The Latest National Morning news brief Democrats are demanding changes to DHS funding as partial shutdown looms, lawyers say ICE is denying detainees legal access with relocations, the Fed votes to hold interest rates steady. Steve Inskeep National Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly. Andrea Hsu Arts & Life 'Philadelphia,' 'Clueless,' 'The Karate Kid' added to the National Film Registry Every year, the National Film Registry adds 25 films to its collection to be preserved for posterity. Selections for 2025 range from The Thing to White Christmas. Neda Ulaby Politics Trump has sued universities for billions. Here's what the strategy tells us Each deal between colleges and the administration is unique, but they have common goals: altering the culture at powerful institutions and making their policies more aligned with President Trump's. Bill Chappell Politics Big budget Melania Trump documentary premieres with splashy rollout A film about First Lady Melania Trump premiere's this week, with big presidential promotion. Tamara Keith Arts & Life Oprah Winfrey visits NPR's 'Wild Card with Rachel Martin' podcast Oprah Winfrey paid a visit to the NPR podcast "Wild Card with Rachel Martin," and Rachel sent us a sneak preview. Rachel Martin Immigration Immigration lawyers say ICE is whisking detainees away and denying them legal access Lawyers in Minnesota say ICE is detaining families with children and whisking them off to a Texas detention facility. They say the speed is denying detainees access to legal counsel. Steve Inskeep World Two friends, an Israeli and a Palestinian, believe peace is possible after war A Palestinian man and his Israeli friend are dedicating themselves to a peaceful coexistence in the aftermath of the devastating war in Gaza. Michele Kelemen National New research examines long-term effects of federal housing program from the '90s New research looks at the long-term impact of a controversial federal program from the 1990s that demolished housing projects and replaced them with mixed-income developments. Gregory Rosalsky National Protests break out at Texas ICE facility over detention of 5-year-old Minnesota boy Protesters marched to the South Texas Family Residential Center Wednesday to demand the release of a 5-year-old boy and his father who were taken into ICE custody in Minnesota. Leila Fadel Prev 20 of 1640 Next Sponsored
National Morning news brief Democrats are demanding changes to DHS funding as partial shutdown looms, lawyers say ICE is denying detainees legal access with relocations, the Fed votes to hold interest rates steady. Steve Inskeep
National Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly. Andrea Hsu
Arts & Life 'Philadelphia,' 'Clueless,' 'The Karate Kid' added to the National Film Registry Every year, the National Film Registry adds 25 films to its collection to be preserved for posterity. Selections for 2025 range from The Thing to White Christmas. Neda Ulaby
Politics Trump has sued universities for billions. Here's what the strategy tells us Each deal between colleges and the administration is unique, but they have common goals: altering the culture at powerful institutions and making their policies more aligned with President Trump's. Bill Chappell
Politics Big budget Melania Trump documentary premieres with splashy rollout A film about First Lady Melania Trump premiere's this week, with big presidential promotion. Tamara Keith
Arts & Life Oprah Winfrey visits NPR's 'Wild Card with Rachel Martin' podcast Oprah Winfrey paid a visit to the NPR podcast "Wild Card with Rachel Martin," and Rachel sent us a sneak preview. Rachel Martin
Immigration Immigration lawyers say ICE is whisking detainees away and denying them legal access Lawyers in Minnesota say ICE is detaining families with children and whisking them off to a Texas detention facility. They say the speed is denying detainees access to legal counsel. Steve Inskeep
World Two friends, an Israeli and a Palestinian, believe peace is possible after war A Palestinian man and his Israeli friend are dedicating themselves to a peaceful coexistence in the aftermath of the devastating war in Gaza. Michele Kelemen
National New research examines long-term effects of federal housing program from the '90s New research looks at the long-term impact of a controversial federal program from the 1990s that demolished housing projects and replaced them with mixed-income developments. Gregory Rosalsky
National Protests break out at Texas ICE facility over detention of 5-year-old Minnesota boy Protesters marched to the South Texas Family Residential Center Wednesday to demand the release of a 5-year-old boy and his father who were taken into ICE custody in Minnesota. Leila Fadel