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Chapter 1: What recent funding changes are impacting Homeland Security?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Congress is on the verge of providing a massive infusion of cash to the Homeland Security Department. The Senate passed a $70 billion package to fund ICE and Border Patrol through the end of Trump's term. It now heads to the House. An immigrant rights advocate called it an ATM for ICE.
The funding all but guarantees an uninterrupted flow of money to carry out President Trump's immigration enforcement agenda. The Justice Department says it will give $300 million to up to four mid-sized U.S. cities to help reduce violent crime. Funds from the Model Cities initiative can be used for things like increasing police activity in high-crime areas or new technology like drones and AI.
But as NPR's Meg Anderson reports, there is a catch.
In a video statement, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch signaled that the successful applications will have something in common.
They will come from jurisdictions that offer true partnership.
The grant program website clarifies that any applicant that does not cooperate with federal immigration law will not be funded. In his video, Blanche highlighted federal intervention in Washington, D.C. and Memphis, Tennessee as successes. But a recent study found the federal presence in D.C. has had little effect on violent crime there.
And likewise in Memphis, the vast majority of arrests have been for nonviolent crimes. Meg Anderson, NPR News.
After a week of conflicts, firings, and front-page drama, the three remaining correspondents for 60 Minutes say they'll stay with the hit CBS news show. NPR's David Fulkenflik reports Leslie Stahl, Bill Whitaker and John Wertheim had weighed leaving after their executive producer, executive editor, three correspondents and two producers were fired by the network.
Their memo was first obtained and reported by NPR. The three remaining correspondents wrote that they were heartbroken by the treatment of their colleagues. The three wrote that the fired colleagues were treated shabbily while trying to stand up for the independence and integrity of the program. The statement said they were staying because, quote, we don't want to see 60 Minutes die.
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Chapter 2: How are federal grants affecting local law enforcement strategies?
NASA says this was done out of an abundance of caution. A new report finds that U.S. children spend nearly four more hours on screens per week during the summer than the school year, and Piers Ritu Chatterjee reports.
The report was released by Aura, an online safety company that also has a parental monitoring app for kids' devices. It found that among kids aged 7 to 12 years, screen time jumped by 30% in the summer compared to the school year. For teens, it rose by 15%. And summer weekday screen use for both age groups stayed at weekend levels.
Psychologist Lauren Lee at Aura says nighttime screen use was also high during the summer months.
One in 10 kids are still active on their devices even at midnight. And we're seeing messaging rates, nighttime messaging rates more than doubling across all age groups compared to fall.
While younger kids spend most of their screen time using YouTube and Roblox, teenagers prefer social media apps. Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News.
A federal judge has blocked a plan to loosen rules for fishing red snapper in the Atlantic, halting what was expected to be the longest recreational snapper season in years. The issue pits recreational anglers against commercial fishermen and activists. The dispute highlights tensions over science and the Trump administration's rollback of environmental regulations. This is NPR News.
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