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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
Chapter 2: What recent immigration funding measure did the Senate pass?
The Senate has passed a huge measure that will fund federal immigration efforts for three years. It's worth about $70 billion. The Senate debate lasted about 18 hours, and in the end, it was a near party-line vote. Democrats tried to add an amendment that would block one of President Trump's priorities.
That's to create a nearly $2 billion fund to pay people who claim they were targeted by the federal government. Benabier's Barbara Sprunt says that amendment failed.
There was bipartisan pushback at that time. anti-weaponization fund. The acting attorney general said it's not going to move forward, which seemed to satisfy senators. But then the president told reporters he didn't actually know if it was scrapped or not. And he said that knowing that there are these Republican senators who are uncomfortable with the idea.
So this moment for congressional Republicans is about passing this priority after all this time. But it's also a moment where there's this increasing tension and conflict with the White House. And I don't think that's stopping anytime soon.
NPR's Barbara Sprunt reporting. Just a week after a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania, an armed drone exploded in a Romanian port. Terry Schultz says there were no injuries or major damage.
The Romanian Defense Ministry says the naval drone self-detonated mid-morning after being detected earlier by authorities who closed off the area in the civilian port of Constanta. While Romanian officials have not yet revealed whether the drone was Russian or Ukrainian, they did confirm it was not one of their own and described it as being of the type used in the war in Ukraine.
Romanian President Nicoser Dan was on his way to a European Union summit when the incident occurred, and he wrote on X that, quote, "...such particularly serious situations are the direct consequences of the war of aggression unleashed by Russia against Ukraine."
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen echoed that, expressing solidarity with Romania and saying Europe urgently needs more anti-drone capabilities. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
In the U.S., rising mortgage rates are dragging down the spring home-buying season. According to the online real estate platform Redfin, new home listings are declining. NPR's Stephen Bissaha reports sellers are taking their homes off the market.
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