Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor, Johnston.
President Trump is threatening to send federal immigration agents to U.S. airports starting
“Monday if lawmakers fail to come up with a plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security.”
Critics are blasting the move arguing that ICE agents are not trained for standard airport screening roles. The partial government shutdown has left TSA officers working without pay for more than a month, which is led to long lines and staffing shortages at airports nationwide. In the meantime, tech billionaire Elon Musk has offered to pay their salaries. Another altum madeum from President Trump last night, he said the U.S. would "a blitterade"
Iran's power plan, so if it doesn't open the state of Hormuz within 48 hours. The conflict in the Middle East is entering its fourth week, and PR's Emily Fang reports Tehran continues to launch missiles in the region, as U.S. and Israeli strikes hit Iran. A spokesperson affiliated with Iran's security branches said if the U.S. targeted Iran's energy infrastructure, it would target water desalination, energy, and information infrastructure
“owned by the U.S. In the Gulf, Saudi Arabia said it intercepted one of three Iranian missiles”
fired at it overnight. The United Arab Emirates said it was responding to Iranian drones and missiles. Speaking from Saudi Arabia, the leaders from Arab and Muslim countries are meeting Turkey's Foreign Minister warned that Gulf may be forced to retaliate against Iran, so far Gulf countries have expelled Iranian diplomats, but they have not intervened militarily in the conflict. To Iran and missiles also hit southern Israel overnight, and dream more than 120 people.
Emily Fang and PR News van Turkey. Yes, prices continue to rise across the U.S. Kevin Losevic, who lives in Scranton, Pennsylvania, says he sees gas prices as part of a wider trend. "You know, everything is just so ridiculously high, people can't afford to live." You know, it's really bad.
“According to AAA, the National average is about 394 per gallon, almost $1.00 more than a month ago,”
gas prices in California are the highest, topping more than $5 a gallon.
A powerful storm continues to move across Hawaii, Hawaii Public Radio's Bill Dorman reports.
Hawaii Governor Josh Green calls it the worst flooding in 20 years to hit the state, and estimates damages already around $1 billion in counting. The storm system slammed a Wahoo Friday night in Saturday, swamping houses, cars, and power lines, and forcing the evacuation of more than 5,000 people. Now, the flash flooding and the evacuations are moving east across the island chain to Maui.
Power is out to more than 8,000 customers across the islands. The vast majority of them on the most popular island of Oahu. For NPR News, I'm Bill Dorman in Honolulu. This is NPR News in Washington. The charities save the children is mourning that clinics in Sudan could soon run out of medical supplies.
Michael Coloki reports the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is disrupting shipments. According to the charity, dozens of health facilities in Sudan that serve hundreds of thousands of patients rely on saved the children for their health care requirements. The charity said its consignments of medical supplies are stuck in ports into buy due to a disruption in delivery as the U.S. Israel war against Iran and its proxies continues.
Fighting in Sudan between the paramilitary group that are being supported forces or RSF, and the Sudanese armed forces has been going on for almost three years now. The UN has warned that country's health system is at the brink of collapse. Adding that the action against Iran is putting a strain on humanitarian supply chains with areas like sub-Saharan Africa among the most affected.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Coloki in Nairobi.
Cuba is once again in the dark after its entire power grid collapsed for the third time this month.
State officials report a widespread blackout across the island but haven't yet identified a cause. The outages come as the government struggles with aging infrastructure, fuel shortages, and a lack of maintenance. Authorities say crews are working to restore electricity, but there's no clear timeline for when power will be fully back online. In recent years, blackouts have become increasingly common across Cuba,
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