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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump's border czar Tom Homan is in Minneapolis where he said Thursday that the administration could cut the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota. Ohman arrived in the state following the killing of Renee Macklin Good and Alex Preddy by federal agents. Here's NPR's Ryan Lucas.
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It's normal after a shooting that involves a law enforcement officer for the FBI and the Justice Department to conduct a civil rights investigation. Deputy Attorney Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has said publicly he sees no need to do so in goods killing. And the FBI is not conducting a civil rights investigation into Preddy's killing, either. That's according to three sources who spoke with me on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of this issue.
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President Trump is urging Senate Republicans and Democrats to come together around a spending deal that would largely avert a government shutdown over Democratic demands for curbs on immigration enforcement. The White House and Senate Democrats say they struck a deal that seized a funding bill for the Homeland Security Department separated from a package of five other bills. The man accused of spraying a liquid onto Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to during a public event this week in Minneapolis has now been formally charged. Minnesota Public Radio's Peter Cox reports.
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55 year old Anthony Kazmierzak is federally charged with assaulting, opposing, impeding or interfering with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's official duties Tuesday evening at a town hall event in north Minneapolis. Kazmierzak ran toward Omar as she was speaking, spraying her with a liquid that the charging document identifies as as a mixture of water and apple cider vinegar. Omar ran toward him with her fist raised before security tackled him. Then Omar returned to speaking. Kazmierzak, a Minneapolis resident, was transferred from a county jail into federal custody. The charging document says his social media includes posts critical of Omar. The Democratic congresswoman has been a vocal critic of President Trump and his immigration crackdown. For NPR News, I'm Peter Cox in St. Paul.
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European Union has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization. Terry Schultz reports that the unit will now be put under sanctions.
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It's a move that's been considered for many years, but the recent deadly crackdown by the Iranian regime on anti government Protesters brought all 27 EU governments into alignment in declaring the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization. EU foreign policy chief Kaya Kallis led the meeting of foreign ministers who made.
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The decision when the atrocities were clear. Then also it was clear that there has to be a very strong response from the European side.
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The designation freezes all bank accounts of the IRGC held in the eu, criminalizes any interaction with the group, and bans its members from entering the block. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
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This is NPR News. A winter well, a second blast of cold air is in the forecast even as crews work to restore power to homes in Mississippi and Tennessee, which are still trying to recover from last weekend's storm. The National Weather Service says Arctic air moving into the Southeast will cause temperatures to plunge into the teens Friday night. Mississippi and Tennessee account for the bulk of lingering outages, but customers numbering in the tens of thousands still without power. In Louisiana, the growing prevalence of artificial intelligence in the classroom is challenging educators to make sure their students are learning to not leaning on AI. Reporter Lee Gaines has more.
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Shanae Bond teaches English at Southwest High School in Fort Worth. Her students rarely use laptops. Instead, they write nearly everything by hand.
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They are constantly and consistently doing everything with a pen or a pencil.
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It's part of Bond's strategy to keep AI out of her classroom, but she may be in the minority. Roughly 60% of survey teachers said they used AI at least a little in their classroom. That's According to a July 2025 pol from the Ed Week Research Center. Bond says she's open to changing her mind about AI, but right now she doesn't see much value in it for her students.
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It's less harmful to me to make sure that they can do the things without the AI than to try and push the AI into my classroom.
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For NPR News, I'm Lee Gaines.
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The Westminster Kennel Club Dog show returns this weekend. The 150th annual show opens Saturday. The Best in Show prize will be awarded Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. This is NPR News.
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Host: Giles Snyder
Podcast: NPR News Now
This five-minute NPR News Now episode delivers key updates on U.S. immigration enforcement controversies, governmental spending negotiations, a federal assault charge involving Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, EU sanctions against Iran's Revolutionary Guard, severe winter weather in the Southeast, the challenge of AI in classrooms, and the upcoming Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
[00:16 – 01:01]
"Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has said publicly he sees no need to do so in Good's killing."
— Ryan Lucas, NPR [00:37]
Memorable Moment:
The decision not to pursue civil rights investigations, despite the tragic events, underlines contentious federal-state and law enforcement-community relations.
[01:01 – 01:34]
"President Trump is urging Senate Republicans and Democrats to come together around a spending deal that would largely avert a government shutdown over Democratic demands for curbs on immigration enforcement."
— Giles Snyder [01:01]
[01:34 – 02:23]
"Omar ran toward him with her fist raised before security tackled him. Then Omar returned to speaking."
— Peter Cox, Minnesota Public Radio [01:54]
Memorable Moment:
Omar's immediate return to her speech despite the assault demonstrated not only resilience but also her commitment to her constituents.
[02:23 – 03:13]
"When the atrocities were clear, then also it was clear that there has to be a very strong response from the European side."
— EU foreign policy chief Kaya Kallis (via Terry Schultz) [02:52]
[03:13 – 03:54]
[03:54 – 04:38]
“It's less harmful to me to make sure that they can do the things without the AI than to try and push the AI into my classroom.”
— Shanae Bond [04:31]
[04:40 – 04:54]
This concise yet comprehensive news episode offers listeners an essential update on major national and global stories, with clear focus and strong reporting.