5-Year-Old Boy and His Father Back in MN After Over a Week in ICE Detention, Kennedy Center Closing, Grammy Highlights and more

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🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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The DOJ says they may appeal a ruling that allowed a 5-year-old and his father to go back to Minneapolis. Deputy AG Todd Blanche says there will be no new charges stemming from the latest release of the Epstein files. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington will close for roughly two years to allow for extensive renovations. Bad Bunny won Album of the Year and a steakhouse chain is launching a limited edition “steak commitment ring” in time for Valentine’s Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.1	Good morning everyone, I'm Kate Baldwin.
0:37.1	It's Monday, February 2nd. Here are the five things you need to know to start your day.
0:41.3	Number one, the judge's rebuke. Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father are back in, back home in Minnesota.
0:48.3	Now, this is after spending more than a week in an ICE detention facility in Texas.
0:53.3	The Justice Department says that it may still appeal the judge's ruling that led to their
0:59.2	release, but it's that judge's wording and ordering that release that's grabbing headlines
1:04.1	right now.
1:05.1	In the brutal and scathing opinion, the federal judge Saturday described the Trump administration's
1:09.2	immigration enforcement operations
1:11.0	as ill-conceived and incompetently implemented.
1:15.2	The judge also called out the government's, quote, ignorance of an American historical document
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