Bovino Out Of Minnesota, Trump Refocusing On Economy, Social Media On Trial
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🗓️ 27 January 2026
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President Trump heads to Iowa trying to sell his economic agenda, even as backlash grows from within his own party over his immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
And a landmark trial begins in Los Angeles that will test whether major social media companies knowingly designed their platforms in ways that harm kids, a case that could force the tech industry to rethink how its apps are built.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:55) Bovino Out of Minnesota
(05:57) Trump Refocusing on Economy
(09:38) Social Media on Trial
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| 0:00.0 | Gregory Bovino, one of the few immigration agents who showed his face, is leaving Minnesota. |
| 0:07.1 | His departure comes as the Trump administration faces outrage over two fatal shootings by ICE agents in Minneapolis. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm Steve Inskeep with Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.8 | President Trump visits Iowa today, trying to shift focus to the economy. from NPR News. |
| 0:28.7 | President Trump visits Iowa today, trying to shift focus to the economy as members of his own party question his immigration crackdown. |
| 0:33.4 | Nobody likes feds coming into their state. And so what's the goal right now? |
| 0:49.6 | That's the governor of Oklahoma. More Republicans are pressing for an investigation. And social media is on trial today. The case in Los Angeles examines of tech companies knowingly built apps that harm kids. The outcome could change how apps are made. Stay with us. We'll give you news you need to start your day. The Trump administration has, at least for now, made some changes to its mass deportation campaign in Minnesota. |
| 1:01.1 | The administration has removed Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol official, who was the public face of the immigration operation. |
| 1:08.3 | Bovino will return to a previous job in California, and |
| 1:11.5 | Borders Tsar Tom Homan will replace him. The administration has also stopped repeating |
| 1:17.0 | its false narrative about a shooting without actually retracting any of those false claims. |
| 1:21.9 | And President Trump called Tim Wals, the governor he previously blamed for the shootings by |
| 1:26.5 | federal agents on a Snowy Street. |
| 1:28.2 | Joining us from Minneapolis with the latest is reporter Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio. |
| 1:32.5 | Good morning, Matt. |
| 1:33.4 | Good morning. |
| 1:34.0 | So we understand that Greg Bovino is no longer leading the Border Patrol. |
| 1:36.8 | What have you heard about that move? |
| 1:38.7 | Bovino was the commander at large of the agency. |
| 1:41.5 | He's made himself visible on the streets during operations here in |
| 1:44.6 | Minnesota and elsewhere. Governor Tim Wall says Bovino is leaving Minnesota. Now he's returning to |
| 1:50.7 | his old post in California and is expected to retire soon. This is effectively a demotion because |
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