The News Roundup For January 23, 2026
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
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The Department of Justice said in a recent court filing that Elon Musk’s DOGE team may have accessed private and off-limits social security data.
And the House Oversight Committee voted to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after the pair ignored a summons to appear before a panel, saying it was politically-motivated.
And, in global news, President Donald Trump claims he has the framework of a deal in place with NATO for control of Greenland.
Despite that possibility, the president heavily criticized European leaders in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week. Now, America’s traditional allies are reportedly grappling with what the future might hold for the West.
President Trump also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, touted the progress his team has made with Russian leaders in finding a solution to the war in Ukraine.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Naila, your host for this edition of the News Roundup. |
| 0:03.0 | Just a quick heads up before we start the show. |
| 0:05.1 | The news is rapidly changing. |
| 0:06.9 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:09.6 | You can say up to date with all the latest by listening to your local NPR member station in visiting npr.org. |
| 0:28.8 | You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Naila Boodoo, and it's time for our news roundup where once again we'll start in Minnesota. |
| 0:33.2 | We've got three people here in studio with me today to unpack all of this. |
| 0:37.1 | Wendy Benjaminson, Washington's senior editor for Bloomberg News. Hi, Wendy. |
| 0:38.8 | Hi. Thanks for having me back. |
| 0:57.5 | Arthur Delaney, senior reporter for Huff Post. It's good to see you, Arthur. Great to be here. And Anita Kumar, head of standards and practices and former managing editor and White House correspondent at Politico. Anita, welcome. Thanks. So great to be back in the studio. But first, let's get to the very latest from Minneapolis with NPR correspondent Matt Seppick, who's back with us. |
| 0:54.6 | Matt, welcome. Good to be back with you, Naila. |
| 1:00.9 | Matt, let's begin with the ice crackdown itself. And can I just ask, what does it feel like right now |
| 1:06.6 | in the Twin Cities? Well, it's cold. John Prine called this place, the land of the wind chill factor, and he wasn't |
| 1:13.6 | kidding. It was minus 21. I think it still is minus 21 when I left the house this morning and |
| 1:19.6 | came downtown. So things are eerily quiet out on the roads. Many schools are closed. They do |
| 1:25.6 | close schools here if it gets dangerously cold |
| 1:28.6 | with temperatures in the negative double digits. But protests are planned today downtown. As you mentioned, |
| 1:36.0 | there's a day of action called by a number of labor groups as part of that. They're urging people |
| 1:43.7 | basically for a general strike, |
| 1:47.2 | essentially, an economic boycott of the area. |
| 1:51.9 | The AP obtained an internal ICE memo this week that authorized federal immigration officers to |
| 1:57.8 | forcibly enter homes without a judge's warrant. This is a reversal of long-held |
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