Vanessa Romo
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first heard Nov 2025
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She says what started out as a one-off acquisition snowballed into a legacy.
Vanessa Romo, NPR News, Leavenworth, Washington.
The two-story jewel of whimsy and obsession is called the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum.
It houses more than 9,000 handcrafted nutcrackers.
And presiding over it all is Arlene Wagner, who just celebrated her 101st birthday.
She says she's been collecting all manner of nutcrackers since 1976.
And in 1995, with a collection of 7,000, she and her husband thought it was time to share it with the public.
Wagner traces it back to the nutcracker she got when she ran a ballet company that was performing, well, you know.
She says what started out as a one-off acquisition snowballed into a legacy.
Vanessa Romo, NPR News, Leavenworth, Washington.
In a post on X Friday, Director of U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services Joseph Edlow says the agency has halted all asylum decisions.
President Trump vented his anger over the shooting on Truth Social late Thursday night.
In a post, the president said his administration would, quote, end all federal benefits and subsidies to non-citizens and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States.
He also falsely alleged that refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America.
He went on to blame immigrants for crime and using federal benefits, and he called out legal green card holders for getting government support.
Trump promised to permanently pause migration from what he called third world countries.
Vanessa Romo, NPR News.
The shooting has prompted a slew of anti-immigration statements from President Trump.
And almost immediately following the shooting, he said that he wants to, quote,
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