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Trump Weighs Options In Iran, Minnesota Sues DHS, SCOTUS Trans Sports Cases

Trump Weighs Options In Iran, Minnesota Sues DHS, SCOTUS Trans Sports Cases

Up First from NPR
Jan 13, 2026 13 min
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Minnesota officials sue the Trump administration, accusing federal immigration agents of unconstitutional conduct, as protests and enforcement intensify after an ICE officer killed 37 year-old Renee Macklin Good.<br>President Trump is weighing options, including military action, as Iran’s largest protests in years grow deadlier as the regime cracks down on nationwide demonstrations.<br>And the Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases over whether states can bar transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.<br/><br/><em>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.<br/><br/></em><p class="readrate">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Gigi Douban, Krishnadev Calamur, Mohamad ElBardicy, and HJ Mai.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Kaity Kline.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">We get engineering support from Simon Laslo-Janssen. Our technical director is Zac Coleman.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">Our Supervising Senior Producer is Vince Pearson.<br/><br/>(0:00) Introduction<br>(01:55) Trump Weighs Options In Iran<br>(05:35) Minnesota Sues DHS, <br>(08:52) SCOTUS Trans Sports Cases<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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