Kat Lonsdorf

Tamara Keith, NPR senior White House correspondent covering presidential decisions and cultural controversies. Kat Lonsdorf, Minneapolis reporter on local impacts of federal immigration operations. Luke Garrett, congressional reporter on shutdown and funding fights. They discuss the partial government shutdown and DHS negotiations. They cover the judicial ruling allowing Minneapolis immigration operations to continue. They detail plans to close the Kennedy Center for a large renovation.

Kat Lonsdorf, an NPR reporter focused on local responses to federal immigration actions, discusses the DOJ investigation into Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. Joanna Kakissis, reporting from Kyiv, highlights the brutal winter conditions facing Ukrainians due to energy strikes, revealing the impact on civilian life. Corey Turner shares insights from a Brookings study on the dangers of generative AI, warning it can hinder children's critical thinking and social-emotional development, emphasizing a need for better regulations.

Jude Joffe-Block, an NPR reporter on power and influence, and Kat Lonsdorf, an NPR immigration reporter, break down DHS tracking of not only deportation targets but U.S. citizens who oppose the agency. They describe surveillance tools like license plate readers, data consolidation and contractors, subpoenas to unmask critics, and the chilling effects on public speech.