Akela Sherrills remembers the day in 1992 when the Bloods and Crips gangs in his Watts

neighborhood agreed to a ceasefire.

We had a barbecue.

It was like it became a family reunion.

I mean, we had a three-decade war, you know, so the release was just extraordinary.

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A partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security appears imminent.

DHS funding is set to expire late today.

NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports that yesterday the Senate failed to pass a bill

to fund the agency. The failed vote was expected after Senate Democrats pledged not to support it

without major changes to department policies in the wake of two fatal shootings by immigration

enforcement in Minneapolis. Both parties have been negotiating on a series of proposals for the department,

but no consensus has been reached. Democrats have said that any changes must be made through

the legislative process, not by executive order, in order to ensure that they're codified into law.

Barbara Sprint and Peer News, Washington.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is going to Germany for the Munich Security Conference.

His remarks will be closely watched.

Vice President Vance went last year and delivered an aggressive speech to European allies.

He blamed them for letting immigrants ruin Western civilization.

Before leaving Washington, Rubio seemed to strike a moderate tone.

The world is changing very fast right in front of us. The old world is gone, frankly, the world

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