NPR News: 03-25-2026 6PM EDT
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🗓️ 25 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. |
| 0:04.3 | Senate Democrats have blocked a Republican effort to fund the Department of Homeland Security that included more money for immigration and customs enforcement. |
| 0:12.3 | NPR's Sam Greenglass reports negotiations to end the 40-day-long DHS shutdown have stalled. |
| 0:18.0 | The measure would have funded all of DHS, including ICE, except for the unit |
| 0:22.4 | responsible for enforcement and removal operations. Most Democrats say they want to fund DHS agencies |
| 0:28.6 | like TSA and FEMA, but are unwilling to give ICE more funding at all without policy changes |
| 0:34.4 | to limit the tactics of its officers. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer |
| 0:38.2 | says Republicans' latest offer included none of the demands they made after federal officers |
| 0:43.2 | killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. Key Senate Republicans have called Democrats' counter |
| 0:48.7 | unsurious and say they're not sure where talks can go from here. Meanwhile, the acting TSA administrator |
| 0:54.9 | says 480 officers have quit since the shutdown began. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington. |
| 1:01.4 | A battle of political images is playing out around the national mall in Washington, D.C. NPR's |
| 1:07.1 | Frank Lankfit reports on how the president and his critics are duking it out. A temporary statue went up in front of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, satirizing the friendship between President Trump and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 1:19.4 | Nearby, in an administration-approved display, Trump's stern face stares down from a giant banner on the Department of Labor. |
| 1:27.3 | Mary Corcoran runs the |
| 1:28.6 | Save America movement. It's a nonprofit, which has placed posters around D.C., making fun of Trump's |
| 1:34.2 | cabinet. We're in the midst of a propaganda war. Is it a fair fight? No, because they're using |
| 1:40.9 | taxpayer dollars to fund their propaganda, and we're not. |
| 1:46.7 | The White House dismissed criticism saying, quote, |
| 1:51.3 | President Trump is focused on saving our country, not garnering recognition. |
| 1:53.9 | Frank Langford, NPR News, Washington. |
| 1:59.0 | Executives at Facebook parent company Meta stand to see their compensation soar, |
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