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What recent developments occurred in the Senate regarding DHS funding?
The Senate has voted to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security after a lapse of 42 days. The deal does not include any money for ICE, but it also does not include any reform to immigration enforcement tactics. the Democrats had demanded. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports.
The DHS funding lapse has forced tens of thousands of employees to work without pay or quit and resulted in long waits at some airports amid peak spring break travel. If the House signs off on the deal today, money will flow again to FEMA, TSA, the Coast Guard and cybersecurity. The deal came after a week of erratic negotiations and President Trump moving to unilaterally pay TSA agents via an executive order. Democrats say they stood firm on no new funding for ICE and Border Patrol and will keep pressing for reforms like requiring judicial warrants for immigration officers to enter homes. But Republicans are now signaling the time to negotiate has passed. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump says he is again extending a deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz for shipping. This deadline's moved to Monday, April 6th. Both the Trump administration and Iranian officials have issued competing demands to end the conflict. Trump says talks are going well. Iran says there aren't any talks. And Piers Eabetroi says both sides are exchanging messages.
We did get confirmation now that Egypt and Pakistan have both said they're involved in passing messages now. And that's because the traditional mediators, which have been Al-Man in Qatar in the past, they came under attack after this war began, some retaliation attacks from Iran. And so they're not involved in the talks at the moment, although Al-Man says they are playing a role at this moment. But the talks seem to be, or not talks, let's say the back-channel efforts to get talks going are being conducted by Egypt and Pakistan.
And PR's Aya Batraoui reporting. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is going to France today. He'll meet with other foreign ministers from G7 countries over the weekend. They'll talk about the war in Iran, and Rubio is expected to seek European support. But this week, President Trump slammed NATO for not helping the U.S. in the war effort. Mortgage rates have risen sharply since the war began. NPR's Stephen Bissaha reports that is leading to fewer people in the U.S. buying and selling homes.
Just days before the war began, mortgage rates fell below 6% for the first time in two and a half years. But the wars disrupted the bond market, which raises the cost of borrowing. So do investor concerns about fuel prices and inflation. Mike Fredentoni is the Mortgage Bankers Association's chief economist. He says this rise in mortgage rates comes just as the busy spring home buying season begins.
This is a tough time to see a jump in rates like this because it likely is going to cause a number of people to at least take a step back and say, OK, Is this the time to move forward or should I wait until things settle down?
Mortgage rates now are at their highest level in six months.
Stephen Besaha reporting. This is NPR. Thousands of rallies are planned across the country tomorrow to protest President Trump and his administration. The No Kings rallies are set for small towns and big cities. Rock star Bruce Springsteen will perform his new protest song in Minnesota's state capitol, St. Paul. Online streamer Netflix is going to raise prices. All of Netflix's plans will see increases. The lowest tier with ads will go up a dollar from $7.99 a month to $8.99. The premium Netflix plan will go up $2 a month to $26.99. There have been verdicts this week in two landmark trials against social media companies. The jury verdicts have determined that the design of social media platforms is harmful to children's mental health.
NPR's Rita Chatterjee reports on recent studies of social media use among kids and teens.
Scientists studying the impacts of digital media use on adolescent brain development have been asking kids about symptoms of addiction to screens and social media.
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