Venezuela Earthquakes Aftermath, SCOTUS Immigration Rulings, Trump Offers Farmers Aid
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🗓️ 26 June 2026
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The Supreme Court handed President Trump two big immigration wins, clearing the way for his administration to strip legal status from hundreds of thousands of immigrants and making it harder for migrants to claim asylum at the border.
And President Trump is trying to win back farmers hurt by his own tariffs and the Iran war, dangling 11 billion dollars in new aid even as many in farm country say they'd rather have good profits than government checks.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:59) Venezuela Earthquakes Aftermath
(05:45) SCOTUS Immigration Rulings
(09:30) Trump Offers Farmers Aid
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| 0:00.0 | The rescuers in Venezuela are racing to reach thousands still missing after two powerful earthquakes hit within seconds of each other. |
| 0:08.7 | More than 500 people have been killed. |
| 0:11.0 | And officials say the death toll will likely climb, but people still trapped under rubble. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm Leila Faudil. |
| 0:15.8 | That's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. The Supreme Court handed President Trump two immigration wins. |
| 0:24.9 | One lets his administration strip legal status from hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria. |
| 0:31.0 | The other makes it harder to claim asylum at the border. |
| 0:34.7 | And President Trump is courting farmers, a group his own policies have hurt. He's offering |
| 0:39.2 | $11 billion in additional aid after his tariffs and the Iran war squeezed their finances. |
| 0:44.8 | Polls show people in farm country have lost confidence in the president. Is this enough to win it back? |
| 0:49.8 | Stay with us. We'll give you news you need to start your day. |
| 1:03.6 | Rescuers in Venezuela continue their search for thousands of people missing after two devastating earthquakes struck in quick succession on Wednesday night. The quakes hit the |
| 1:08.0 | capital and surrounding areas, causing widespread destruction and overwhelming local response efforts. |
| 1:13.6 | Venezuelan officials now say at least 589 people are confirmed dead and warn the toll is likely to rise as the search continues. |
| 1:21.9 | Manuel Rueira is a neighbor in Colombia, and he's with us now to tell us more about what he's hearing. |
| 1:26.2 | Manuel, good morning. |
| 1:27.4 | Good morning. You've actually been able to get in touch about what he's hearing. Manuel, good morning. Good morning. |
| 1:28.1 | You've actually been able to get in touch with people on the ground. |
| 1:30.9 | What are they telling you about conditions there? |
| 1:33.3 | Well, basically what people are saying is that some parts of Caracas look like a war zone, |
| 1:38.6 | because many buildings have collapsed entirely, and also in La Guaida, which is a city |
| 1:43.6 | about an hour away on the Caribbean |
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