NPR News: 03-06-2026 12AM EST

0:00Live from MPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump has fired his Homeland Security Secretary, making Christy Knome the first member of his cabbeteed to depart in his second term. In a social media post, Trump said he will nominate Oklahoma Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullen to the post. It appears he met up with Steel says he will face a lot of challenges if he's confirmed. He's going to have a lot to juggle. Trump says that he could take over by the end of March, though, of course he will have to get confirmed by the Senate. And it is unclear whether the agency will be funded by Congress by then. There is bipartisan consensus that there's a lack of trust in federal immigration enforcement officers. And internally, there have also been fractures. The shake up at DHS comes after Christy Knome faced a grilling by lawmakers this week over her leadership. Texas Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez is abandoning his reelection campaign. Gonzalez made the announcement a short time ago on social media a day after a congressional

1:02ethics panel announced an investigation into an affair he's acknowledged with a former staffer who later died by suicide. The House has blocked a measure to limit President Trump's war powers in Iran. The vote Thursday came a day after a similar measure failed in the Senate, as it appears Claudique Rosales reports. War powers debates are nothing new since the Cold War presidents of both parties have asserted the right to order limited strikes without congressional sign-off. House Speaker Mike Johnson said blocking further operations in Iran now would have been a quote dangerous gambit. It would have been a very serious misstep by Congress and I'm grateful that that resolution failed. Boat's U.P. led chambers blocked the bill largely along party lines. In the House, Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey and California Democrat Row Conna teamed up again to force the vote. Only one other Republican Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson joined Massey to advance the resolution. Democrats saw four defections, including mains jared golden and Henry Quayar of Texas

2:04who sided with the GOP. Claudique Rosales, NPR News, the Capitol. China's sending a special envoy to the Middle East as a war with Iran has led to a surge in oil and gas prices in PR's Jennifer Pak reports from Beijing. China's foreign minister Wang Yi announced this move in separate phone calls with his counterparts in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Foreign ministry statements do not give details on the exact mission of China's envoy. China has been calling for all parties to cease military action and return to the negotiating table. Wang told the Saudi foreign minister that no matter what the justification is, quote, the indiscriminate use of force is unacceptable. In a separate call with his UAE counterpart, China's foreign minister stressed that non-military targets should not be attacked. He added that the security of shipping routes should be safeguarded. Jennifer Pak, NPR News, Beijing. This is NPR. The Treasury Department has authorized a sale of Russian oil to India for 30 days.

3:07The move is intended to boost the global supply and bring down prices amid the Iran War and a statement on X Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said the waiver only applies to transactions involving oil already stranded at sea. The Pentagon is labeling the artificial intelligence company andthropic as a supply chain risk. A move that could force other government contractors to stop using cloth andthropics AI chatbot. In a statement Thursday, the Pentagon said that it has officially informed Anthropic and that the designation is effective immediately. Anthropic CEO says the company has no choice but to challenge the Trump administration in court. When our Olympics may be over, but the legacy of the games lives on on the Billboard singles chart, his NPR Steven Thompson reports. This week's pop charts demonstrate that there's more than one way to make a song a hit. When figure skater Alyssa Lew won gold twice last month, her fame skyrocketed. Near the end of the winter Olympics, Lew performed in a non-competitive gala, skating to

4:08the song Stateside by Pink Pantherus featuring Zara Larson. Lose performance went viral and now Stateside takes a huge leap up the Billboard Hot 100, climbing from number 41 to number 13. The song's chart success can be directly linked to the timing of the Olympic figure skating gala, which makes Alyssa Lew not only a two-time gold medalist, but also a taste maker. Steven Thompson and PR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News. This is NPR News.