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NPR News: 01-31-2026 7PM EST

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🗓️ 1 February 2026

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0:00.0

On Planet Money, we have covered a lot of topics.

0:03.8

Like just try searching something on the internet and adding Planet Money to the end of it.

0:08.0

Tariff prices, Planet Money? That's an episode.

0:11.0

Stop Sign War, Planet Money. That too.

0:13.9

Alaska Halibate Derby, Planet Money.

0:16.5

If you can ask it, we have probably answered it.

0:19.4

Planet Money. Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:25.6

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiavone.

0:29.0

The federal government is partially shut down again.

0:32.7

This as Democrats press for policy changes to put more checks on federal immigration officers after the

0:39.2

killings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis this month. NPR's Sam Gringless reports.

0:44.8

The shutdown for most of the government could be brief if the House signs off Monday on a deal

0:49.0

endorsed by President Trump to fully fund most of the government through September and the Department

0:53.5

of Homeland Security

0:54.5

for about two weeks. That's so lawmakers can try to negotiate reforms like requiring officers to

1:00.4

wear body cameras and remove masks. This is Hawaii Democratic Senator Brian Schatz. People are seeing

1:06.5

with their own eyes what is happening on the streets of Minneapolis and in many other places

1:12.6

across the country. It has to stop. And if it doesn't stop, we do not intend to provide our

1:18.9

votes. Some Republicans are open to changes, but others see the two deadly shootings as anomalies.

1:24.5

Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington. A federal judge has ordered the government to release a father and his five-year-old son

1:31.4

who were taken into custody during the crackdown on immigration in a Minneapolis suburb

1:36.5

earlier this month. Judge Fred Beery condemned what he called a perfidious lust for unbridled

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