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Live from NPR News, I'm Corva Coleman. The Trump administration is moving the top border patrol officer out of Minneapolis and out of his leadership role. Greg Bovino has been the face of the Trump administration's immigration efforts. President Trump is sending Borders-R-Tomeman to Minneapolis instead. This comes as furor grows over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota. A federal judge in Minnesota has ordered acting immigration and customs enforcement director Todd Lyons to show up personally in a Minneapolis courtroom on Friday. From Minnesota Public Radio, Matt Sepik has more.

Judge Patrick Schultz says ICE is not complying with his January 14th order to provide a bond hearing for a man in immigration detention or release him. Schultz's order says ICE has failed to comply with dozens of similar orders. He says ICE Chief Todd Lines must appear in court Friday to answer for why he shouldn't be held in contempt. Schultz, a George W. Bush appointee, says, quote, the court's patience is at an end. Matt Sepik prepared that report. The federal government faces a partial shutdown after Friday unless Congress passes a spending bill.

Senate Democrats want to strip out funding for homeland security. NPR's Claudia Grisales reports this follows the killing of Minneapolis protester Alex Preti. The House passed a spending package on a bipartisan basis last week. It left for recess with the expectation the Senate would do the same. The bill needs to pass by Friday to avoid a shutdown of portion. of the government. However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the DHS funding plan is woefully inadequate and fails to keep ICE agents in check in the wake of Preddy's death. Democrats are demanding Republicans pull the DHS funding from the overall $1.3 trillion bill,

which also funds the Departments of Defense, Labor, and Health in Human Services, among others. Republicans are pushing back, but many are also calling for a full investigation into Pretti's killing. Claudia Diceles in BR News. Stocks open mixed this morning after some solid corporate earnings reports from Boeing and General Motors. NPR Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 400 points in early trading. Boeing sales took off in the fourth quarter as the jetmaker recorded its best three-month period in seven years. Boeing delivered almost three times as many commercial jets as it did in the same period a year ago. Boeing also turned a profit during the quarter, thanks in part to a one-time gain. General Motors also reported

better than expected profits, although quarterly sales fell just short of forecast. GM announced a plan to buy back some $6 billion of its own stock. India and Europe have agreed to lower trade barriers as part of a massive trade deal covering two billion people and a quarter of global GDP. News the deal comes after nearly two decades of negotiation. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. The Dow is now down 420 points. This is NPR. Power is still out for more than half a million customers after the winter storm hit over the weekend. Most of the outages are in southern states.

These got significant ice. It won't melt yet because forecasters say temperatures are going to be frigid for days. Then the National Weather Service says another blast of cold air will spread from the plains to the east this coming weekend. There's been a big upset in the women's competition at the Australia. an open tennis tournament, American player and world number three, Cocoa Gough, is out. Christina Kokea reports from Melbourne. Ukrainian Alina Svitolina was in control of the match from the start, taking just 59 minutes to defeat two-time Grand Slam champion Cocoa Golf in straight sets, 6-2-6-1 in the quarterfinals.

Goff struggled with her serve in a match played under a closed roof at Broadlaver Arena due to extreme heat conditions in Melbourne. Svitolina said she was happy to qualify for her first Australian open semifinals. Yeah, I'm very, very pleased with the tournament so far. 12 seats, Svitolina will face Belarusian world number one, Arina Sabalenko, in the final four. Americans Iva Jovic and Lerna Tien were also eliminated in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. For NPR news, I'm Christina Kukkola in Melbourne. Former FIFA President SEP Blatter is calling for a boycott of men's World Cup soccer games

that are played in December in the U.S. Games will also be held in Canada and Mexico. Blatters suggest the Trump administration's actions show the U.S. is not a suitable host country. You're listening to NPR News.