NPR News: 03-27-2026 6AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, Nancorva Coleman, the Senate is voted for a package that funds most of the Department of Homeland Security. The agency has been shut down for more than 40 days as Democrats and Republicans disagreed over limits to federal immigration agents operations. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says most departments within DHS will get paid. This long overdue agreement funds TSA, the Coast Guard, FEMA, CISA, strength and security at the border in the ports of entry and keeps Americans safe. This could have been accomplished weeks ago if Republicans hadn't stood in the way. But it won't fund most federal immigration operations, Senate Majority Leader John Thune. They wanted an issue, politics over policy, self-interest over reform, pandering to their base over actually solving a problem.

1:00It's an appalling commentary on the state of the Democratic Party. But the funding issue isn't yet over. This measure has to go to the House for a vote before it's fully passed by Congress. President Trump says he'll delay his threat to attack Iran's energy plants by 10 days. He now says Iran has until Monday, April 6th, to reopen the state of Hormuz. Israel and the U.S. are still attacking Iran, including the capital, Tehran. And Iran is still retaliating against its Gulf neighbors, and Pierce Emily Feng has more. Israel's military said it had struck a missile in sea-mine production facility in Yazd province in the middle of Iran. Overnight, it also said it targeted ballistic missile and aerial defense system production sites in Tehran. A handful of social media posts have made it out of Iran's near total telecommunications blackout, and they show strikes on Tehran and Iranian city of Isfahan in the early dawn hours of Friday. Hours earlier on Thursday night, Iran's revolutionary guard said it had struck U.S. bases in the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait in the Gulf

2:01using missiles in drones. Emily Feng and Pyrenees Van Turkey. A federal judge in California has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's ban on the artificial intelligence company Anthropic. She's ruled that the Trump administration appears to be trying to punish the company, and he has John Ruich reports. The case stems from a dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the military can use the company's artificial intelligence. Anthropic doesn't want it used for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance of Americans. The Pentagon says it's up to the military, not the company, to decide how to use a product. Last month, President Trump ordered all government agencies to stop using Anthropic, and the Pentagon later labeled the firm a supply chain risk. That's a designation that's been reserved for foreign adversaries. Now, a federal judge in Northern California, Judge Rita F. Lin, says the supply chain risk label was likely contrary to law. John Ruich and PR News. You're listening to NPR. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is going to Paris this weekend to join a meeting

3:04of foreign ministers from G7 nations. There's much to discuss. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war in Iran, and the related surge in energy prices because of that conflict. The European Group, the Organization for Cooperation and Development, says the global energy disruption will lead to slower economic growth and surging inflation around the world. Federal prosecutors have charged two people for allegedly planting a bomb outside a U.S. military base in Tampa, Florida. From member station W. U.S.F. Carrie Sheridan reports, one suspect has fled to China. The improvised explosive device was left outside McDill Air Force Base. That's the headquarters for U.S. Central Command, which is overseeing the bombing campaign in Iran. U.S. Attorney Greg Kiho says the device did not go off. But I will tell you that it could have been potentially very deadly. The suspects are a brother and sister, Alan and Ann Mary Zhang. She is in custody and allegedly helped her brother escape to China.

4:06Kiho says U.S. officials are exploring every avenue to get him back in the U.S. Both are U.S. citizens and face 30 to 40 years behind bars, if convicted. For NPR News, I'm Carrie Sheridan in Tampa. Police in Hawaii say a helicopter on a tour crashed yesterday on the island of Kauai. Three people were killed and two others injured on a remote beach. Officials say the helicopter was operated by a company called Airborne Aviation. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington. Listen to this podcast sponsor-free on Amazon Music with a prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.