Minneapolis ICE shooting, Tim Walz and 'America First' after Venezuela
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
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Summary
This week, the shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis has drawn new scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement push, and reactions have become something of a political Rorschach test. Meanwhile, Democrats such as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. Mark Kelly (Arizona) are facing new challenges as they navigate attacks from Republican leaders. And the Trump administration continues to project defiance in the aftermath of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s removal.
“This is just one expression of raw American power after another,” says White House reporter Michael Birnbaum on this week’s “Post Reports” politics roundtable.
Michael spoke with host Colby Itkowitz and Dan Merica, co-anchor of the Early Brief newsletter, to unpack a jam-packed week of political news.
Today’s show was produced by Thomas Lu and Josh Carroll. It was edited by Martine Powers with help from Reena Flores and mixed by Sean Carter.
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| 0:20.0 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Report's weekly politics |
| 0:26.6 | roundtable. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm Kolby Ekowitz. |
| 0:28.6 | It's Friday, January 9th. |
| 0:30.6 | We'll begin today discussing the political fallout from the shooting of a Minneapolis woman |
| 0:35.6 | by an ICE agent. |
| 0:36.6 | And then we'll stay in Minnesota to talk about Governor Tim Wals, |
| 0:40.3 | the former vice presidential candidate, |
| 0:42.3 | who has decided not to run for reelection this week, |
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