NPR News: 09-27-2025 2AM EDT
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What is the Supreme Court's ruling on the Trump administration withholding $4 billion in foreign aid?
The Supreme Court has extended the Trump administration's request to withhold more than $4 billion in foreign aid. As NPR's Matt Bloom reports, the ruling is the latest win for the administration in a months-long legal fight over the funding.
The move allows the White House to continue to hold back funding that Congress had already approved for a number of global health programs. Trump initially sought to freeze the funding on his very first day in office in January. Since then, international aid groups have sued to get the money. But in its latest ruling, the Supreme Court's conservative majority said Trump's foreign policy authority outweighs the harms claimed by the group's suing. The court's three liberal justices dissented, with Justice Elena Kagan writing that the Trump administration's request for emergency relief was granted with a, quote, scant briefing, and no oral argument. The latest order pauses a lower court order that requires the funds be spent by next week or risk expiration.
Matt Bloom, NPR News.
A New York immigration officer has been placed on administrative leave after video circulated online showed him pushing a woman against the wall and to the ground. NPR's Jimena Bustillo reports.
NPR was in the courthouse last month rolling when the same officer aggressively arrested a court observer.
Why are you pushing? Why are you shoving him?
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin says in a statement that the officers' latest actions caught on camera yesterday are quote unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE. There have been growing tensions between federal law enforcement and the public and immigration courts as agents are tasked with making more arrests. Over the last five months, ICE had a bigger footprint inside immigration courts which are operated by the Justice Department. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News.
Denmark saw more drones in its airspace this week, and Sweden also had sightings of what were described as large unmanned aerial vehicles. As Terry Schultz reports, the EU held an urgent meeting to address the lack of counter-drone capabilities.
Air traffic in Aalborg in northern Denmark was disrupted by drones for a second night Thursday, forcing a KLM flight from Amsterdam to turn around and cancelling one coming from Copenhagen. Three other regional airports also reported the presence of mysterious aerial vehicles, part of what Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has termed a hybrid war on her country. EU defense ministers met virtually with their Ukrainian counterpart to discuss how to quickly improve their ability to stop these incursions. EU Defense Commissioner Andreas Kubilius ran the meeting from Helsinki.
We are facing clear challenges. Russia is testing the EU and NATO, and our response must be firm, united and immediate.
Kubilius said it's now urgent to move from discussion to concrete action. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Copenhagen.
Hurricane Humberto has grown into a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 miles an hour. Forecasters say Humberto could produce life-threatening surf and rip currents for the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Bermuda over this weekend. You're listening to NPR News. New Mexico is officially clear of the measles outbreak that began in February. That's the word from the state's Department of Health. For Member Station KUNM, Megan Kamrick has more.
Acting state epidemiologist Dr. Chad Smelser says there have been no new cases over the past 42 days, which equals two incubation periods for the disease. Also, wastewater samples have been negative for quite a while around the state. Smelser says the state overcame the outbreak, even as other states like Arizona and Utah are seeing rising cases. We were very aggressive with case investigation and contact tracing. So trying to stop spread once a case was identified. He also credits high vaccination rates and health care providers' work, especially in identifying and reporting the cases. 100 measles cases were identified in New Mexico, which health officials say was likely due to an outbreak in neighboring West Texas.
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