NPR News: 03-28-2026 3AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. The House of Representatives has passed its own Department of Homeland Security funding bill after rejecting one that cleared the Senate early Friday morning. The Senate version included all of the regular DHS funding, except for ICE and immigration enforcement by Customs and Border Patrol. NPR's Anna Yukonanoff has a report. House Speaker Mike Johnson says representatives are not on board with a Senate plan that would fund most parts of DHS through September, but exclude immigration and customs enforcement and border patrol. Johnson says the House instead wants to fund the whole Department until May 22nd, and he says the President is on board. It's unclear whether the Senate will agree to the maneuver. Senators have already left town, and Democrats have refused to vote for any spending bill that funds ICE. Separately, President Trump has signed an executive order to pay agents with the TSA as the DHS shutdown hits its 42nd day.

1:03Anna Yukonanoff and P.R. News, Washington. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke to attendees of the conservative political action conference known as CPAC Friday night. The U.S. Senate candidate is in a runoff election with incumbent Senator John Corden. The Texas Newsroom's blaze gaining has more. Texan used most of his time to talk about his career accomplishments, but made sure to talk about how he believes his opponent, Corden, hasn't had much success in his decades-long political career. Let's take the whole 40-plus years of John Corden's career and let me ask you a question. Can anybody in the room name one good accomplishment in 40-plus years? Do you know I've never gotten an answer to that question? And I've been doing this for a year. Governor was invited to attend the event, but instead chose to stay in D.C. to try and get the Senate to pass the SAV Act. A measure that would require citizens to present proof of citizenship in person before completing voter registration.

2:04For NPR News, I'm Blaze Gainey in Great Bond. Tiger Woods has been released on bail following his arrest Friday on suspicion of driving while under the influence. Officials say his vehicle clipped a truck and rolled over on its side. Sheriff John Budenciac says Woods had been traveling at high speeds and was trying to pass another vehicle before the crash. They did several tests on him. Of course, he did explain the injuries and the surgeries that he had. We did take that into account, but they did do some in-depth roadside tests. And when it was determined, he was placed under arrest and taken to the Martin County jail. Woods did not test positive for alcohol. The Wall Street whipsaw continues. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 793 points on Friday, or 1.73 percent, an ASDAQ down 2.15 percent, the S&P 500, 1.67 percent. This is NPR. A pro-Iranian hacking group claims to have hacked an account of FBI Director Cash Patel.

3:06The group has posted online what appeared to be years old photos of Patel, along with other personal documents. The FBI says it's aware of Patel being targeted, but says the hack involves no government information. As many as 11 ships near the U.S. Canada border have been met with delays caused by icy conditions in the opening week of the Great Lakes shipping season, as Rick Brewer of Member Station WCMU reports, more than 90 percent of the nation's iron ore that's used to make steel passes through this region. The U.S. Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker on the Great Lakes is unable to reach Lake Superior to help free ships stuck in ice. New smaller icebreakers are also down. Eric Peace is with the Lake Carriers Association, a group that represents the interests of the commercial shipping industry. He says steel mills across the Midwest have been waiting two months for iron ore shipments, and further delays could have a ripple effect. They could have to shut down the steel mills, lose jobs, and American steel wouldn't be produced. A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard said the conditions are challenging but manageable, and that they're using all available assets to get ships moving.

4:10I'm Rick Brewer. Sarah Strong at 21 points and 10 rebounds Friday as defending national champion Connecticut beat North Carolina 63-42 in the NCAA women's basketball playoffs. Notedame Guard Hannah Hidalgo broke the NCAA's single season record for steals after getting seven in the first half of the fighting Irish's win over Vanderbilt 67-64, Duke beat number 2 LSU 87-85 and UCLA beat Minnesota 80-56. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.