NPR News: 03-27-2026 11PM EDT
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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
What recent military incident occurred involving the U.S. and Iran?
The Wall Street Journal reports that 10 American military personnel were wounded when an Iranian missile hit a shared base in Saudi Arabia. Two of them are in serious condition. NPR has independently confirmed that the attack did take place. President Trump is ordering the Department of Homeland Security and Office of Management and Budget to pay TSA agents. As NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports, the order comes as Congress again failed to end the DHS shutdown.
In the memo, President Trump says the slowdowns at airport security and low morale among TSA workers quote, constitute an emergency situation compromising the nation's security, end quote. The memo states that 60,000 TSA employees are currently not being paid. Since federal agents killed two Americans in Minneapolis earlier this year, Democrats have refused to fund DHS without limits on immigration enforcement tactics. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected a Senate passed bill that would fund DHS minus ICE and Border Patrol. Johnson called the bill a joke. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffrey says the better way forward in the budget showdown is to have the House vote on the funding measure passed by the Senate Thursday night. That compromise bill would restore funding for much of DHS, including FEMA, the Coast Guard and TSA.
House Democrats are prepared to support the bill to end the Trump Republican shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Make sure TSA agents are paid.
How is the U.S. government addressing the TSA funding crisis?
Stand up for FEMA, and for the Coast Guard, and for our cybersecurity professionals.
Democrats have been holding up the funding because they want ICE agents to stop wearing face masks, wear the same identification other police agencies use, and to stop conducting raids around schools and other sensitive places. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has intervened to stop the promotions of six military officers. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports that they were black or female and on track to become one-star generals.
Since he took office, Pete Hegseth has fired many prominent black and female officers. Now, U.S. officials familiar with the matter, but not authorized to speak publicly, told NPR that Hegseth made the highly unusual move of interfering in the regular promotion process to block three female and three black officers from becoming generals. A different U.S. official confirmed that Hegseth has been weeding out senior officers who are deemed ideologically incompatible. Before his appointment by the Trump administration, Hegseth wrote books disparaging the U.S. military as woke and suggesting that diversity in the ranks has weakened the force. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
Wall Street finished its fourth straight losing week on Friday, with all major indices finishing down. It's the market's longest losing streak in almost four years. The Nasdaq was hurt the most, losing 2.15 percent on the day. The Dow finished 1.73 points down. You're listening to NPR News. Secretary of State Mark Rubio says Ukraine's president was lying when he said this week that the U.S. wants his country to hand over territory in order to receive American security guarantees. Rubio says he told Ukraine that Russia wanted the land exchange, but that the U.S. is not advocating for that in ceasefire talks. The last talks between the U.S. and Ukraine took place last week in Florida. Golfer Tiger Woods was arrested on suspicion of DUI today after a crash near his home on Jupiter Island, Florida.
Sofia Baltadano, Member Station WLRN, has more on our story.
The Martin County Sheriff's Office say Woods showed signs of impairment at the scene of the crash, in which he struck another vehicle and rolled over. Authorities say Woods and the other driver were not injured. Woods is also facing another misdemeanor charge of refusal to submit a lawful test. While Woods took a breath analyzer test, which registered nothing, police say he refused to submit a urine sample. The accident marks the third time Woods has been involved in a car crash.
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