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CNN 5 Things

Border Czar to Minneapolis, US Strike Group in Middle East, AI Chatbot Investigation and more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump has sent Border Czar Tom Homan to oversee ICE operations in Minneapolis. More than 250 million people remain under extreme cold alert in the US. A carrier strike group has moved closer to Iran, as Trump weighs potential strike options. A ferry carrying more than 350 people has sunk in the southern Philippines. Plus, what prompted the EU’s extensive probe into X’s chatbot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there from CNN, I'm David Rind with the five things you need to know for Monday, January 26th.

0:07.0

Let's start in Minnesota where outrage is mounting over the fatal shooting of yet another U.S. citizen by federal immigration agents,

0:15.0

37-year-old Alex Preti.

0:17.0

This morning, President Donald Trump said he's sending border czar Tom Homan to the state.

0:21.9

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt has told CNN he'll be, quote, managing ice operations on the ground,

0:27.3

as well as, quote, coordinating with others on the ongoing fraud investigations.

0:31.7

Now, CNN's Elena Trin has a little bit more about how this might represent a change of strategy,

0:37.1

compared to how

0:37.9

top Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have

0:42.8

handled things in Minnesota.

0:44.6

Holman is someone who is a veteran ICE agent.

0:48.8

He has served for many years.

0:50.0

He's actually very respected within DHS, but he has very different views.

0:54.2

He's a less hardline on immigration policy than Noem and Bovino have been.

1:00.4

There are also two crucial court hearings going on today about all this.

1:03.9

One relates to the temporary restraining order blocking federal agencies from destroying

1:08.3

or altering evidence related to Preti's killing, while another

1:11.7

will hear arguments from state and local leaders in their bid to temporarily halt the immigration

1:16.5

crackdown in Minnesota.

1:19.2

We gotta take a quick break when we come back.

1:21.0

The snow is on the way out, but the extreme cold is sticking around.

1:25.4

That's next.

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