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Federal Agent Shoots Two People in Portland

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

44K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Jan. 9. Portland police call for calm after two people were shot by U.S. Border Patrol during a traffic stop, in a second incident involving federal enforcement agents this week. Plus, the House passes legislation to extend healthcare subsidies, in defiance of Republican leaders. And WSJ food reporter Jesse Newman explains how the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines threaten the bread and butter of America’s food giants. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:12.0

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0:18.0

Portland's police chief urges calm after two people were shot by federal agents.

0:23.8

Plus, the House passes a bill to extend health care subsidies as 17 Republicans cross-party lines.

0:30.9

And we take a look at how America's new dietary guidelines are colliding with Wall Street.

0:36.9

This is really going to force companies to speed up.

0:39.6

So they are going to be looking at how can they simplify their recipes, how can they use

0:44.7

cleaner ingredients, how can they take out additives, and a lot of these moves that they're going

0:50.1

to have to make are going to make food more expensive, not less. It's Friday, January 9th.

0:55.4

I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal, and here's the AM edition of What's News.

0:59.9

The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:04.7

We begin in Portland, Oregon, where a man and woman were shot yesterday by federal agents

1:10.1

during a vehicle stop. They are now in

1:12.4

the hospital where their conditions are unknown. The Department of Homeland Security said a U.S. Border

1:18.1

Patrol agent fired his gun after a driver attempted to run over officers. The agency said the driver

1:24.3

and passenger are affiliated with a Venezuelan gang involved in a recent

1:28.7

shooting in the city. Portland Police Chief Bob Day urged the community to stay calm as officers

1:34.7

and the FBI work to learn more about the situation. Speaking alongside him, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson

1:41.0

condemned the shooting and called on ice to leave the city.

1:44.7

Violence in our community is devastating. These are not statistics. These are human beings.

1:51.2

Portland is not a training ground for militarized agents. When the administration talks about using

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