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Native America Calling - Monday, January 26, 2026 – Federal officials take aim at tribal government contracts

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says he is taking a “sledgehammer” to a federal program that many tribes and tribal businesses rely on. He is referring to the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program that extends contract priorities to disadvantaged business owners. Hegseth uses words like “fraud” and “scheme” to describe what he says is an outdated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative. His is part of an overall scrutiny of the program by the federal government. Hundreds of Native small businesses have accessed the program over the past 60 years, and some Alaska Native corporations have multi-million dollar contracts.

GUESTS

Jon Panamaroff (Native Village of Afognak), co-chair of the Native American Contractors Association and CEO of Command Holdings

Kevin Allis (Forest County Potawatomi), founder and president of Thunderbird Strategic and former CEO of the National Congress of American Indians

Nick Grube, investigative reporter at Honolulu Civil Beat

 

Break 1 Music: Shawnee Stomp Dance (song) Little Axe Singers (artist) Traditional Voices: Historic Recordings of Traditional Native American Music (album)

Break 2 Music: Mahaha: Tickling Demon (song) PIQSIQ (artist) Legends (album)

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CBS News Roundup - 01/26/2026 | World News Roundup

Millions of Americans get snowed and iced in. Maine plane crash. The weekend shooting death of a Minneapolis man by federal agents. CBS News Correspondent Cami McCormick has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.


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Marketplace All-in-One - ICE’s presence hits small businesses in Minnesota

Following yet another deadly shooting by ICE agents in Minnesota, more than 60 CEOs there have now signed a letter calling on federal, state, and local officials to de-escalate. Some smaller businesses across the state have temporarily closed or reduced hours as employees and customers worry about being stopped or profiled by ICE. Also: Surging precious metal prices hint at investor anxieties, and we look at the economic impact of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Europe bets big on wind

From the BBC World Service: A group of European countries has signed a clean energy pact, committing to build an offshore wind power grid in the North Sea. The agreement is in contrast to the U.S. and President Donald Trump's strong opposition to wind power. Then, gold hit another high. Plus, Peru’s Chinese-funded “mega port” has ambitious plans to become a local and regional hub for Latin America, but is it delivering?

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WSJ Minute Briefing - Fatal ICE Shooting of Minneapolis Nurse Sparks Further Tensions

Plus: A hearing is scheduled for today in Minnesota federal court that seeks to bar Homeland Security and Justice Department officials from destroying or concealing evidence related to this weekend’s shooting. And gold has surged past 5000 dollars for the first time ever - adding to its historic rally. Luke Vargas hosts.


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WSJ What’s News - Pretti Shooting Escalates Standoff Between Federal Agents, Minnesota Officials

A.M. Edition for Jan. 26. Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti marks the second time federal agents killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis in two weeks. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, President Trump declined to say whether the officer who shot Pretti acted appropriately and said his administration was investigating. Plus, we’ll bring you a massive scandal at the very top of China's military leadership. And WSJ’s Joe Wallace explains why gold just can’t seem to lose its lustre. Luke Vargas hosts.


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Marketplace All-in-One - Raising the “speed limit” on AI’s “information highway”

Billions of dollars has been poured into the AI economy in recent years. As part of a new series about what the AI economy means for you, Marketplace Tech is looking at the infrastructure build-out behind the AI boom, starting with a visit to an Amazon Web Service lab in Cupertino, California, where AWS developers are squeezing as much networking efficiency out of their servers as possible for their AI ambitions.

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Headlines From The Times - Minnesotans Protest Against ICE and the Historic Radford Studio Defaults On Its Mortgage

Hundreds of businesses across Minnesota are expected to close on Friday as part of a general strike against the tactics and actions of ICE. New York Times columnist Lydia Polgreen described what she saw in Minneapolis as a "civil war." And after decades of debate, Metro's board unanimously approved plans for a multibillion-dollar underground rail line through the Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, more than 175 million Americans are facing winter weather warnings with a massive storm barreling across the country. And before Ernest Hemingway was discharged in 1961 from St. Marys Hospital in Minnesota, he gave Sister Immaculata his novella "The Old Man and the Sea," inscribing a personal note in it; that book is now in the hands of the Nobel Prize Museum in Sweden for the world to see. In business, an L.A. startup is using SpaceX rocket-engine technology to cool data centers, and the historic Radford Studio Center defaults on its mortgage due to Hollywood's production slowdown. Read more at LATimes.com.

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Up First from NPR - Minnesota ICE Shooting Aftermath, Senate DHS Funding Vote, Icy Weather

Protests and a general strike continue in Minneapolis after federal immigration agents fatally shot 37 year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti during a crackdown, the second ICE related killing in the state this month.
Senate Democrats threaten to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republicans agree to new limits on immigration enforcement, a standoff that could trigger a partial government shutdown.
And across the country, states are digging out from a major winter storm that left deadly ice and snow, widespread power outages, and thousands of canceled flights.

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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Eric Westervelt, Krishnadev Calamur, Alfredo Carbajal, Mohamad ElBardicy and Adam Bearne.

It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas, Ava Pukatch and Christopher Thomas.

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(0:00) Introduction
(01:55) Minnesota ICE Shooting Aftermath
(05:44) Senate DHS Funding Vote
(09:26) Icy Weather

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The Daily - 10 Shots: Federal Agents Kill Another Person in Minnesota

Warning: This episode contains strong language.

Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis resident, on Saturday. It was the second fatal shooting by federal agents in the city during protests against a ramped-up immigration enforcement effort by the Trump administration.

Devon Lum, from the Visual Investigations team, and Ernesto Londoño, who covers the Midwest, explain how the shooting unfolded and what may come next.

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