Lakshmi Singh

The Dow is now down 94 points at 50,093.

The S&P is up 5.

NASDAQ is off 13 points.

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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is staunchly defending the Justice Department against accusations that it's flouted due process in President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee disputing Bondi's conclusions.

Bondi's also defending the DOJ's handling of documents related to investigations of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Critics accuse the department of failing to fully disclose all documents in compliance with the law.

A grand jury in Washington, D.C.

has rejected an effort by federal prosecutors to indict several Democratic members of Congress.

NPR's Ryan Lucas has the latest.

U.S.

employers added more jobs than forecasters had expected last month, but as NPR's Scott Horsley reports, hiring in 2025 was much weaker than initially reported.

U.S.

stocks continue to trade lower this hour.

We see the Dow Jones Industrial Average now down 45 points at 50,141.

The S&P has fallen six sits at 69.35.

The Nasdaq is down 122 points at 22,979, falling roughly half a percent.

It's NPR News.