NPR News: 01-29-2026 6PM EST

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Apply live from npr news in washington i'm ryland barton president trump's border czar says immigration enforcement could reduce the number of officers in minnesota but tom homan says a drawdown will only happen after cooperation from state we are not surrendering.

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The president's mission on immigration enforcement let's make that clear prioritization of criminal ambulance doesn't mean we forget about everybody else that's just simply ridiculous but when you have a criminal standing here and a non criminal standing there that criminal always should be targeted for because he's a significant concern to the safety and security.

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Of the community homan says local jails need to alert immigration officials about inmates who are eligible to be deported trump sent homan to minnesota following last weekend's fatal shooting of protesters alex preddy republican senator susan collins says enhanced operations by immigration and customs enforcement in maine have ended from maine public erwin gratz reports.

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In a news release collins says department of homeland security secretary kristi noem told her the surge of ice agents that began recently is over and the agency will continue normal operations collins had asked noem earlier to pause its surge in maine and minnesota collins told maine public she'd received multiple calls from constituents expressing fear and anger about the ice oper maine democratic governor janet mills in a statement writes ending the ice surge does not end the pain and suffering they've inflicted on communities across our state lewiston maine mayor carl schelleen who said he was a target of the enhanced immigration crackdown called the collins announcement good news he added quote ice operations in maine have failed to improve public safety for npr news i'm erwin gratz in portland.

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Maine amid tensions over the trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration the senate has failed to advance a funding package npr's barbara sprunt reports this brings the federal government one step closer to a partial.

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Shutdown senate democrats are refusing to back the package in its current form they want to see major changes to the department of homeland security's ongoing immigration enforcement actions the measure needs sixty votes to advance which means democrats are critical for any future passage republicans have urged democrats to negotiate directly with the white house but neither side has committed to a path forward democrats are calling for broad changes to the way dhs agents are carrying out their work this includes barring them from wearing masks requiring body cameras and creating a uniform code of conduct and use of force rules agencies will run out of funding after friday barbara sprunt npr news washington applications for unemployment.

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Benefits inched down modestly last week remaining at historically healthy levels despite recent high profile layoff and announcements applications for unemployment benefits are seen as representative of us layoffs you're listening to npr news from washington president trump says he told venezuela's acting president that he'll open up the country's commercial airspace and he says americans will soon be able to visit american airlines says they'll reinstate nonstop service from the us in the coming months earlier this week the trump administration told congress it was taking steps to possibly reopen the shuttered us embassy in venice venezuela the library of congress has announced the latest additions to the national film registry as npr's netta ulaby reports the library picks twenty five films every year to be preserved for posterity more than one.

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Hundred thirty years of filmmaking are represented in the registry the oldest movie added this year was a silent film comedy from eighteen ninety six other films added to the collection include two musicals starring bing crosby won a holiday classic and two more recent dramas philadelphia and glory that star denzel washington the national film registry also added classic films for generation x such as the karate kid and clueless and an iconic film for baby boomers the big chill nada ulipi npr.

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News a gymnastics medal disputed by the united states and romania at the twenty twenty four paris olympics is heading for a fresh legal review in a swiss court to examine new evidence olympian jordan chiles was stripped of the bronze medal because the us may have not challenged a score in time romania's anna maria barbosu received the medal the case rests on just a few seconds this is.

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