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NPR News: 03-24-2026 7PM EDT

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

0:04.5

Top Senate Republicans say they're circulating a deal to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security and end the more than month-long shutdown.

0:12.6

But President Trump and Senate Democrats are indicating they do not support the offer.

0:16.4

NPR's Sam Greenglass reports.

0:18.3

The negotiations have felt like whiplash.

0:20.6

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said his colleagues had sold President Trump on a plan to fund DHS,

0:26.4

except for the ICE unit responsible for removal operations.

0:30.1

That could be done later in a party-line reconciliation bill,

0:33.3

along with parts of the voting law overhaul Trump wants.

0:36.2

Maybe you can just say that my colleagues were more persuasive than I was.

0:39.1

A few minutes later, Trump threw cold water on that.

0:41.6

I think any deal they make, I'm pretty much not happy with it.

0:46.2

And minority leader Chuck Schumer declined to say his caucus would back the deal as is.

0:50.6

As I said, we need reforms.

0:53.0

Senate Democrats in the White House are continuing to exchange

0:55.8

offers. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington. The National Transportation Safety Board says the

1:01.4

vehicle involved in a collision with a plane landing at LaGuardia Airport did not have equipment to show

1:06.9

its location. Two pilots were killed in the crash and dozens injured. NPR's Stephen

1:11.6

Kastenbaum reports. Investigators zeroed in on what the people in LaGuardia's control

1:16.2

tower could see on their screens before the crash. ASDX is a runway safety system which allows

1:22.5

air traffic controllers to track surface movement of aircraft and vehicles. But NTSB chair Jennifer Homandy said the controllers couldn't see information about the fire

1:32.0

truck's exact location.

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