The Headlines - The Latest on the ICE Killing in Minneapolis, and a Shadow Fleet of Oil Tankers

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

Plus, President Trump sits down with The Times. Here’s what we’re covering:What We Know About the Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis by Alexandra E. Petri and Hannah ZieglerTrump Says U.S. Oversight of Venezuela Could Last for Years by David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-YoungsHoisting Russian Flags, ‘Shadow Fleet’ Edges Into the Light by Paul Sonne and Michael SchwirtzKennedy Flips Food Pyramid to Emphasize Red Meat and Whole Milk by Alice Callahan and Dani BlumNew Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol by Roni Caryn RabinThe Robot Cars Have Come for the Kids by Corina KnollTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [e-mail]. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

From the New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Thursday, January 8th. Here's what we're covering. My name is Nicholas Bogle Burroughs, and I am a reporter for the New York Times. I am at the corner of Portland Ave and East 34th Street in Minneapolis. It's about 11.30 at night, and there are about 100 protesters still here. at the intersection where an ice agent fatally shot Renee Good earlier today. My colleagues are on the ground in Minneapolis, where a 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen who lived in the city, was killed by a federal officer who was part of the Trump

administration's escalating immigration crackdown. Multiple videos posted on social media and verified by the times show the shooting and the moments before and after. In the footage, The woman's SUV is stopped in the street, apparently blocking one lane. As cars approach, she waves at them to go around. But a truck, flashing its lights, stops, and federal agents get out. They tell the driver to get out of her car. One agent tries to open the driver's door and reaches through the window. Another agent crosses in front of her SUV as she starts to back up and turn to drive away from them.

Immediately after she shifts into drive and starts to move forward, the agent standing at the front near the driver's side headlight pulls out a gun and aims it at her. When her SUV moves forward to the right, the agent fires. He continues shooting as the vehicle moves past him. After accelerating, the car crashes into two parked cars and a light pole. The Minneapolis police chief said later she'd been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Do you have a conscience? Do you have a conscience? The shooting happened in a part of the first. city where for weeks people opposed to the ice crackdown have been blowing whistles and blaring car horns to alert their neighbors whenever they see agents nearby. All that noise had drawn some people out to the street. In the videos from the scene, some yell at the officer who fired the shots. Don't let the murderer leave! Don't let the murder leave! In the aftermath, federal officials quickly defended the shooting. This appears as an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents, an act of domestic terrorism.

Christy Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, said the victim had weaponized her vehicle. The ICE officer fearing for his life and the other officers around him and the safety of the public fired defensive shots. President Trump also weighed in, claiming that the victim ran over the agent, willfully and viciously. State and local officials called the administration's framing garbage and propaganda. They are already trying to spin. This is an action of self-defense.

Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly. That is bullshit. Mayor Jacob Fry condemned the shooting as reckless and demanded that ICE leave the city. We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety and you are doing exactly the opposite. This was totally predictable and it was totally avoidable. And Minnesota Governor Tim Walls said the administration's recent decision to ramp up immigration enforcement there, sending in up to 2,000 federal agents, had set the stage for clashes with local residents and potential violence. Yesterday's shooting was the ninth time immigration officers have fired on people in U.S. cities since September.

In all of those cases, the agents fired at people who were in their vehicles, and in each case, the officers claimed self-defense. Last night in the Oval Office. How long do you think you'll be running in Venezuela? A team of Times reporters sat down with President Trump for a wide-ranging interview. Only time we'll tell. Three months, six months a year, longer. I would say much longer than much longer. And we have to rebuild.

You have to rebuild the country. and we will rebuild it in a very profitable way. We're going to be using oil and we're going to be taking oil. Over the course of the two-hour interview, Trump touted his plans for long-term U.S. involvement in Venezuela. We're getting along very well with the administration that is there right now. They're giving us everything that we feel is necessary. The president's comments built on what Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out yet. Yesterday, he detailed what he called a three-phase mission for the U.S. in Venezuela, that includes

selling the country's oil and eventually installing a new government there. And the reason why we understand and believe that we have the strongest leverage possible is our quarantine. As you've seen today, two more ships were seized. Rubio talked up the U.S.'s blockade, where American troops off the coast of Venezuela have been trying to cut off any oil tankers coming or going. Just yesterday, U.S. forces drop from a helicopter to take over one ship near the Caribbean. And in the North Atlantic, way up between Iceland and Scotland, multiple U.S. military planes swooped in on another tanker, helping intercept the ship after it had been on the run for days. Seizing that tanker showed not only how far the

Trump administration is willing to go to enforce the Venezuelan blockade, but it was also a provocative move against Russia. While the ship was fleeing the Coast Guard, the crew had to be able to painted a slap-dash Russian flag on the hole to try and deter the U.S. from approaching it. Russian officials then asked the U.S. to stop its pursuit and even sent a Navy vessel to escort the ship, though it wasn't there when American forces moved in. In the past few days, several other ships from what's known as the shadow fleet of tankers, which transport oil and defiance of global sanctions, have taken on the Russian flag after operating in Venezuelan waters,

potentially setting the stage for future standoffs between the U.S. and Russia. As Secretary of Health and Human Services, my message is clear. Eat real food. Yesterday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a striking reversal of the government's dietary guidelines. He effectively flipped the food pyramid on its head. These new guidelines will revolutionize our nation. nation's food culture and make America healthy again. For years, Americans have been told to avoid eating too much red meat and foods that are high

in fat. But now, steak, cheese, and whole milk are getting a big thumbs up. It's part of what Kennedy says is a push to get Americans to prioritize protein and avoid sugary processed foods. The new guidelines echo some of Kennedy's frequent talking points, like recommending that people cook with beef tallow, which scientific evidence does not support. But on other points, the new guidelines stick closely to mainstream nutrition advice. For example, they still encourage Americans to eat lots of fruits and vegetables. The administration came up with the new

guidelines after Kennedy rejected the recommendations of an expert committee from the Biden administration and hand-picked a new set of advisors who worked on the project in secret. As of Yesterday, the federal government also overhauled its guidance for alcohol consumption. It had previously said men should have no more than two drinks a day, and women should have no more than one. The new advice calls for people to limit alcohol beverages, but sets no clear amount, and no longer warns that alcohol may increase the risk of some cancer. Several public health experts the Times talked with said they were puzzled by the lack of clear-cut amounts, with one saying, the word limit isn't satisfactory. Limit to what?

Adding, quote, you really need to know what it means. And finally, as driverless cars zoom around more and more U.S. cities, operating as taxis, they're finding fans among an unexpected group. parents who just need someone, or it turns out something, to pick up their kids from school or soccer practice or both. The Times talked with parents in Los Angeles who say that sending a robot car has turned out to be the answer for juggling chaotic schedules, even though California law technically prohibits minors from riding in those cars alone. One woman, who's often stuck at work as a social worker, while her husband is busy at his job installing glass,

tried a test run with Waymo after exhausting other options for getting her kids around. She'd tried Uber and Lyft, but those drivers often canceled after discovering they were picking up a kid. Now, her 13-year-old daughter gets met at school by a self-driving taxi. There are still many skeptics of the technology in general. In recent years, Waymos have been documented ignoring flashing lights or breaking other traffic rules. But one dad told the times he thinks of it as safer than any human driver, saying, quote, there's no way I can step on a break as fast as a computer can. And for most parents using Waymo to pick up their kids, the absence of a driver is a selling point. They say they don't have to worry about who their kid is getting in the car

with. For their part, the teenagers don't seem to think it's weird at all, with one 16-year-old telling the times it feels normal. Those are the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. We'll be back tomorrow.