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NPR News: 02-08-2026 1PM EST

08 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.807 - 18.597 Nora Rahm

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. The government is heading toward another partial shutdown unless lawmakers make a deal on funding for the Department of Homeland Security. But the top House Democrat says the negotiations have stalled. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.

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Chapter 2: What are the latest updates on the Department of Homeland Security funding negotiations?

18.577 - 40.724 Luke Garrett

Democrats demand changes to DHS after its agents killed two Minnesotans in January. Minority leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries want a requirement for judicial warrants, better identification for DHS officers, and new use of force standards. Last week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune called the demands, quote, unrealistic. And Jeffries tells CNN this Sunday the two sides aren't talking.

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Unfortunately, we haven't heard back from the White House or Mike Johnson or Speaker or Leader Thune in terms of the demands that we've put on the table.

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The DHS funding deadline is midnight Friday. Its agencies like the Coast Guard, the TSA, and FEMA would be affected if funding lapses. Meanwhile, DHS's mass deportation agenda would still have money to operate despite the shutdown. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.

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66.738 - 96.357 Nora Rahm

A vigil was held in Minneapolis last night for Renee Macklin Good, one of the two U.S. citizens killed by federal immigration officers. I believed in solid ground until I saw the earth. A rabbi read a statement by Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good. It said people in Minneapolis stand up for each other, even in the middle of grief.

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Russian authorities say they've detained a suspect in Friday's shooting of a senior military intelligence officer who survived the attack. It was the latest in a series of apparent assassination attempts of high-ranking military officials. NPR's Charles Maines reports from Moscow.

114.899 - 133.7 Charles Mainz

Russia's Federal Security Service said a Russian citizen had been detained in Dubai on suspicion of carrying out the attack on Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, who was now in custody in Moscow. Alexeyev, who serves as first deputy head of Russia's GRU military intelligence service, was shot three times in his apartment building in Moscow Friday morning.

133.76 - 153.532 Charles Mainz

He's since undergone surgery and is expected to survive. Russian authorities claim the apparent assassin was working for Ukrainian intelligence, a charge Kiev has denied in this case. Since beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine has claimed responsibility for the assassination of several senior Russian officers, including in the Russian capital.

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Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.

156.538 - 179.854 Nora Rahm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he'll meet on Wednesday in Washington with President Trump. to discuss U.S. negotiations with Iran on Iran's nuclear program. Netanyahu says any negotiations with Iran must include limitations on its ballistic missiles and an end to its support of militant proxy groups in the region. This is NPR News in Washington.

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