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NPR's Ximena Bustillo says Democrats are calling for reforms like body cameras, no face masks for officers, and transparent investigations into officer misconduct.

Government funding expires at midnight.

A short-term shutdown, though, at least through the weekend, is possible until lawmakers in the House and Senate vote.

Independent journalist Don Lemon has been taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles.

The arrest comes after the former CNN anchor covered a protest inside of a church in Minnesota last week against the federal government's immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

A pastor of the church is a nice official.

Lemon's attorney calls the arrest an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment.

A second independent journalist who was at the church protest live-streamed on Facebook today.

Georgia Fort said federal agents were at her door with an arrest warrant.

A federal court has struck down the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A judge dismissed a federal murder charge against him in New York today, ruling the charge was technically flawed.

The judge left in place stalking charges that carry up to life in prison.

Mangione pleaded not guilty to federal...

and state charges.

Thompson was shot while walking into a hotel in Manhattan in 2024.

The U.S.

continues to step up pressure on the Cuban government.

NPR's Ada Peralta reports the White House is now threatening tariffs on any country that sends oil to the island.

This is NPR.

A major food distributor has recalled a wide-ranging list of popular food products across three states.