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NPR Host Ryland Barton
Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Border czar Tom Homan says President Trump has agreed to end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Homan says local law enforcement is responding more quickly and working with federal officials. Democratic Governor Tim Wal says the state is now entering a recovery phase. As Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik reports.
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Governor Tim Wal
Governor Tim Wall says he is cautiously optimistic that Trump will keep his word. The Democratic governor says Homan personally assured him that agents are leaving immediately. Wall says the operation caused an economic crisis here similar to Covid and left the state with generational trauma. The governor says the feds need to pay for what they broke, but for now, he's urging state lawmakers to approve an aid package for small businesses.
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NPR Host Ryland Barton
Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik A partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security appears certain. Congress is set to leave Washington for a 10 day break while negotiations with the White House over Democrats demands for new restrictions on immigration enforcement have stalled. A federal judge has approved Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly's request to block the Pentagon from demoting him over his past comments criticizing the Trump administration. NPR's Elena Moore reports. The former Navy captain filed the lawsuit accusing the defense secretary of punishing him for his political speech.
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NPR Reporter Elena Moore
Senator Kelly, an outspoken Trump critic, was one of several Democrats who participated in a video posted online last fall urging American service members to refuse illegal orders. It sparked intense backlash from President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who later announced a review of Kelly's retirement grade, which could lead to a demotion and decrease in the senator's retirement pay, but that's now on hold. In granting Kelly's request, Judge Richard Leon argued that Hegseth had, quote, trampled on the senator's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional rights of millions of military retirees. Elena Moore, NPR News.
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NPR Host Ryland Barton
Existing home sales fell sharply in January, according to the national association of Realtors. It's a reversal from the strong sales figures at the end of 2025 that seem to be a signaling and improving housing market. As NPR's Stephen Basaha reports, many renters remain locked out of home ownership.
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NPR Reporter Stephen Basaha
Existing home sales fell almost eight and a half percent compared with December. Some of that could be blamed on bad weather and but also on consumers feeling down about the economy, making them less likely to move. The median sales price was about $397,000, up just a bit less than a percent compared with a year ago. The good news is wages have grown faster and the national association of Realtors says housing affordability is the best it's been in about four years. But homeowners and will be buyers are not looking back four years, but five, back when mortgage rates were half what they are today. They have declined a bit over the last year, but but homeowners are still reluctant to move and give up their old lower rate. Stephen Messaha, NPR News.
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NPR Host Ryland Barton
The S&P 500 sank more than one and a half percent today, its second worst day since Thanksgiving. It's NPR. Russia has attempted to fully block WhatsApp as it tightens control of online communication and pushes people toward a state backed alternative. Critics describe the Russian Max app as a surveillance tool. The Kremlin says Meta can restore access to WhatsApp if it follows Russian law. Russia has already blocked major platforms, platforms like Facebook since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. A new congressional report has found a pattern of jailing children instead of providing mental health treatment in many states. NPR's Martin Costi reports.
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NPR Reporter Martin Costi
This report is based on a voluntary survey sent out to juvenile detention facilities around the country. Of those that responded, about half said they've kept children incarcerated when they could be eligible for release for mental health care because that care isn't available. The survey was commissioned by Republican Congresswoman Jen Kiggins and Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff.
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NPR Host Ryland Barton
This should shock America's conscience.
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Governor Tim Wal
Children with special needs locked up for extended periods of time instead of getting the mental health care that they need.
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NPR Reporter Martin Costi
Ossoff says this lack of psychiatric care for detained minors is not new, but more complete research is the first step toward legislation to correct the problem. Martin Kosti, NPR News.
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NPR Host Ryland Barton
Apple's lockdown mode is gaining attention after it blocked federal authorities from accessing a reporter's iPhone. The FBI couldn't extract data from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natenson's phone, which is in lockdown mode. It's available on newer Apple operating systems and limits app and website access. To protect against spyware, users must enable it on each device separately. It's NPR.
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