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NPR News: 01-07-2026 7PM EST

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. In Minneapolis today, an immigration officer shot and killed a woman while ICE was conducting what it calls targeted operations. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam says the agent feared for his life and fired in self-defense.

0:17.4

ICE agents repeatedly ordered her to get out of the car and to stop instructing

0:21.9

obstructing law enforcement, but she refused to obey their commands. She then proceeded to

0:27.4

weaponize her vehicle and attempted to run a law enforcement officer over. Local officials and

0:33.0

bystanders contradict Noam's account. Matt Seppick from Minnesota Public Radio has more on the bystander footage. Federal agents are heard telling the driver, ma'am, get out of the car. The footage taken by a witness shows one federal officer walk around the right side of the car and around the front. Moments later, two other agents walk up to the driver's side. One tries to open the door.

0:55.3

At this point, the driver begins to reverse on the icy street. As the officer hangs on the door, the driver begins to drive away from the scene.

1:03.9

And then an officer in front of the SUV appears to fire into the car three times.

1:09.1

Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik reporting.

1:12.0

The Trump administration wants Venezuelan migrants to go back home after U.S. forces

1:16.3

seized President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend.

1:19.3

But for many, returning is dangerous.

1:21.3

NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran reports.

1:23.8

Luis Falcon has been living in the U.S. since 2017 after fleeing persecution for protesting

1:28.9

Nicolas Maduro's regime in Venezuela. He's happy to see the toppling of the autocrat, but says

1:33.8

it's still dangerous for him to go back, despite the U.S. government saying it is now safe.

1:40.6

Putting a foot back in Venezuela means I will be taken to jail, tortured, and potentially killed. Falcone says.

1:47.5

The U.S. has advised U.S. citizens not to travel to Venezuela due to severe risk of wrongful detention and torture.

1:53.5

Over a dozen journalists have been detained since Monday, and armed groups are already cracking down on those who support Maduro's ouster.

2:00.8

Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.

2:03.8

The legal fight over whether plea deals should be given to three men charged in the 9-11

2:08.2

terror attacks may go to the U.S. Supreme Court as NPR's Sasha Pfeiffer reports.

2:13.3

The three men, including alleged ringleader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, agreed to plea deals last summer,

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