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Want to set goals that you'll actually stick to in 2026?
You want to accept yourself in the situation you're in,
but you also want to expect more from yourself and say, what are the ways that I can grow?
This week, how to design and plan your year on the LifeKit podcast.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Governor Tim Walls and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey obstructed federal immigration enforcement.
State Attorney General Keith Ellison says the probe sends a dangerous message.
When powerful leaders use it and weaponize it against people who are just doing their jobs.
As their voters elected them to do, that's a very sad day in America.
Both Walls and Frey are pushing back, calling the investigation an intimidation tactic.
Nearly 3,000 federal agents have been deployed to Minnesota to arrest immigrants without legal status and investigate alleged fraud.
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a statement on Friday saying no one is above the law.
Immigration Customs Enforcement is now the highest funded U.S.
law enforcement agency, but as NPR's Bill Chappell reports,
there are questions about how the Department of Homeland Security is using that money.
Last summer, President Trump's spending and policy package,
what he dubbed his big beautiful bill, gave ICE an extra $75 billion.
It's larger than the annual budget of all other federal law enforcement agencies combined.