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1:01Hakeem Jeffries say they won't support funding those departments without changes to immigration enforcement. Immigration enforcement should focus on violent felons who are in this country illegally, not target, law abiding immigrant families, or brutalize, and in some cases kill American citizens. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called the Senate bill the most reckless thing we've ever seen. This gambit that was done last night is a joke. I'm quite convinced that it can't be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill. Johnson says the House will instead vote tonight on a resolution to fund DHS at current levels until May. Congress is about to be out on spring break until mid-April. At a conference of conservative activists, a top Justice Department official said one of the administration's greatest accomplishments was partnering people charged after the January 6 riot, and PR's Tom Driesbach reports. On his first day in office, President Trump issued

2:02mass pardons to the people charged or convicted for the role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those who violently assaulted police. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche celebrated that decision at the conservative political action conference. If you look at what happened to the men and women convicted because of January 6, every one of them was either pardoned or had their sentence committed, okay? So when folks say you've done nothing, I say you have a very short memory. Polls indicate that a majority of Americans oppose the pardons, and dozens of former defendants have since been charged with new crimes. Tom Driesbach and PR News. Crude oil prices rose today to $107 per barrel again. Those prices have been on a roller coaster since the war with Iran began as NPR's Camila Domenoski reports that's a consequence of profound uncertainty. Global oil trades are massively disrupted, but how catastrophic it is for the world economy depends on how long the Strait of Hormuz remains mostly closed. Ed Crookes is with the consultancy

3:04Wood McKenzie. Traders are trying to look at this very binary outcome of continued closure, a much higher price, a reopened street, a much lower price. Every shred of evidence for a long disruption sends prices up while every hint at a near-term resolution pushes prices down, and the result is a volatile price, somewhere in the middle of the two extremes. Camila Domenoski and PR News. And this is NPR News from Washington. After a two-month absence sparked by her 84-year-old mother's apparent abduction, Savannah Guthrie will return soon to NBC's Today Show. The longtime morning show co-anchor said in an interview that, quote, joy will be my protest. Guthrie says while she doesn't know if she can do it or if she will belong anymore she wants to try, authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped, abducted, or otherwise taken against her will. Kenya is one of the world's largest exporters of flowers. However, the sector has been heavily impacted by the ongoing

4:06war in Iran. Michael Koloki has more. The International Airport in Kenya's captain Erobi is the hub of the country's flower exports. However, visibly, there is less activity in the warehouses where flowers are processed for transportation. According to the Kenya flower council, the country's flower sector has experienced losses of over four million dollars. The council added that exporters have been faced with delivery delays and forced to use longer air transport routes that have proved costly. Direct flower exports to the Middle East account for about 15% of Kenya's total flower exports. Other Kenyan exports to the region, such as tea and food exports are also reported to have faced significant negative impacts as a result of the war in Iran. For NPR News, a Michael Koloki in Nairobi. The Artemis II crew arrived at Florida's Kennedy Space Center today. It sets the stage for the first lunar mission in more than half a century. Fuel leaks and other problems cause two months of delay. NASA hopes to launch as soon as Wednesday. It's humanity's first astronaut moonshot since Apollo 17 in 1972. The 10-day flight will end with a splashdown in the Pacific.

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