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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
Chapter 2: What is the federal government's current stance on immigration enforcement funding?
The federal government's moving closer to a partial shutdown after a majority of senators voted down a funding package today in the wake of anger over the federal immigration enforcement campaign in Minnesota.
NPR's Barbara Sprunt has more. Senate Democrats are refusing to back the package in its current form. They want to see major changes to the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing immigration enforcement actions. The measure needs 60 votes to advance, which means Democrats are critical for any future passage.
Republicans have urged Democrats to negotiate directly with the White House, but neither side has committed to a path forward. Democrats are calling for broad changes to the way DHS agents are carrying out their work. This includes barring them from wearing masks, requiring body cameras, and creating a uniform code of conduct and use of force rules. Agencies will run out of funding after Friday.
Barbara Sprint and Pure News, Washington.
Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, are promising to take their fight to court after the FBI seized 2020 election records yesterday from the county's election hub. Here's Fulton County Chairman Rob Pitts.
Fulton County has been targeted for years because I stood up to Donald Trump's big lie and refused to bend the pressure.
The ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner of Virginia, is questioning why the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was on site involving what appears to be a local matter. But a senior Trump administration official says Gabbard has a pivotal role in election security and protecting elections against interference.
Despite President Trump's insistence the 2020 election was rigged, courts and election officials said there was no evidence of that. For months, the administration has offered little information on how much the president's National Guard deployments in American cities have cost.
But as NPR's Juliana Kim tells us, congressional budget analysts now say these operations are on pace to surpass $1 billion this year.
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