The Latest Politics The Trump administration fired nearly 100 immigration judges in 2025. What's next? An immigration court in San Francisco is the latest to close its doors, NPR has learned, as the Trump administration seeks to remake the system that offers immigrants due process. Scott Simon Politics Week in Politics: ICE Shooting in Minnesota; Trump threats and surprises President Trump seems to have settled on a provocative playbook for his second go-around in the White House. Scott Simon National A mother and daughter respond to the latest tragedy in Minneapolis NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Heather and Hattie Anderson, a mother and daughter from Minneapolis, about their community, immigration enforcement operations and protests. Scott Simon World A human rights expert explains the status of human rights under the Maduro regime NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ofelia Riquezes, human rights lawyer and professor at Florida International University, about the status of human rights under the Maduro regime in Venezuela. Scott Simon Sports Saturday Sports: NFL playoffs; College Football Playoff National Championship NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the College Football Playoff and more. Scott Simon Arts & Life 2026 looks ominous for media, from Hollywood to journalism Critic at large Eric Deggans says that in 2026, audiences have more power than they realize to determine the future of news and entertainment. Eric Deggans Fresh Air Weekend: Will Arnett; 'Song Sung Blue' director Craig Brewer Arnett exposes the complexities of marriage and comedy in Is This Thing On? Maureen Corrigan reviews The Rest of Our Lives, by Ben Markovits. Filmmaker Craig Brewer channels his inner Neil Diamond. National New video shows fatal Minnesota ICE shooting from officer's perspective The video, published online by a Minnesota-based news site, Alpha News, and reposted by the Department of Homeland Security, shows the shooting from the perspective of the officer who fired the shots. The Associated Press Friday Evening Headlines Oregon officials condemn Border Patrol shooting in Portland, lawmakers consider new restrictions on automated license plate readers in WA, and star QB Demond Williams Jr. will remain at UW after all. Paige Browning Politics Influencer, White House welfare fraud claims are distorted, but the system has risks Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded accusations could undermine public trust. Jennifer Ludden Prev 388 of 1646 Next Sponsored
Politics The Trump administration fired nearly 100 immigration judges in 2025. What's next? An immigration court in San Francisco is the latest to close its doors, NPR has learned, as the Trump administration seeks to remake the system that offers immigrants due process. Scott Simon
Politics Week in Politics: ICE Shooting in Minnesota; Trump threats and surprises President Trump seems to have settled on a provocative playbook for his second go-around in the White House. Scott Simon
National A mother and daughter respond to the latest tragedy in Minneapolis NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Heather and Hattie Anderson, a mother and daughter from Minneapolis, about their community, immigration enforcement operations and protests. Scott Simon
World A human rights expert explains the status of human rights under the Maduro regime NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ofelia Riquezes, human rights lawyer and professor at Florida International University, about the status of human rights under the Maduro regime in Venezuela. Scott Simon
Sports Saturday Sports: NFL playoffs; College Football Playoff National Championship NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the College Football Playoff and more. Scott Simon
Arts & Life 2026 looks ominous for media, from Hollywood to journalism Critic at large Eric Deggans says that in 2026, audiences have more power than they realize to determine the future of news and entertainment. Eric Deggans
Fresh Air Weekend: Will Arnett; 'Song Sung Blue' director Craig Brewer Arnett exposes the complexities of marriage and comedy in Is This Thing On? Maureen Corrigan reviews The Rest of Our Lives, by Ben Markovits. Filmmaker Craig Brewer channels his inner Neil Diamond.
National New video shows fatal Minnesota ICE shooting from officer's perspective The video, published online by a Minnesota-based news site, Alpha News, and reposted by the Department of Homeland Security, shows the shooting from the perspective of the officer who fired the shots. The Associated Press
Friday Evening Headlines Oregon officials condemn Border Patrol shooting in Portland, lawmakers consider new restrictions on automated license plate readers in WA, and star QB Demond Williams Jr. will remain at UW after all. Paige Browning
Politics Influencer, White House welfare fraud claims are distorted, but the system has risks Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded accusations could undermine public trust. Jennifer Ludden