultimately went through. David Folkenflik, NPR News.
Existing home sales fell sharply in January, according to the National Association of Realtors. It's a reversal from strong sales figures at the end of 2025, as NPR's Stephen Passaha reports.
Existing home sales fell almost 8.5% compared with December. Some of that could be blamed on bad weather, but also on consumers feeling down about the economy making them less likely to move. The median sales price was about $397,000, up just a bit less than a percent compared with a year ago. The good news is wages have grown faster, and the National Association of Realtors says housing affordability is the best it's been in about four years. But homeowners and will-be buyers are not looking back four years, but five, back when mortgage rates were half what they are today. They have declined a bit over the last year, But homeowners are still reluctant to move and give up their old lower rate. Stephen Massaha, NPR News.
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A federal judge in San Francisco is ordering immigration officials to swiftly improve medical care at a remote detention facility in the Mojave Desert. This after detainees sued over claims of inadequate treatment. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Tykee Hendricks reports.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it provides adequate medical care to the 1,000-plus people at the California City Detention Facility. But after hearing that people with cancer symptoms and diabetic ulcers are not getting treatment, U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney ordered an independent monitor to ensure that care meets constitutional requirements. Margo Mendelson with the prison law office represents detainees.
This is critical interim relief to make sure that people are not subject to horrific, unconscionable conditions.
The judge also ordered ICE to allow people full access to attorneys, daily time outdoors, and warm clothing.
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