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Chapter 1: What is the current status of funding for the Department of Homeland Security?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is going to run out at the end of the day today, unless Congress can agree on a funding bill. So far, they can't. Democrats want significant changes to how the Trump administration conducts immigration enforcement.
There is some bipartisan agreement over body cameras for officers, but some Republicans oppose other Democratic demands, such as requiring ICE officers to take off their masks. Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
Democrats are never going to get their full wish list. That's not the way this works. Republicans, for example, will not agree to measures that make it impossible for officers, for law enforcement officers to do their jobs. But Democrats can build on the measures that Republicans have already agreed to if they actually engage in serious negotiations with the White House.
There's no DHS spending agreement yet in sight in Congress. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. He says he thinks Europeans will like what he has to say in his speech tomorrow. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports that Europeans are still reeling from last year's lecture from Vice President J.D. Vance.
When Vance was here, he criticized allies for their immigration and free speech policies, warning that they're putting Western civilization at risk. Secretary Rubio, speaking on the tarmac before flying to Munich, says Europeans want honesty.
The world is changing very fast right in front of us. The old world is gone, frankly, the world I grew up in, and we live in a new era in geopolitics, and it's going to require all of us to sort of reexamine what that looks like and what our role is going to be.
Speaking from outside the conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom says Rubio is more of a diplomat than Vance.
If we grade on the curve, it should be a good speech.
Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Munich. The top antitrust official in the Trump administration is leaving after a year on the job. Gail Slater's departure comes amid internal tensions over some big cases that includes high-profile deals, such as the proposed Netflix takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. NPR's David Folkenflik has more.
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of Secretary Marco Rubio's speech at the Munich Security Conference?
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