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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
What military actions is the U.S. taking in the Mideast?
The USS Gerald Ford is on its way to the Mideast as President Trump continues a buildup of military assets in the region. The world's largest aircraft carrier will join other warships as Trump continues to say he may take military action against Tehran. Trump is demanding that Iran cut back its nuclear program and make other changes. Funding has officially lapsed for a critical part of the government, the Department of Homeland Security. That's after Congress left town on Thursday without a deal to fund the department and limit the tactics of federal immigration officers. NPR's Sam Greenglass has more.
Congressional Democrats have been trading offers with the White House, but top lawmakers say the negotiations are nowhere close to producing an agreement. So lawmakers left for a week-long recess with both parties pointing fingers over the slow movement of the talks. Democrats have refused to fund DHS without policy changes after immigration officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. In the meantime, enforcement operations will continue despite the shutdown, thanks to tens of billions of dollars Congress approved for ICE last year. DHS also houses the Coast Guard, an agency responsible for cybersecurity, disaster response, and airport security. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
Journalist Don Lemon and four activists entered not guilty pleas Friday to federal charges of disrupting services at a Minnesota church. An immigration and customs enforcement official serves on the ministry team there. Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports.
Don Lemon, journalist Georgia Fort, and a group of activists are facing civil rights charges for a January 18th demonstration at City's Church in St. Paul. Protest leader Nikima Levy-Armstrong says she'll continue to speak out against what she calls the church's hypocrisy. A city's church attorney says the First Amendment does not protect actions that violate the sanctity of a sanctuary.
That's Matt Sepik with our report. There was an unexpected result in the men's figure skating competition Friday at the Winter Olympics in Milan. The reigning world champion and overwhelming favorite, Ilya Malinin of the U.S., fell twice and failed to win a medal.
How is the government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security?
Steve Futterman was at the Milano Arena.
It is without doubt one of the biggest shocks in Olympic history. Ilya Malinin was virtually given the gold medal before the Olympics. This was supposed to be a coronation, but he just had a horrible free skate. He fell twice. He completed only three of his seven planned quadruple jumps. And when it was over, he didn't win gold. He didn't win silver or bronze. He ended up in eighth place. The gold medal goes to Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan. Ilya Malinin may still be the best in the world, but he's not an Olympic champion. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.
Stocks closed mixed on Friday, and you're listening to NPR News. The U.S. military says it's carried out another strike on a vessel it says was trafficking drugs in the Caribbean. In a statement, the U.S. Southern Command said the boat was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes. It said the strike killed three people. This latest attack raises the death toll from the Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug boats to 133 people. And Indian National has pleaded guilty in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate a political activist in New York City. The intended target was a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
The defendant, Nikhil Gupta, pleaded guilty to three charges. Murder for hire, conspiracy to commit murder for hire, and money laundering. He entered his plea in federal court in Manhattan. An Indian government official also has been indicted in the case but is not in custody. The target of the plot was Guptatwat Singh Panoon, a New York-based attorney and Sikh separatist who advocates for a Sikh homeland independent from India. In a statement provided to NPR, Panoon says Gupta's guilty plea is confirmation that the Indian government orchestrated the murder-for-hire scheme on U.S.
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