Minnesota ICE Shooting Aftermath, Senate DHS Funding Vote, Icy Weather
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🗓️ 26 January 2026
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Senate Democrats threaten to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republicans agree to new limits on immigration enforcement, a standoff that could trigger a partial government shutdown.
And across the country, states are digging out from a major winter storm that left deadly ice and snow, widespread power outages, and thousands of canceled flights.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:55) Minnesota ICE Shooting Aftermath
(05:44) Senate DHS Funding Vote
(09:26) Icy Weather
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| 0:00.0 | A second U.S. citizen was killed in Minneapolis this weekend by federal agents. |
| 0:06.1 | The Trump administration says the killing was justified because the victim brandished a gun. |
| 0:10.1 | That's not what video footage shows. |
| 0:12.1 | Once again, DHS has come out with a predetermined narrative. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm Lela Faldon with Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.8 | The killing is now rippling through Congress as Senate Democrats threatened to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security. |
| 0:26.8 | When they're killing two constituents in my state and they're taking two-year-olds out of the arms of their mom, |
| 0:33.4 | no, I am not voting for this funding. Could that push the government toward a shutdown? |
| 0:37.8 | And millions across the South and Northeastern U.S. are digging out after a massive winter storm. |
| 0:43.1 | Power outages, grounded flights, and dangerous ice remain. |
| 0:46.5 | Stay with us. |
| 0:47.3 | We'll give you the news you need to start your day. |
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| 1:23.4 | It was another tragic weekend in Minneapolis. On Saturday morning, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse and U.S. citizen Alex Prattie was killed by a federal agent. |
| 1:31.3 | It is the second killing of a Minneapolis resident by a federal agent since the Trump administration launched its immigration crackdown in the city more than a month ago. |
| 1:35.9 | Pretti's killing sparked a new wave of protest in the city and elsewhere in the U.S. |
| 1:42.1 | NPR's Jasmine Garst has been bringing us constant updates on all of this and she joins us now from Minneapolis. |
| 1:42.9 | Good morning, Jasmine. |
| 1:44.0 | Good morning. |
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