DHS Funding Negotiations, UK Epstein Fallout, Latest On Guthrie Investigation
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🗓️ 10 February 2026
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Summary
Britain’s prime minister Keir Starmer is fighting to hold onto power after new revelations show he hired a Washington ambassador with ties to Jeffrey Epstein, triggering calls for him to step down.
And Savannah Guthrie issues another emotional plea for her missing mother as a ransom deadline passes and investigators say they still have no suspects in the disappearance.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:54) DHS Funding Negotiations
(05:40) UK Epstein Fallout
(09:27) Latest on Guthrie Investigation
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| 0:00.0 | One demand by Democrats in the immigration debate is for federal agents to show their faces. |
| 0:06.9 | Lawmakers want them to take off their masks and also want top officials to take questions before Congress, which some do today. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm Michelle Martin. That's Steve Inskeep, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:23.9 | How, if at all, should the UK.K. Prime Minister be held accountable? |
| 0:25.9 | Kier Starmor's cabinet still supports him. |
| 0:30.2 | He's facing criticism because documents suggest Starmor's ambassador to the U.S. |
| 0:33.0 | gave sensitive information to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:37.8 | Also, today's show host, Savannah Guthrie, posted another plea for her missing mother. |
| 0:41.9 | We are at an hour of desperation, and we need your help. |
| 0:44.2 | A ransom deadline came and went. |
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| 1:15.6 | Here we go again. The Department of Homeland Security runs out of funding on Friday. |
| 1:22.4 | Congress is going through another last minute drama over the budget. As some lawmakers try to shape the tactics of immigration agents, |
| 1:27.7 | House committee is also preparing to hear from immigration officials about how that enforcement is being conducted across the country. NPR congressional correspondent Barbara Sprunt is here. Barbara, good |
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