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July 14, 2026

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A federal immigration officer fatally shot a man in Maine yesterday, the second such killing in a week, as the Department of Homeland Security faces mounting questions about its use of deadly force during enforcement operations. The shooting in the coastal town of Biddeford occurred when an officer fired at a car fleeing the scene, striking a 26-year-old Colombian man who, according to two immigration rights organizations, had valid work authorization documents. Maine Independent Senator Angus King told CNN the man was not the target of the operation and demanded to know why officers were not wearing body cameras. “What were the facts? Did this young man actually try to run over an ICE agent or was he in danger of running over other people in the street?” King said. He added that Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen had assured him the investigation would be “full, fair, and transparent.” The incident comes less than a week after a federal immigration officer shot and killed a man in Houston who DHS initially said had tried to weaponize his vehicle; that man had lived in the U.S. for more than 35 years and was also not the target of the operation. Separately, officials in the Minneapolis area said yesterday that the state’s top investigating agency had taken custody of evidence related to the January shooting death of Renee Good by an ICE officer, including her vehicle

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  • 1 (00:00) **Program Introduction & Host Welcome** - WSJ What’s News AM edition for Tuesday, July 14th, hosted by Daniel Bach.
  • 2 (01:27) **Oil Markets Adapt to a New Reality in the Middle East** - WSJ correspondent Georgi Khanchev reports on market alignment around permanent disruption to shipping via the Strait of Hormuz.
  • 3 (02:43) **Second Deadly ICE Shooting in a Week Raises Questions** - A federal immigration officer fatally shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine, who was not the target of the operation.
  • 4 (04:30) **Data Center Owners Seek to Sell Billions in Equity** - WSJ’s Ben Dummett reports on a major wave of data center stake sales to capitalize on AI demand.
  • 5 (05:35) **New York Governor Enacts First State-Level Data Center Moratorium** - Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order banning large data center construction for up to a year.
  • 6 (06:10) **Chinese Startup DFX Launches AI Chip to Bypass US Sanctions** - WSJ’s Sherry Qin explains how the DF 1000 chip uses a novel architecture to compete without cutting-edge manufacturing.
  • 7 (07:33) **Chinese Export Data Shows Semiconductor Growth** - June exports surged 27%, highlighting the increasing importance of semiconductors as a driver of the country’s economic growth.

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A.M. Edition for July 14. New York becomes the first state to ban data center construction as builders and operators across the U.S. move to cash out and bring private equity in, to pay for even more data centers. Plus, Middle East oil producers and markets align behind the reality that the region’s supply chain may never return to the way it was. And Science of Success columnist Ben Cohen details the company that’s harder to land a job at than getting into Harvard or becoming a NASA astronaut. Daniel Bach hosts.


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