Chapter 1: What are the impacts of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown on travelers?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Travelers could face delays at U.S. airports after the Department of Homeland Security shut down this weekend. The agency includes Transportation Security Administration agents who are now working without pay. Travel groups warn the longer the shutdown lasts, the more likely travelers are to see longer security lines and delays.
New York Congressman Andrew Garbarino says the partial shutdown is also impacting other critical agencies.
It's Secret Service, FEMA, CISA, who's a cybersecurity agency, as well as the TSA officials that work at our airports, Coast Guard. They are all going to go to work without being paid. And the shutdown, the way it is now, I actually think makes our country less safe.
Members of Congress left Washington without a deal on Friday. Lawmakers remain deadlocked over reforms to how federal immigration agents carry out their duties. Police in Toronto say hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets this weekend to demand regime change in Iran.
Dan Karpinchuk reports Canadians called for their government to recognize Iran's exiled crown prince as the country's leader.
Police expected 200,000 demonstrators, but as the protest got underway, that estimate nearly doubled to become one of Toronto's largest protests in recent months. It was part of a global day of action called by Reza Pahlavi, Iran's exiled crown prince, as similar rallies took place in major cities around the world.
The largely peaceful protest in Toronto caused major road closures, transit delays and gridlock. Many protesters draped themselves in the flag Iran used before the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Protesters could also be heard chanting King Reza Pahlavi. Organizers say they want to raise awareness of the revolution and get non-Iranians involved and to show people in Iran they stand with them.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto.
The U.S. will participate in a World Health Organization meeting about flu later this month. That's even though the Trump administration pulled out of the WHO this year. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports U.S. scientists will help design next year's flu shot.
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Chapter 2: What recent protests in Toronto are calling for regime change in Iran?
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