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Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones at an air base in Saudi Arabia, and P.R.'s
“Jaina Rapp reports at least 12 U.S. service members were wounded in the attack, five of”
them, seriously. Iran fired multiple missiles and dozens of drones in the attack on the Prince Sultan Air Base. In what appeared to be a significant breach of U.S. air defenses, according to military experts.
U.S. employers quoted unidentified U.S. officials as saying in addition to injuries, several U.S. refueling tankers were damaged in the attack. Iran released Chinese satellite photos of what appeared to be burning aircraft at the base. It's at two of the tankers, which refuel fighter jets in the air, were destroyed and others
damaged. Iran launched the attack after Israeli strikes on the country's biggest steel plants. China, Raff, and Phearnews, among House Republicans are rejecting a Senate bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, keeping parts of the agency in limbo.
“The Senate version left out new immigration enforcement funding, a key demand for the GOP.”
House Democratic leader, Hawkeem Jeffrey, says enforcement, should focus on violent offenders, not families. Immigration enforcement should focus on violent felons, who are in this country illegally, not target law-abiding immigrant families, or brutalize, and in some cases kill American citizens.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is blasting the Senate bill. This gambit that was done last night is a joke. I'm quite convinced that it can't be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill. Young stand-off has led to long security lines at U.S. airports, President Trump last
night signed an executive order to ensure TSA agents are paid after working more than a month without a check.
“Ten people have filed claims and federal court against the Department of Homeland Security,”
saying the agency violated their constitutional rights. NPR's Mag Anderson reports the claim stem from President Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign in Minnesota this year.
The people who filed these federal tort claims alleged their first amendment rights were
violated, while protesting the Ice Surge in Minnesota. At a press conference civil rights attorney John Burris detailed some of what they say they experienced. "We have people who are like dragged out of the car and were being tazard, who have been punched to hand their heads, pushed against the sidewalks, picked at various times.
Those are unconstitutional use of forces." Burris, who represented Rodney King against the LAPD in the early '90s, says he expects more people to come forward. The federal government must now respond to or deny the federal court claims, mag Anderson and Pianus.
This is NPR. A pro-Aranian hacking group claims that breached in a count linked to FBI director Cash Patel. The group says it released photos, a resume, and other personal documents. Officials say the material appears to be old and does not involve government information
and investigation is ongoing. Thousands of protesters are expected to march against the far right in London today. Vicky Barker has more. Organizations as diverse as Amnesty International at the British Medical Association are joining faith groups, union leaders and refugee charities at the march.
Joe Grady, head of the UCU Academics Union urging its 120,000 members to attend. Organizers are hoping for a record turnout in London's Trafalgar Square, six months after the far right anti-immigrant activist Tommy Robinson drew more than 100,000 supporters to the same place. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London.
Crew members for Artemis II have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking
a major step toward the first lunar mission in more than 50 years.
The launch was delayed for two months due to fuel leaks and other technical issues. NASA now says lift off could happen as early as Wednesday. It would be the first crewed mission to fly by the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. This is NPR News.
