Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of serious inhalations in the U.S. legally
are set to expire, meaning they could face deportation any day now.
“But is Haiti safe to return to, George Shilcock of Member Station WOSU has more?”
By most accounts, no. The Trump administration even had mixed guidance on this debate between its agencies. If you ask the Department of Homeland Security, they say conditions have improved sufficiently to support the return of Haitian nationals. However, the U.S. Secretary of State's Office considers Haiti unsafe to travel to,
and notes commercial flights from the U.S. to the country's capital, border prints are suspended. George Shilcock, reporting. This follows the Supreme Court ruling last month that cleared the way for the Trump administration to end TSP status for people from both of those countries. A new report is warning that the Trump administration's slashing of the federal workplace
has hurt the government's ability to keep producing reliable statistics about the nation's population and economy. And here's Hansi Lowong reports, many agencies are facing historic staffing losses.
“Compared to the start of last year, the federal government has fewer sasticians and other”
experts working on the official numbers at track inflation, public health and other parts of life in the U.S. According to a report by the American Statistical Association, most of the dozen or so major
statistical agencies have lost at least one-third of their workers and many leadership positions
are unfilled. The report warns it will take years to rebuild the expertise needed to keep up regular releases of reliable statistics in the future. A recent Trump administration policy is also racing concerns. It bans a Census Bureau from using a type of data privacy protection that the administration
says has been used indiscriminately and undermined confidence in the U.S. statistics. Experts say the ban could reduce the amount of statistics about local communities that the Bureau can put out from the national headcount and government surveys on Zee Lowong and Phearnews.
“Stocks in South Korea and Japan plummeted, driven by a sell-off in some conductor stocks.”
And here, say Wungang reports concerns about massive investments in artificial intelligence continue while China threatens to expand market share. South Korea's benchmark index Cospi fell nearly 11% to a 3 month low, while Japan's Nikkei index lost almost 4%. Leading chipmakers Samsung and Eski Heinix of South Korea and Kyuk-Sia in Japan also
a double digit drop in their stock price. This follows a sell-off on the Wall Street in tech stocks and a market drop in the Philadelphia semiconductor index. Investors are worried whether the heavy spending on AI will be sustainable. Meanwhile, China's memory chip company Changshin surpassed Intel in market capitalization
on its first day of listing and raised more than 8 billion dollars.
Sailing Gung in Phearnews solar. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Federal Aviation Administration says hundreds of seats on Boeing 737 max jets were installed incorrectly and they need to be fixed because passengers could be injured in an emergency landing. The FAA says this applies to more than 450 Boeing 737 max jets registered in the U.S., but
didn't say whether international operators are also affected. Two of those Boeing jets crashed in 2019, killing a total of 346 people, Boeing admitted responsibility for those crashes and reached an agreement with the Justice Department to avoid criminal prosecution in those cases. The stage version of Prince's film and album Purple Rain is coming to Broadway next year,
the show debuted in Prince's hometown of Minneapolis last year as Jeff London reports. Next spring will be a very busy time for new musicals. Lin-Manwell Miranda's Warriors is scheduled to open as well as the London hit Paddington. Add to that list, Purple Rain, which features some of Prince's greatest songs, including "When Dubs Cry" and "The Tidal Toon."
Along the way, the show has picked up a new director, Sahim Ali, and bookwriter Peter Duchen. The music is being supervised by Prince's bandmates, Bobby Z and Morris Hayes. The show opens on April 12th, 2027. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York. And I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Nobody can freehand a pinstripe. I'm Jesse Thorne on Bulls Eye, the legendary artist due to Chicago Gibbs' me, the business for asking her about painting freehand. Do you ever heard about masking tape? 16th inch and masking tape, oh my god.
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