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How is the Trump administration reshaping immigration enforcement and detention?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. Six months into his second term, President Trump has moved swiftly to change decades of federal policy, much of it on immigration, NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltrán reports.
The Trump administration has targeted everyone in the country without a legal status. As a result, the average daily number of arrests of migrants is up dramatically. According to the Department of Homeland Security, there are more than 56,000 people in detention. About 70% of them have not been convicted of any crimes. Immigration observers say that is a radical shift in immigration enforcement. The Libertarian think tank Cato Institute says the number of people are Arrested without a criminal conviction is six times higher than what it was during Trump's first term. A DHS spokesperson tells NPR the vast majority of the people arrested are criminals, but did not provide any evidence.
Why is Congressman Eli Crane demanding full transparency on the Jeffrey Epstein case?
A key congressional supporter of President Trump has called on the US government for greater transparency. In the case of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Michel Marico from member station KJZZ reports now.
Republican Congressman Eli Crane has cast doubt on what happened to Epstein the night he died in prison in twenty nineteen. Crane questioned whether the disgraced financier died by suicide. Here's Crane during a town hall he held Tuesday. He was asked if he supported releasing the full unredacted case file on Epstein.
I believe transparency should be the hallmark of every administration, whether they're Democrat or Republican.
Crane is a member of the Freedom Caucus and an ardent supporter of the president. Still, he says he signed on to Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey's bipartisan resolution last week, demanding the release of the Justice Department's files. For NPR News, I'm Michel Marisco in Arizona.
What concerns do European leaders have about Ukraine’s anti‑corruption bureau law?
European nations are critical of the Ukrainian Parliament's passing of a bill that removes the independence of its anti corruption bureau, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the anti-corruption bodies will continue to function just without the Russian influence he claims they were under. But there is much skepticism in Europe. France's Minister for European Affairs, Benjamin Haddad, said he shares the European Commission's preoccupation that the law is taking the country in the wrong direction. When you are a candidate to become a member of the EU, said Hadad, you have a responsibility to fight corruption and respect the political opposition and the independence of the judiciary. Hadad said it's not too late for Ukraine to reverse course on the law, which also drew thousands of pro Europe demonstrators to the streets of Kyiv.
Eleanor Beersley in Pierre News, Paris.
Earlier on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up five hundred seven points. This is NPR News. President Trump's Mideast envoy, Steve Whitkopf, is traveling to Rome tomorrow to make a new push to finalize a deal for a sixty-day ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages.
How is the U.S. pushing for a Gaza cease‑fire and the release of hostages?
Israel is threatening to further intensify its Gaza offensive if Hamas doesn't accept a proposed ceasefire agreement. Hamas says it's studying the proposal. More than one hundred humanitarian groups are urging Israel to open the flow of aid to Gaza, warning of starvation and the dire hunger crisis. Experts say Gaza is at risk of famine. New numbers out today from Tesla. The EV maker says its profits and sales fell in the last quarter. Revenue dropped twelve percent and profits dipped sixteen. It's a big week on the Billboard music charts. As NPR Steven Thompson tells us, five new albums are debuting in the top ten.
For eight weeks, Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem was the biggest album in the country.
Which new albums are topping the Billboard charts and why are they succeeding?
Many other records came and went after failing to dislodge Wallen from number one. This week that streak ends thanks to two new blockbusters. The first is by Travis Scott and his hip-hop collective Jack Boys, called Jack Boys 2. That album debuts at number one this week, largely driven by old-fashioned album sales.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How is the Trump administration reshaping immigration enforcement and detention?
0:00–0:58
2
Why is Congressman Eli Crane demanding full transparency on the Jeffrey Epstein case?
0:58–1:55
3
What concerns do European leaders have about Ukraine’s anti‑corruption bureau law?
1:55–3:11
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How is the U.S. pushing for a Gaza cease‑fire and the release of hostages?
3:11–3:54
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Which new albums are topping the Billboard charts and why are they succeeding?
3:54–4:38