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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. There are now as many as 3,000 federal immigration officers on the ground or arriving soon in Minneapolis and St. Paul. That's according to the mayor of Minneapolis. President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection act against Minnesota to stop protesters. NPR's Meg Anderson reports. Some residents are too afraid to leave their homes.
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In the Twin Cities, community members are standing guard outside of schools and daycares in case immigration officers show up. Many people are collecting food donations and giving rides to people who are afraid to leave their homes. One woman who asked to only be identified by her first initial A because she's afraid she'll be deported, told NBR she has not left her home in several weeks. A said she feels like she can't see a future for herself or her family. She's an asylum seeker with two young US Citizen children, and her fear of leaving the house is not unfounded. NPR has witnessed immigration officers stopping and detaining people of color seemingly at random on the street. Meg Anderson, NPR News.
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President Trump's new special envoy to Greenland says he's going to the island in March. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has said very little since he was appointed to the envoy role last month other than he supports Trump's view that the US should have Greenland. He told FOX News this morning he thinks it's going to happen.
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Look, I think that the president is serious. I think he's laid the markers down. He's told Denmark what he's looking for, and now it's a matter of having Secretary Rubio and Vice President J.D. vance make a deal.
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Greenland officials have said very clearly that their island is not for sale. Trump has said he won't rule out using the US Military to take it. A bipartisan group of US Lawmakers is in Denmark today for talks about Trump's saber rattling. The federal Occupational Health and Safety Agency has restored the jobs of more than 400 federal workers. NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports they had gotten layoff notices last year.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health helps set standards and limits for things like workplace exposure to chemicals or respiratory hazards. Last April, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Slashed 90% of its staff and budget, then brought back about a third of the agency, including at the Coal Miners surveillance Program. Under congressional pressure as of this week, HHS reversed course on an additional 400 workers who'd received layoff notices. The unit representing the workers say it will take time to restart the work that was idled. Yuki Noguchi, NPR News.
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On Wall street and premarket trading, Dow futures are flat. This is npr. The man accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk returns to court in Utah today. Lawyers for Tyler Robinson are seeking to have the prosecutors in the case disqualified. They say documents show that a child of one of the prosecutors in the Utah County Attorney's office was present when Kirk was shot to death. The 18 year old child texted with their father about the scene. The defense wants the whole prosecution team removed from the case over potential conflict of interest. The Australian government says that millions of social media accounts in the country have been deactivated. That comes after Australia banned children from younger than 16 from accessing the online platforms last month. Katie Silver reports from Sydney. Companies such as Facebook and YouTube face steep fines if they don't comply.
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Social media Companies behind Snap, TikTok and Instagram have told the Australian government they deactivated some 4.7 million accounts in the first two days after social media laws took effect last month. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls the early data encouraging. Earlier this week, Meta revealed that it had kicked more than half a million Australian children off its platforms, including 330,000 off Instagram. Companies that failed to get children off the platforms face fines of US$33 million. So far, none have been fined. The government says it will use this data to examine whether social media giants are doing enough. For NPR News, I'm Katie Silver in Sydney.
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And I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News, in Washington.