NPR News: 03-22-2026 10PM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
What are the concerns regarding immigration agents at airports?
There's confusion and concern as the Trump administration plans to deploy immigration agents tomorrow to help with long airport security lines. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports it's not clear yet where they'll go or what exactly they will do.
Democratic leaders in Congress say immigration agents could make airport chaos worse and may even pose a danger. The head of the union that represents TSA officers echoed that and said ICE agents don't have the training to detect explosives and other threats. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Holman told CNN Sunday that ICE agents could screen airport entries and exits. I don't see an ICE agent looking at an x-ray machine because they're not trained in that. A partial government shutdown over demands by Democrats for changes to ICE immigration enforcement has left TSA officers unpaid. DHS says that's led more than 400 to quit and thousands more to call out from work. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
Iran launched a new wave of airstrikes in Israel last night, with missiles striking two cities near Iran's nuclear research center. More than 100 people were wounded. And Piers Kerry Khan is in the Israeli city of Arad, where one of the Iranian missiles hit.
Here in Iraq, the missile fell between several apartment buildings in this huge apartment complex. And it didn't hit an apartment directly, but the blast of it blew out walls, windows. There isn't a window around and the cars parked all around. There's a large bus with all its windows blown out. And you can see directly into people's homes and their apartments. There are closets that were just ripped open. There isn't one glass window still intact. You see furniture strewn about, clothes everywhere. And people are just looking around, seeing if they can recognize anything of what these apartment buildings look like.
A jury in Los Angeles is expected to deliver a verdict this week in a trial over social media addiction. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, jurors heard weeks of testimony about whether Instagram and YouTube were designed to hook young people.
A jury of five men and seven women have been deliberating for more than a week and have indicated they may be close to a verdict. The case focused on a California woman who said she developed depression, anxiety, and body image issues after compulsively using Instagram and YouTube as a young child. Lawyers for the woman say Meta and Google built defective products that led to her becoming addicted to social media and contributed to her mental health struggles. Tech company attorneys say social media platforms are being scapegoated for complex mental health issues that have many root causes. It's the first time the question of social media addiction has been before a jury, and the case is tied to 1,600 other pending cases.
The outcome could shape how those cases eventually settle. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Senate met in a rare weekend session, advancing the nomination of Mark Wayne Mullen to be President Trump's next Homeland Security Secretary, replacing Kristi Noem. His confirmation is expected earlier next week. If confirmed, Mullen, a member of the Cherokee Nation, would be the second Native American to serve as a cabinet member. Kenya says it will grant amnesty to its citizens who enlisted to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine. That follows talks in Moscow last week between Russian and Kenyan foreign affairs ministers. Emmanuel Igunza has more from Nairobi.
Kenya's foreign affairs minister, Musalia Mudavadi, says the government will not prosecute citizens who joined Russia's military despite laws banning enlistment in foreign armed forces without approval. Russia and Kenya last week signed an agreement to hold further recruitment of Kenyans. It allows those currently deployed to terminate their contracts and return home. Officials say more than 1,000 Kenyans are known to have been recruited. Some have been repatriated while others remain on the front lines.
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