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What message did President Trump convey regarding federal property protection?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. President Trump took to social media with a message for his Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem. Defend federal property, but do not get involved in protests. NPR's Tamara Keith reports.
also wrote that federal agents and even the military will be, quote, extremely powerful and tough in the protection of our federal property. There's a way to read this announcement as a de-escalation cloaked in bluster, since city leaders in Minneapolis and elsewhere have been asking federal immigration agents to leave and stop using force against protesters. Here was Trump on Air Force One.
Honestly, the crime-ridden cities are all Democrat-run cities. And if they want help, they have to ask for it. Because if we go in, all they do is complain. But if they want help, they can ask for it. And they're going to need help.
The practical implications remain unclear. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he expects lawmakers Tuesday will vote on a nearly $1.3 trillion funding bill to fully reopen the federal government. The Senate passed the measure. President Trump says he endorses it. There is one area of disagreement with Democrats. It concerns funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Democrats want reforms to the agency in light of two fatal shootings in Minnesota. Johnson says Republicans will fund all federal agencies and then negotiate with Democrats.
The mask, for example, the additional judicial requirement for a warrant would be a whole other layer of effectively bureaucracy. Remember, the immigration judges have already issued warrants, and that's what the ICE officials are acting upon.
Johnson says the delay in the vote is because some members of Congress are having travel difficulties getting back to Washington. Parts of the eastern United States are once again digging out from a big winter storm. This time, southern areas unaccustomed to a lot of snow. They've been hit hard. NPR's Amy Held reports.
Snow over sand, from Virginia Beach to Myrtle Beach. Several inches fell, making for treacherous driving conditions. Snow topped a foot around Charlotte, North Carolina. Firefighters there successfully fished a pickup truck driver out of a pond after the vehicle lost control, one among hundreds of crashes in the region.
I think it's going to be kind of a historical snow.
Meteorologist Brian Hurley with the National Weather Service says the Arctic air mass entrenched over the eastern U.S. is behind it.
Along the beaches over there in eastern North Carolina, temperatures were in the upper teens last night with the heavy snow. How unusual is that?
Going into this week, the cold will ease in the east, Hurley says, but temperatures will largely still stay stuck below average. Amy Held, NPR News.
The 68th Annual Grammy Awards are tonight in Los Angeles. The music industry to present awards for the best work of the year. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The chief minister of a Pakistani province where separatists are waging an insurgency says security forces have killed more than 145 militants the past two days. This after the militants conducted coordinated attacks across the province. NPR's Dina Hadid reports.
A government official says clearance operations are ongoing against the militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army. In a video sent to media, the militant group claimed to have penetrated the provincial capital Quetta and at least one military position. The brazen attacks spotlight how the Pakistani military is struggling to keep security in the deeply poor, resource-rich province, even as the institution effectively controls government and most levers of power in the country. The Balochistan chief minister told media that dozens of security personnel and civilians were also killed. Pakistan accuses its neighbour and rival, India, of sponsoring the BLA, a charge India denies. The US State Department has condemned the attacks.
Diya Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.
Beginning today, air travelers who do not have what's called a real ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a valid passport, are subject to a new non-refundable $45 charge.
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