Partial Drawdown In Minnesota, NPR Poll: Trump and ICE, Nuclear Treaty Expires
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🗓️ 5 February 2026
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A new NPR/PBS/Marist poll finds most Americans now say ICE has gone too far, as the Trump administration shifts its tone on immigration enforcement.
And the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, the New START Treaty, is set to expire, raising new fears about unconstrained nuclear competition.
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(01:58) Partial Drawdown in Minnesota
(05:36) NPR Poll: Trump and ICE
(09:18) Nuclear Treaty Expires
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| 0:00.0 | 700 federal agents are leaving Minnesota. |
| 0:05.0 | The agents who remain want more access to a local jail. |
| 0:08.0 | Does the administration have a plan for immigration enforcement with less chaos? |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Leila Faudil. That's Stevensky, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:21.0 | Surveys used to show that border enforcement was the president's strongest issue. |
| 0:26.2 | Now that Americans see how the administration is operating, two-thirds disapprove. |
| 0:30.9 | Even the president said briefly that he learned from the public response. |
| 0:34.6 | I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of soft a touch, but you still have to be tough. |
| 0:42.5 | Also, the last major nuclear arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia expires today. |
| 0:47.3 | What happens now? |
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| 1:14.3 | C's apply. White House borders are Tom Holman says 700 federal agents will be leaving Minnesota. |
| 1:21.1 | It's the beginning of a retreat from a state where federal agents confronted protesters |
| 1:26.3 | and killed to Americans. But most agents |
| 1:30.3 | that were brought in are still there. And Homan says any further drawdown would depend on state |
| 1:36.0 | and local cooperation. Let's talk about that with NPR's Meg Anderson, who's in Minneapolis. Meg, |
| 1:41.0 | good morning. Good morning. How much is really changing? Yeah, so the numbers don't point to a big change. |
| 1:46.9 | It still leaves around 2,300 federal agents here. |
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