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NPR News: 01-28-2026 7PM EST

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

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0:00.0

Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all.

0:11.5

On the web at theshmit.org.

0:14.7

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

0:18.8

President Trump spoke about de-escalating tensions in Minneapolis

0:22.2

after the second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, but there has been little evidence of

0:27.3

any significant changes as immigration enforcement operations and confrontations with activists

0:32.1

continue in the Twin Cities. NPR's Sergio Martinez-Baltron has the latest. According to the Department of Homeland Security, two of the federal agents involved in the

0:41.1

killing of Alex Preddy have been placed on administrative leave, something the department

0:45.8

says is standard protocol. Here in Minneapolis, people continue to express their

0:50.4

frustration and anger against ICE agents. They want them out of their city.

0:55.8

At the Meshift Memorial for Pretty, people continue to gather.

0:59.2

They have expressed how they want justice for Pretty and for Renee Maclean Good.

1:04.0

They also say they want more action from their state and local leaders in fighting this

1:10.7

search in their state.

1:12.6

Sergio Martinez-Beldran and PR News, Minneapolis.

1:16.0

The man who sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis last night was immediately tackled during the event.

1:25.3

Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar says Omar is doing okay.

1:29.1

My first reaction was, is Ilhan OK? And I actually talked to her about an hour after the town hall ended.

1:37.1

And she was in good spirits as good as she can be. And I think one of the things that was kind of

1:42.1

extraordinary is she continued on with the town hall.

1:45.2

The security was there.

1:46.5

They had used Wonding to make sure there were no weapons when people had come into the meeting.

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