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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Trump administration is expanding a longstanding policy that restricts foreign aid from funding organizations that support abortion abroad. As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, the policy now also targets what the administration calls gender ideology and DEI.
Vice President J.D. Vance announced the new rule at the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. on Friday. Now we're expanding this policy to protect life, to combat DEI and the radical gender ideologies that prey on our children. Groups abroad already don't get taxpayer money if they support abortion. The expanded rule means organizations also wouldn't get money if they focus on certain groups, including transgender people or specific ethnic groups. As the U.S. foreign aid budget shrinks, advocates worry aid groups may preemptively stop serving some of these marginalized populations to preserve their funding. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
A vast network of labor unions, progressive organizations, and clergy called on Minnesotans to stay away from work, school, and stores in a massive protest of President Trump's immigration crackdown today. Organizers say more than 700 businesses closed. Federal law enforcement officers have repeatedly squared off with community members and activists in recent weeks. Guy Hammond from St.
What new foreign aid policies did the Trump administration announce?
Paul says people who support ICE are on the wrong side of history.
It's made me angry. It made me feel like I got to do something. And I feel like there's people who are scared to go outside and people who aren't being targeted. I feel like there's an obligation for those people to stand up for those who are being targeted. So I'm just here to show my support for my neighbors.
Meanwhile, an Army battalion in Fort Carson, Colorado, has received a prepare to deploy order to Minnesota. That's according to an official not authorized to speak publicly. President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, which allows a president to deploy the military domestically. Military units from North Carolina and Alaska have also been told to prepare to deploy to Minnesota. More than 170 million Americans from Colorado to Maine are bracing for heavy snow or ice. As NPR's Brian Mann reports, officials in New York are deploying thousands of plow trucks.
At a press conference, Mayor Zoran Mamdani warned New York City's eight-plus million residents to brace for a whopper, possibly the biggest snowfall in half a decade.
New York City, this is the calm before the storm.
Like other cities in the East, New York City has expanded services and shelters for homeless residents. The city's sanitation crews will also shift over to snow removal on the roads.
We're going to see thousands of DSNY collection trucks and agency partners transformed into the nation's largest snow fighting operation.
Half a dozen governors, including New York's Kathy Hochul, have declared states of emergency ahead of the storm. Officials are urging people to prepare supplies and avoid travel whenever possible. Brian Mann, NPR News, New York.
The S&P 500 closed with little change today, notching a second straight week with a modest loss. It's NPR. Labor unions in Los Angeles are gearing up for the 2028 Summer Olympics by planning strategically timed strikes to win better wages and benefits. The unions are inspired by successful strikes during the Paris Games. Los Angeles recently approved a $30 minimum wage for hotel workers by 2028, despite pushback from business groups concerned about the impact on tourism. Supporters of Venezuela's former president, Nicolás Maduro, marched through the streets of Caracas today as the nation celebrated the day its democracy was founded. Manuel Rueda reports from Caracas.
I'm outside a metro station in Caracas where hundreds of people have gathered for a pro-government protest to demand the liberation of Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores.
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