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NPR News: 01-16-2026 6AM EST

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

0:03.6

There are now as many as 3,000 federal immigration agents on the ground,

0:07.7

or they are coming soon to Minneapolis and St. Paul.

0:11.2

That is five times the number of Minneapolis police officers.

0:14.9

President Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act against Minnesota.

0:19.5

NPR's Meg Anderson says Minnesota residents are tracking

0:22.3

the federal agents and they are protesting. The observers filming and making noise, those peaceful

0:28.4

acts of resistance, even though they're chaotic, are protected by the Constitution. But ICE has

0:34.3

responded to some confrontations over the last week with a lot of aggression.

0:38.0

Over the last five days, NPR reporters, myself included, we've seen ICE officers using tear gas, flashbangs, and pepper balls to disperse crowds.

0:47.2

NPR's Meg Anderson in Minneapolis, parents in the Twin Cities are now standing guard outside of their children's schools.

0:55.6

Many are wearing whistles to warn when federal agents are nearby.

0:59.8

Many people are too frightened to leave their homes in Minnesota.

1:04.8

A bipartisan congressional delegation is in Copenhagen.

1:08.1

They're meeting with Denmark's prime minister and other government officials.

1:12.2

As NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, their visit comes after President Trump repeated comments about

1:17.2

wanting the U.S. to own Greenland. Democratic Senator Chris Coons of Delaware is leading the delegation,

1:23.7

which includes Republican Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina. The group will meet with government officials and business leaders.

1:30.7

The trip is aimed at turning down the temperature and reaffirming U.S. support for Denmark.

1:35.9

As President Trump continues to call for a U.S. takeover of Greenland,

1:40.1

Democrat has announced plans to increase the country's military presence in the North Atlantic and

1:44.8

Arctic. The U.S. is part of a 1951 treaty that gives rights to set up military bases on Greenland

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