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This week on Up first, the Trump administration and Venezuela. Can the U.S. run a foreign government? As the president says, they simply may not adopt the policies that Trump would like to see. It's a complex, fast moving story as always. We're working overnight and every night so you can start each morning knowing what matters. Listen up first on the NPR app or wherever you get podcasts.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Fresh demonstrations are set for this morning in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman yesterday. Protests erupted after that killing. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the woman was striking the ICE agent with her car and that the ICE agent fired in self defense. NPR has reviewed multiple videos of the scene. In the videos reviewed, the officer does not appear to be hit and can be seen walking after he fired the shots. Meanwhile, Illinois Democratic Congresswoman Robin Kelly says she will introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary Noem, alleging Noem has compromised public safety. The House is expected to vote today to restore subsidies for people paying for their health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act. The House plan extends these subsidies for three years, but the plan is unlikely to pass the Senate. And BRCM Greenglass reports a bipartisan Senate deal is gaining support.
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For weeks, House Republican leadership refused to allow a vote on the subsidies, so four swing district Republicans joined with Democrats to force a vote using a maneuver called a discharge petition. A procedural vote yesterday attracted support from nine Republicans. Boosters of the subsidies have hoped that success in the House would recharge bipartisan negotiations in the Senate. Here's Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio. So we're in the red zone, but that does not mean a touchdown. It could mean a 95 yard fumble. The emerging Senate deal would extend the subsidies for two years and allow people in the second year to opt for funds in a health savings account instead of a subsidy that goes to the insurer. Sam Greenglass, NPR news, Washington.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called a special session of the Florida state legislature in April. He wants Florida lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map. From member station wusf Douglas Sowell, President.
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Donald Trump has been putting pressure on conservative led states to redraw maps to add Republicans to Congress. DeSantis says he wants Florida to wait for a U.S. supreme Court ruling on a Louisiana case that could change how race factors into the process.