Live from NPR News in Washington, on Ryland Barton, Israel and Lebanon have a...
a ceasefire.
“The agreement is contingent upon succession of fire by the militant group Hezbollah,”
and the evacuation of Hezbollah from certain areas in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah has not yet said whether it will abide by the agreement. This week, Iran said it stopped communicating with mediators, brokering a ceasefire with the U.S. because of Israel's incursion into Lebanon. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has wrapped up two days of congressional hearings. Protesters shouted free Palestine and one Senator pressed Rubio about Israeli violence in
the West Bank. His NPR's Michelle Kalman reports. Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkle is sounding the alarm about Jewish settlers attacking Palestinians in the West Bank, saying they're trying to separate Palestinian villagers from their farms and sources of water.
Secretary Rubio tells the Senator that he's raised concerns about this repeatedly with the Israeli government. And it's already a tender box over there. The last thing we need is to throw one more match into that fire.
“And that's the point we've made to them repeatedly on the West Bank.”
I appreciate you making that point. And I encourage us to press that very hard because it's a very unjust situation. Senator Merkle says the U.S. should also press Israel to allow international journalists into Gaza, Michelle Kalman, and B.R. News, the State Department. David Venturella is the new acting director of immigration and customs enforcement as
NPR's MEG Anderson reports. He's a former executive of the private prison company, G.O. Group. About a third of immigrant detainees are in a facility run by G.O. Group.
In 2025, G.O. Group's profits soared nearly 700 percent from the year before.
Scott Schughart was a top official at ICE under President Biden. He says the level of influence G.O. Group has in the detention industry is concerning. They are absolutely hand in glove when G.O. comes in for a meeting. It feels like a fraternity reunion. He says that raises questions about potential conflicts of interest in a statement that
Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, told NPR that David Venturella is a veteran government official who abides by all ethics requirements. Megan Anderson and Pyrenees. The crowded race to replace Democratic Governor Gavin News soon is looking like it could come down to Democrat Javier Bissera and Republican Steve Hilton.
Laura Fitzgerald from member station cap radio in Sacramento has more. You might not expect a Republican to be in the lead here in California, but here most races are a top two primary, meaning the two candidates who get the most votes in the primary end up advancing to the general election, regardless of what party they're in. And more Democrats were running, meaning they'd each get a smaller percentage of the vote.
Javier Bissera is leading the pack of Democrats in the race. He's got a lengthy political career, kind of a fixture of California's Democratic establishment. Lord Fitzgerald from member station cap radio reporting, this is NPR. The U.S. government has granted a visa to Wudensky Pierre, the only member of Haiti's national soccer team living in the Caribbean country.
He was waiting permission to travel for the World Cup, teammates arrived last week to
start preparing. This is only the second time Haiti is qualified for the World Cup.
Pierre has been training in portal prints while awaiting the visa. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating claims that Arizona State University is discriminating against some students using surreptitious diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for member station KJZZ Wayne Shotsky reports. The department says the investigation was prompted by viral videos that show ASU may be denying
equal treatment to students based on race, color, or national origin. The department did not specify which videos it was referring to.
“But earlier this year, a conservative watchdog published secret recordings, a faculty”
members talking about the ways they promote inclusivity while following new rules designed to block DEI policies. At the time, an ASU spokesperson denied the University engaged in discrimination. The Department of Education previously threatened to strip federal funding from schools and universities that did not end a race-based decision-making.
But a judge struck down those policies last year. For NPR News, I'm Wayne Shotsky in Phoenix. A series of bizarre sightings of people popping out of New York's vast sewer system has the city wondering what's going on. Videos show groups of people entering and exiting the sewers at night in the burrows of
Queen of Brooklyn and Queens. Police said they don't believe there's any threat to public safety after conducting a thorough sweep. The city department of environmental protection stressed that entering the sewers is illegal and extremely dangerous.
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