Janine Herbst

The number of people filing for first-time unemployment benefits jumped last week.

The Labor Department says claims rose 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 231,000, much more than economists were expecting.

This comes a day after payroll processor ADP's reports showed a sharp slowdown in private industry hiring.

The government's monthly report for January, which is a broader measure,

was scheduled to come out tomorrow, but it has now been delayed until next week because of the partial government shutdown.

I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

A new NPR-PBS News Marist poll shows President Trump's immigration and enforcement tactics are widely unpopular.

Two-thirds say federal law enforcement agents have gone too far, and that's up significantly since last summer.

61 percent disapprove of ICE, and 62 percent think it's making Americans less safe.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro has more.

and Piers Domenico Montanaro.

This comes on the heels of the shooting deaths of two U.S.

citizens by ICE agents in Minneapolis.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologized to victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Starmer's name isn't in the Epstein files, but the name of a man he appointed as former ambassador to the U.S.

appears more than 5,000 times, and that's raising questions about Starmer's judgment.

And Piers Lauren Frayer has more from London.

The Trump administration proposal to end the government's Energy Star efficiency program has failed.

NPR's Jeff Brady reports President Trump's proposed budget would have zeroed out the program, but instead Congress has increased funding.