NPR News: 09-03-2026 10PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. An ICE officer charged with making false statements about shooting a Venezuelan immigrant a Minneapolis has turned himself in and is now in federal custody. A source familiar with the matter, but not authorized to speak publicly, says Christian Castro has an initial court appearance tomorrow. Impires Jimena Bustillo has more. The charges represent a rare moment in the Justice Department taking action against immigration officers for their actions and tactics while conducting arrests. Authorities say he fired his weapon through a closed door and shot a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg. Officer Castro initially claimed under oath that he had been attacked, but surveillance footage appeared to contradict his claim. Castro also faces state-level charges in Minnesota. Federal immigration officers have been involved in more than two dozen shootings during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Jimena Bustillo and P.R. News, Washington. The main leader of Venezuela's political opposition says she is, quote, deeply concerned

1:02about the oil deal between the U.S. government and the authoritarian regime in Venezuela that she wants to replace. John Otis has more. The agreement would give the U.S. government majority control over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves. It was signed by Venezuela's acting president Delce Rodriguez. She was vice president for authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, who was ousted by U.S. troops in January and has refused to call new presidential elections. That's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in a video on social media. She's made efforts to forge ties with the Trump administration, but says that only a freely elected government can provide guarantees to foreign investors and bring about strong economic growth. For M.P.R. News, I'm John Otis. After six days of deliberations, jurors remain deadlocked in the murder trial of Lindsey Clancy, the Massachusetts woman who strangled her three children.

2:04From member station W.B.U.R. Pianca de L. McCloskey reports it appears one juror is alone hold out. Clancy's defense attorney Kevin Rennington argued unsuccessfully to have one member of the jury dismissed for, he says, not following the judges' instructions on the standard for a conviction. If we come back here with a mistrial because of a juror that has just spurned the instructions of this court, it's ashamed. Judge William Sullivan called jurors into the courtroom for detailed instructions on the meaning of reasonable doubt. He's expected to address the hold out juror issue on Friday. Clancy admitted to killing her children, but her lawyer argues she's not criminally responsible because she was suffering from psychosis. The court's return to deliberations Friday morning. For NPR News, I'm Pianca de L. McCloskey. This is NPR News. The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would strip private schools and colleges

3:06of their tax exempt status if they provided targeted help to students based on their race. That significantly escalates the White House's campaign to eradicate diversity programs directed at Black, Hispanic, and other minority students. The Treasury Department and the IRS proposed the change today in a regulation that's broadly aimed at ending any measures that help students because of their race, including benefits in admissions, scholarships, and facilities. In video, the maker of some of the most in-demand chips for AI is buying the company at the heart of the boom that hosts open source AI models. Here's John Ruich reports it's called hugging face, and Nvidia says the acquisition will make AI more open and accessible. Hugging face is sometimes called the get hub of AI. It's a platform where people can build, share, and run open source AI models, and it was propelled into the headlines in July when it got hacked by autonomous AI agents from open AI, triggering a wave of concern about human control over artificial intelligence.

4:09Now Nvidia says it's buying hugging face for $12.9 billion with a plan to grow the platform. Nvidia has touted its support for open source AI as opposed to proprietary models like those run by anthropic Google, open AI, and others. Nvidia says open models help keep AI advancement safe and secure, and it says hugging face will remain an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem. John Ruich, NPR News. And I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington. Canada and Terra of Savannah's Waila and Oil, the war in Iran, these are big complicated stories, and they're changing fast. To stay ahead, start your day with Up First from NPR. New episodes are available each week day when you wake up, so when new shifts overnight, you always have the latest info. Up first on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.