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How is the SAVE system being used to verify citizenship of U.S. voters?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Department of Homeland Security says it is now checked the citizenship status of more than thirty-three million registered voters. through an upgraded verification tool. NPR's Jew Jaffee Block reports election officials have used the citizenship check even though questions persist. About the security and the accuracy of the system known as SAVE.
SAVE is a federal data system that has long been used to verify immigration status. In recent months, U.S. citizenship and immigration services rapidly made several changes, including linking Save to Social Security Administration data. Now the agency says Save can verify the citizenship of most U.S. born citizens, too.
What are the implications of the DHS immigration enforcement operation in Chicago?
Some Republican-led states are running their voter rolls through SAVE, amounting to almost a sixth of all registered voters. So far. But some election officials from both parties are hesitating or refusing to use the tool, citing outstanding questions, including how the federal government can use the voter data that states upload. Jude JaffeeBlock, NPR News.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is in a standoff with President Trump, who has repeatedly signaled he might send National Guard troops to Chicago. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced it had launched an immigration enforcement operation, part of the administration's campaign targeting jurisdictions it believes are shielding unauthorized migrants in violation of federal immigration law. Governor Pritzker reacted to the influx of immigration and customs enforcement agents in Chicago.
They're arresting people outside of courthouses, people who are going there, in fact, to seek legal status if they don't have it already, or to advance their legal status, or they're here permanently but they'd like to become a US citizen. They're literally stopping people who are trying to follow the legal system to do the right thing.
Governor Pritzker speaking with NPR's morning edition.
How does rising temperature affect Americans’ sugar consumption?
A new study finds that people in the United States consume more sugar as the temperature rises. NPR's Alejandra Borunda explains.
The study tracked Americans' grocery purchases over a few years and compared those to temperature. When it got hotter, people bought a lot more sugary drinks, like sodas, energy drinks, Gatorade, and juices. On average, people added about an eighth of a teaspoon of sugar per degree Celsius hotter. That sounds like a small number, but it adds up, according to Duo Chan. He's a climate scientist at the University of Southampton and an author of the study.
If you just like really do the calculation at the national and annual level, you will get a quite astonishing number.
If climate change heats Earth up another three degrees Celsius by the end of the century, some Americans could add over a pound of sugar to their diets each year. Alehandra Borunda, M PR News.
What are the latest developments in Federal Reserve nominations and interest‑rate outlook?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down nearly two hundred points at last check. You're listening to NPR News. Along party lines, the Senate committees advance Stephen Myron's nomination to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. White House economic advisors widely expected to be approved by the full Senate. The Labor Department says a producer price index unexpectedly fell last month, one tenth of one percent. The Fed is widely seen on course to approving interest rate cuts when policymakers meet next week. Twenty new dance projects from across the country will receive grants of up to one hundred thousand dollars and But NPR's Elizabeth Blair tells us this nearly thirty year old grant program is coming to an end.
A national dance project grant covers a range of costs, including fees to artists and presenters, operating support and touring. The Jamal Jackson Dance Company in New York, Jyoti Singh in California, and Rosie Simas Dance in Minnesota are among this year's recipients.
Why is the National Dance Project grant program ending and what’s next for dance funding?
The Mellon Foundation has been a lead funder of the national dance project, but has decided not to renew support next year. The New England Foundation for the Arts, which administers the grant, says there will be one more opportunity under the National Dance Project, but it will be different.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How is the SAVE system being used to verify citizenship of U.S. voters?
0:01–0:45
2
What are the implications of the DHS immigration enforcement operation in Chicago?
0:45–1:55
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How does rising temperature affect Americans’ sugar consumption?
1:55–2:51
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What are the latest developments in Federal Reserve nominations and interest‑rate outlook?
2:51–3:57
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Why is the National Dance Project grant program ending and what’s next for dance funding?
3:57–4:39