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NPR News: 01-09-2026 6AM EST

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🗓️ 9 January 2026

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump says he is canceled a second wave of U.S. military attacks against Venezuela.

0:09.0

Writing online, he says big oil companies will invest $100 billion in Venezuela, though no plans have been disclosed.

0:17.2

Trump is to meet oil executives today at the White House.

0:26.3

Police in Portland, Oregon say federal officers in East Portland shot and wounded two people yesterday.

0:31.8

A spokeswoman for Homeland Security says the agents were targeting Venezuelan gang members.

0:35.3

No proof of the victim's gang affiliation was offered.

0:38.9

This comes a day after ICE agents shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis. Portland Mayor Keith Wilson rejected the federal government's explanation. We know what the

0:44.9

federal government says happened here. There was a time when we could take them at their word. That time is

0:51.3

long past. That is why we are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland

0:56.9

until a full and independent investigation can take place.

1:01.7

Our community deserves answers.

1:04.0

Our community deserves accountability.

1:06.9

And most of all, our community deserves peace.

1:10.0

The ICE officer who shot and killed the Minnesota woman on Wednesday has been identified as Jonathan Ross.

1:17.3

And Pierre Heman Abustillo reports the Trump administration says the officer has been with ICE for a decade.

1:23.9

Homeland Security Secretary Kristy Noem says the ICE agent shot the Minneapolis woman

1:27.9

Renee Good in self-defense and followed his training after she blocked federal officers with her

1:33.0

SUV and disobeyed orders to get out of her vehicle. The very same officer who was attacked today

1:37.6

had previously been dragged by an anti-ice rioter who had rammed him with a car and drug him back in June.

1:44.9

Speaking in Minneapolis after the shooting, Noam also said that this wasn't the first time

1:48.9

Jonathan Ross had found himself in a confrontation with a vehicle.

1:52.5

Noam has said that the officer is now, quote, recovering with family.

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