"Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman, the Senate has passed a h...
that will fund federal immigration efforts for three years.
It's worth about $70 billion.
“The Senate debate lasted about 18 hours and, in the end, it was a near-party line”
vote. Democrats tried to add an amendment that would block one of President Trump's priorities. That's to create an early $2 billion fund to pay people who claimed they were targeted by the federal government. But it appears Barbara Sprint says that amendment failed."
There was bipartisan pushback at that anti-weaponization fund. The acting attorney general said it's not going to move forward, which seemed to satisfy senators. But then the President told reporters he didn't actually know if it was scrapped or not. And he said that knowing that there are these Republican senators who are uncomfortable
with the idea. So, this moment for congressional Republicans is about passing this priority after all this time. But it's also a moment where there's this increasing tension in conflict with the White House.
“And I don't think that's stopping anytime soon.”
And beer's Barbara Sprint reporting. Just a week after a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania and armed drone exploded in Romanian port. Terry Schultz says there were no injuries or major damage. The Romanian defense ministry says the naval drone self-detinated mid-morning after being detected
earlier by authorities who closed off the area in the civilian port of Constantinople. While Romanian officials have not yet revealed whether the drone was Russian or Ukrainian, they did confirm it was not one of their own and described it as being of the type used in the war in Ukraine. Romanian President Nikosar Don was on his way to a European union summit with the incident
occurred. And he wrote on X that, quote, "such particularly serious situations are the direct consequences of the war of aggression unleashed by Russia against Ukraine. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen echoed that expressing solidarity with Romania and saying Europe urgently needs more anti-drone capabilities.
“For MPR news, I'm Terry Schultz and Brussels."”
In the US rising mortgage rates are dragging down the spring home buying season. According to the online real estate platform Redfin, New Home listings are declining. And PR Stephen Bissaha reports, sellers are taking their homes off the market. It was expected to be a strong home buying season.
The rich interest rates for 30 year fixed mortgage drop below 6% in February, the first
time in 3.5 years. But the war against Iran increased the cost of borrowing, and this week the mortgage rate is about 6.5%. Real estate business Zillow says sales in May were below where they were a year ago, nearly 3% in housing recovery is back on pause.
Families choosing the stick with renting are seeing the benefits of an apartment construction boom. The retail data company Yoradi Matrix reports the average advertised rent was virtually flat compared to a year earlier. Steve Imbissaha and PR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. And appeals according to Colorado reversed the homicide convictions of two former paramedics and ordered new trials for them. The men were convicted of injecting ketamine into Elijah McClain, a black man who was pinned down by police in 2019.
McClain died after warning them he could not breathe. Federal transportation officials are investigating Atlantis bus and rail transit authority. A woman was stabbed on a martyr train last week and died. From member station W.A.B.E. Lily Oppenheimer reports. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says in addition to looking into the stabbing, they
will also investigate overall risks to those Atlanta martyr riders and workers. Sophia ledges the transit agencies rates of assault, robberies, and rapes for martyr employees and riders is nearly twice the national average.
This investigation comes less than two weeks ahead of the first FIFA World Cup match in
Atlanta. Marta will see a surge in ridership as Atlanta's expected to welcome more than 200,000 fans to the city. In a statement, Marta officials say safety and security is their number one priority and the agency welcomes the opportunity to share that with federal officials.
For NPR News, I'm Lily Oppenheimer in Atlanta. The Stanley Cup final is now tied at one game of peace. It men's pro hockey, the Carolina Hurricanes, came back from a two-gold deficit last night. They defeated the Vegas Golden Knights four to three in overtime. Tonight is also game two in the NBA finals.
The San Antonio Spurs will host the New York Nicks who lead one game to none. This is NPR. This week on the MPR Politics podcast, catch up with the week's big primary election news. How things played out with newly drawn districts in California and an increasingly competitive Senate race in Iowa.
Plus, we unpack the latest redistricting news that may benefit Republicans in the fall. Listen every afternoon to the MPR Politics podcast.
