ICE Shooting In Texas, UNGA: Ukraine Warning, Government Shutdown Standoff

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A deadly shooting at a Dallas ICE office leaves one detainee dead and highlights rising violence around immigration enforcement. Ukraine's president warns that Russia’s war is fueling a dangerous new arms race as President Trump signals support for Ukraine reclaiming its territory. And a White House memo orders agencies to prepare mass firings if the government shuts down, with health care premiums still at the center of the standoff.

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0:00.0	A shooting at an immigration facility is one of at least three in Texas so far this year.
0:07.9	The suspected gunman is dead. What is the FBI saying about the motive for an attack that killed a detainee?
0:13.6	I'm Steve Inskeep with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.8	Ukraine's president says Russia's war is a global threat.
0:24.6	We are now living through the most destructive arms race in human history,
0:30.3	because this time it includes artificial intelligence.
0:34.9	Will Volodymyr Zelensky get the support he wants from President Trump?
0:38.3	And the White House is raising the stakes on a government shutdown. A new memo orders agencies to prepare
0:43.0	mass layoffs if funding runs out. And health care costs are a big part of the fight. Stay with us.
0:48.3	We've got all the news you need to start your day.
1:02.2	At least one immigration detainee is dead and two are in critical condition after shooting at the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office yesterday.
1:04.9	This is at least the third instance of gun violence at immigration facilities in Texas this year.
1:10.2	Different incidents, different backstories,
1:12.8	but ICE is in the news as the Trump administration tries for a mass deportation.
1:17.1	With us now is Tolawani Osibamuwo of member station K-E-R-A in Dallas. So we mentioned some details
1:24.3	about the shooting, but how far have authorities gotten in their investigation so far?
1:28.6	Yeah, well, yesterday was a pretty chaotic and tragic day in one of the busiest immigration
1:33.6	facilities in North Texas, and we still have a lot of questions today. Aside from the victims,
1:38.9	the suspect is also dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Dallas police said the person shot at the
1:45.1	ICE office from a nearby building. The FBI says they're investigating the shooting as a,
1:49.8	quote, act of targeted violence. Joe Rothrock with the Dallas FBI office says local and federal
1:55.6	authorities will be participating in the investigation. There will be no resource not utilized to bring all those individuals who are responsible
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