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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The House of Representatives approved a temporary funding bill Friday night for the Department of Homeland Security. The vote was along partisan lines. A lack of DHS funding has caused the current partial government shutdown.
What recent funding bill did the House of Representatives approve?
Early Friday morning, the Senate had passed a bipartisan funding proposal, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to put it up to a vote. During the House debate, Democrat James McGovern of Massachusetts called out Republicans...
I want to say to the American people, if you woke up this morning not knowing who to blame for this shutdown, you will go to bed tonight with no doubt. It is House Republicans and Speaker Johnson.
U.S. officials say at least 10 U.S. service members were injured Friday when Iranian missiles hit a military base in Saudi Arabia. The attack hit Prince Sultan Air Base. The attack also damaged several U.S. refueling planes. Israel says a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted before it reached that country. It's the first time Yemen has joined in the fighting in the region. President Trump is sending thousands of troops to the Middle East as he tries to press Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz to allow passage by trapped oil and gas tankers. As NPR's Aya Batraoui reports, this comes as officials from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar met separately with Vice President Vance.
The UAE and Qatar host thousands of U.S. troops, and their energy facilities have been hit in Iranian counterstrikes in the war. The UAE says a ceasefire with Iran isn't enough. It's pushing for a deal that addresses Iran's nuclear enrichment, its drones and missiles, and its control of the strait. The UAE says Emirati Minister Sultan al-Jabr, who heads Abu Dhabi's national oil company Adnok, met this week with Vance and Senator Lindsey Graham, who backs regime change in Iran. Qatar says its Prime Minister Mohamed El Fani met Vance Friday. Qatar has taken a more conciliatory tone. It says Iran's attacks on its sovereignty are unacceptable, but that the war must end through diplomatic means. Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
A California sheriff who's running as a Republican for governor has seized another batch of ballots as part of an election fraud probe there. This comes after the state's attorney general petitioned a court to stop the sheriff's investigation. Madison Allman of member station KVCR reports.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized more than 400 more boxes of ballots this week. That's according to a lawsuit filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat. Bonta said Bianco defied his order to halt the investigation by carrying out the latest ballot seizure. Last month, Bianco seized 650,000 ballots based on a tip from a local watchdog. The group claims that more votes were counted than were cast for last year's election to redraw California's congressional map to favor Democrats. Bonta wants a judge to stop Bianco's election probe for a lack of evidence. Bianco did not respond to a request for comment. For NPR News, I'm Madison Ament in San Bernardino.
And you're listening to NPR News. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is not pushing Ukraine to hand over territory to Russia in order to get security guarantees and a ceasefire plan. Ukraine's president said this week that the U.S.
How did Iranian missile attacks impact U.S. military personnel?
was doing just that, but Rubio Friday said Volodymyr Zelensky was lying. Rubio says the Trump administration was simply telling Zelensky what Russia is demanding. In the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, six-seeded Notre Dame pulled off the upset of the day by defeating Vanderbilt at No. 2 seed 67-64 in Fort Worth on Friday. Greg Eklund reports.
Notre Dame point guard Hannah Hidalgo was the floor leader. She scored 31 points and added 11 rebounds, but her defensive play was highlighted by her steals. With 10 in the game, Hidalgo set an NCAA tournament record with 26 in three games so far.
I wanted to come out and I told the team to name and bring defensive intensity. So I came out and just tried to be a pest on the ball as I always try and do.
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