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NPR News: 02-13-2026 7AM EST

13 Feb 2026

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What are the latest updates on the Department of Homeland Security funding?

0.368 - 19.609 Corva Coleman

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. The Department of Homeland Security will partially shut down late tonight unless Congress can agree on a funding bill. The Senate failed yesterday to advance one. Democrats are demanding major changes to immigration enforcement. This comes after federal agents shot and killed two Minneapolis protesters last month.

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is asking state residents to stay vigilant while the federal government withdraws immigration officers from the state. President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, says the drawdown is happening because federal officials were able to get unprecedented cooperation from state and local law enforcement.

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He says that federal officers now have more access to undocumented people held in county jails. But Minnesota Public Radio's Estelle T. Marr-Wilcox reports the specifics of Homan's claim are unclear.

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51.635 - 65.538 Estelle T. Marr-Wilcox

The officials we've heard from say they've had productive talks with Homan, but several county sheriffs say they didn't change any enforcement policies. So we're yet to see if county jails really do start giving ICE that increased access, as Homan mentioned.

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65.558 - 82.324 Corva Coleman

As still, T. Mark Wilcox reporting. A landmark social media trial against social media platforms Instagram and YouTube continues today in Los Angeles. NPR's Bobby Allen reports... A jury is weighing whether the platforms were designed to addict young people.

82.685 - 99.006 Bobby Allen

Meta and Google have told jurors social media is not clinically addictive. Packing the courtroom are grieving parents whose children have died from self-harm the parents linked to social media use. Like Ellen Room, who traveled from England. She comes to court with a framed photo of her 14-year-old son, Jules.

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This is massive. If we can prove the product is faulty, where children are kept on their platforms for hours, but the constant algorithms and constant continuous scroll, they're being fed harmful material.

110.358 - 123.812 Bobby Allen

The trial is a test case for more than a thousand other pending cases blaming social media apps for addictive design features. Meta says it's long prioritized child safety. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify next week. Bobby Allen, NPR News, Los Angeles.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to northern British Columbia today. He'll attend a vigil for this week's mass shooting in Western Canada. Eight people were killed by a shooter who officials say died by suicide. Dan Karpinchuk reports.

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