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Minnesota ICE, Iran Protests, DOJ Subpoenas Federal Reserve

Minnesota ICE, Iran Protests, DOJ Subpoenas Federal Reserve

Up First from NPR
Jan 12, 2026 14 min
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Tension is mounting in Minneapolis as the Trump administration sends hundreds of additional federal agents into Minnesota and anger grows over last week's ICE shooting that killed 37 year old Renee Good.<br>Deadly protests in Iran intensify as President Trump warns the U.S. could strike the regime if the crackdown continues.<br>And the Justice Department subpoenas the Federal Reserve, prompting Chair Jerome Powell to accuse President Trump of trying to pressure the central bank over interest rates.<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></em><p class="readrate">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Daniel Burke, Kate Bartlett, Pallavi Gogoi, Mohamad ElBardicy, and HJ Mai.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">We get engineering support from Simon-Laslo Janssen. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<br/><br/>(0:00) Introduction<br>(03:10) Federal Agents Sent to Minnesota<br>(06:53) Iran Protests<br>(10:34) DOJ Subpoenas Federal Reserve<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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