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Up First from NPR

Trump and Minnesota, Venezuela's Opposition, Trump's Healthcare Plan

16 Jan 2026

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

2.41 - 6.981 A. Martinez

Protests are growing in Minnesota after the second shooting by a federal agent in the state.

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Chapter 2: What protests are occurring in Minnesota and why?

7.122 - 12.054 Michelle Martin

President Trump is threatening to send in the military on top of the thousands of federal agents already there.

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12.074 - 31.116 A. Martinez

I'm A. Martinez, that is Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. Venezuela's top opposition leader brought her Nobel Peace Prize to Washington and handed it to President Trump. But in Caracas, the country's interim president struck a defiant tone in her national address.

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Chapter 3: How is President Trump responding to the situation in Minnesota?

31.176 - 34.064 A. Martinez

So who does the White House actually back to lead Venezuela?

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Chapter 4: What is the significance of Venezuela's opposition leader meeting Trump?

34.445 - 37.092 Michelle Martin

And President Trump says he has a health care plan.

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37.072 - 39.92 President Trump

We're calling it the Great Health Care Plan.

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40.322 - 49.288 Michelle Martin

It leans on cheaper insurance plans with fewer benefits. What does Trump's plan mean for negotiations over subsidies that kept premiums low under Obamacare? Stay with us.

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Chapter 5: Who does the U.S. actually support in Venezuela's leadership struggle?

49.408 - 51.655 Michelle Martin

We've got the news you need to start your day.

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Chapter 6: What details are included in Trump's new healthcare plan?

56.866 - 66.343 Robert Green

Genomics pioneer Robert Green says many parents want their healthy newborn's DNA screened for diseases that may or may not show up later in life.

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66.864 - 73.255 Unknown

There is an argument that knowledge is power and many families would like to know everything, whether it's treatable or not.

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73.505 - 81.597 Robert Green

The debate over revealing the secrets in babies' DNA. Listen to the TED Radio Hour on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Chapter 7: How does Trump's healthcare plan differ from the Affordable Care Act?

82.158 - 87.606 Michelle Martin

President Trump has threatened to take military action against Minnesota to stop the protests in Minneapolis.

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87.887 - 94.517 A. Martinez

On Wednesday, immigration officers shot another man, this time in the leg, which sparked unrest on the city's north side.

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94.497 - 98.683 Michelle Martin

NPR's Meg Anderson is in Minneapolis and is with us now to give us the latest. Good morning, Meg.

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99.084 - 99.544 Meg Anderson

Good morning.

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Chapter 8: What are the implications of Trump's healthcare plan for Americans?

99.725 - 105.533 Michelle Martin

You know, looking at this from the outside, things seem pretty volatile, but thankfully you're there. So could you just describe what you're seeing?

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106.054 - 119.876 Meg Anderson

Yeah, there are now as many as 3,000 federal immigration officers on the ground or arriving soon here in the Twin Cities. That's nearly five times the number of Minneapolis police officers. And, you know, the city is sometimes quiet until it is really, really not.

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120.436 - 142.537 Meg Anderson

And that's because the fierce resistance to this ICE surge continues to be noisy as community members are following immigration officers in their car, honking and whistling. Here's how that sounds. And I should note the observers filming and making noise. Those peaceful acts of resistance, even though they're chaotic, are protected by the Constitution.

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143.158 - 162.673 Meg Anderson

But ICE has responded to some confrontations over the last week with a lot of aggression. Over the last five days, NPR reporters, myself included, we've seen ICE officers using tear gas, flashbangs, and pepper balls to disperse crowds. But the community here, you know, it's responding in quieter ways, too. Well, say more about that, if you would. How so?

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163.274 - 184.971 Meg Anderson

Yeah, so if you drive around the Twin Cities, you'll see parents and other community members standing guard outside of schools and daycares with whistles around their necks. Residents are collecting food donations and giving rides to people who are afraid to leave the house. And people are afraid to leave their homes. I spoke to one woman, an asylum seeker with two young U.S. citizen children.

185.412 - 209.616 Meg Anderson

She has to only be identified by her first initial A because she's afraid she'll be deported if she's identified. She has not left her home in several weeks. She said she feels like she can't see a future, a stable tomorrow for herself or her family. And these fears, being afraid to leave the house, they're not unfounded.

210.197 - 226.039 Meg Anderson

NPR reporters have witnessed immigration officers stopping and even detaining people of color seemingly at random on the street. I should note that just yesterday, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the administration, accusing it of racial profiling against Latino and Somali people here.

226.54 - 233.331 Michelle Martin

And President Trump also threatened yesterday to use the Insurrection Act against Minnesota. Would you explain exactly what that would mean?

234.003 - 252.927 Meg Anderson

Yeah. So first, the president has threatened to use that law many times before and hasn't. Still, in a post on Truth Social, he said he would invoke the act if state officials don't, quote, stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of ICE. That law is more than 200 years old. It's controversial.

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