Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is stepping up his calls for tougher immigration policies. NPR's Vanessa Romo reports his renewed push comes after this week's shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition.
The shooting has prompted a slew of anti-immigration statements from President Trump. And almost immediately following the shooting, he said that he wants to, quote,
Chapter 2: What recent events prompted President Trump's renewed immigration policies?
permanently pause migration from so-called third world countries. He pledged to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the U.S. by revoking their legal status. And then he's gone on to blame immigrants for problems from crime to housing shortages that he says are all part of social dysfunction in America.
That's NPR's Vanessa Romo reporting. Just a short time ago, the director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that all asylum decisions are now halted. Airbus is ordering an immediate software fix for thousands of its A320 series jets.
NPR's Sarah Ventry reports the company has released a statement saying strong solar radiation can corrupt data used by flight control systems.
On October 30th, a JetBlue flight abruptly lost altitude while flying from Cancun, Mexico to Newark, New Jersey. Several passengers were injured. Airbus now says that this was likely the result of intense solar radiation corrupting data critical to the functioning of flight controls.
Now, those systems will need to be updated in order to fly safely, which could cause major delays and cancellations during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. The Airbus A320 family of airplanes is now the most used aircraft in the world. According to aviation analytics company Sirium, more than 9,000 of those planes are in use. Sarah Ventry, NPR News.
The holiday shopping season is off to a start, with today being the busiest day for stores, but many people went browsing from their phones yesterday. Online spending data shows a record amount purchased on Thanksgiving, as NPR's Alina Selyuk reports.
Adobe Analytics tracks online transactions and says people on Thanksgiving spend $6.4 billion, which is an increase of more than 5% from last year. And compared to last year, more shopping happened before the dinner table rather than afterward. Part of it is thanks to retailers rolling out some of the deepest discounts earlier than expected.
Adobe notes a big uptick in purchases for the home on Thanksgiving, including refrigerators and freezers, exercise equipment, speaker systems, TVs, and home security products. Among top-selling toys, Adobe names Squishmallows, Ms. Rachel Learning Toys, Pokemon trading cards, and a lot of the classics like Fisher-Price Little People, Legos, and Hot Wheels. Alina Selyuk, NPR News.
This is NPR News in Washington. Americans and other non-European visitors to the Louvre can expect a price hike starting next year, as the world's most visited museum is looking to help finance a major renovation. Rebecca Rossman has more.
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