NPR News: 05-24-2026 1AM EDT
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What happened at the White House security checkpoint?
The Secret Service says a man is dead after he approached a White House security checkpoint Saturday evening and fired several shots at officers. Agents shot and killed the suspect. A bystander was also struck. President Trump was inside the White House, but the Secret Service says no agents or people it protects were impacted by the shooting. The White House was briefly put on lockdown, but that has since been lifted. Although the United Kingdom and other European allies initially tried to avoid getting fully involved in the conflict between the United States and Iran, the UK is stepping in by helping to remove mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Britain is deploying an autonomous vehicle to clear the strait.
British Armed Forces Minister Al Karn says the war has crippled international shipping.
The commercial insurance companies need absolute certainty if we're going to get 120 vessels flowing again through the Straits of Hormuz. That's what this capability will provide. Once that's up and running, the commercial and economic value of the Middle East, both coming out and going in, can get up and going.
6,000 ships have been blocked from passing the strait since the conflict began. France has banned Israel's Minister of National Security from its territory in the latest reaction to the alleged Israeli mistreatment of pro-Palestinian activists. NPR's Jane Araf has details.
The minister, Itamar Ben-Gavir, posted a video of himself taunting activists on the Gaza-bound flotilla seized by Israel in international waters. The flotilla organizers later said that 40 of those on board, some of them European, had suffered broken ribs from being beaten by Israeli soldiers. It also recorded 12 reports of sexual violence, including anal rape and forced penetration with a handgun. NPR could not independently verify the reports. Israel called the sexual abuse allegations outright lies. The flotilla was trying to deliver humanitarian aid and highlight the plight of Gazans who are still being killed in Israeli strikes. Jane Araf, NPR News, Beirut.
The U.S. is changing some of its immigration policy. Here's NPR's Martin Kast.
Most people applying for a green card get what's called an adjustment of status, which allows them to apply for permanent residence from inside the U.S., even if they came on a temporary visa. But the Trump administration wants most people to apply for green cards at U.S. consulates in their home countries.
How is the UK responding to the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz?
San Diego immigration attorney Anne Rowley says the new policy will be disruptive.
Our understanding on this memo is still up in the air because of its recency, but I definitely think that it is going to change how immigration practitioners manage legal strategy for the lion's share of applicants.
She says if many more people choose to return to their home countries to apply, it might overwhelm the staff at U.S. consulates. Martin Koste, NPR News. It's NPR.
The new Star Wars adventure Mandalorian and Grugo is blasting off to relatively modest ticket sales. Here's NPR's Bob Mondello.
$90 million would be nothing to sneeze at for a bounty hunter who's looking after a baby Yoda.
If we're going into harm's way, strap in.
But as a Star Wars opening over Memorial Day, it's less than thrilling. If industry estimates prove correct, Mandalorian and Grugo will have the slowest start for any Star Wars film since Disney took over the franchise. The numbers are smaller but considerably happier for Obsession, a thriller about a romantic crush gone supernatural. Ticket sales for most wide-release films go down in their second week, for horror flicks often by more than half. Obsession sales are the exception. Estimates have them rising by 16 percent this weekend. Bob Mondello, NPR News.
The family of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch says the legendary racing star died Thursday from severe pneumonia that progressed into septus, causing severe medical complications. The Centers for Disease Control says septus is an extreme overreaction in the body to an infection, causing the immune system to damage its own organs and tissues.
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