NPR News: 03-28-2026 5AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. House Republicans have rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, prolonging a shutdown that has strained security at U.S. airports. They criticize the Senate plan for excluding additional money for immigration enforcement. GOP leaders instead passed a short-term funding bill late Friday. House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries came out against it. Because what House Republicans want to do is to continue to fund Donald Trump's violent extreme mass deportation machine that has resulted in the death of at least three American citizens. The bill is facing immediate resistance in the Senate where Democrats have rejected similar proposals. President Trump, meanwhile, has signed an executive order to pay TSA employees who have been working without a paycheck for more than a month. Israel says it's stepping up its assault across the border and to Lebanon to fight

1:00Hezbollah militants. NPR's Lauren Fair reports the invasion has displaced about a fifth of the country's population and killed more than 1100 people. Israeli officials say they'll take territory up to Lebanon's Lieutenant River 10-20 miles north of the Israeli border. But now they've ordered residents out of a zone another 10 miles beyond that. This more are fleeing, sleeping in a soccer stadium in southern Beirut. Israel's been bombing highways, bridges, homes, and gas stations. Its military released a video of a top commander surveying troops inside southern Lebanon. Hezbollah released its own video showing what it says is a guided missile hitting an Israeli tank. Hezbollah is backed by Iran and Israel says it's killed several of Iran's revolutionary guard members inside Lebanon. Iran's foreign ministry says six Iranian diplomats have been killed here as well. Lauren Friar and P.R. News Beirut. The Trump administration is giving federal agencies more time to change the way they produce statistics about race and ethnicity that are used to redraw voting maps and enforce civil

2:04rights laws. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports the changes were approved during the Biden administration. The 2030 census and other future federal forms have been set to ask about race and ethnicity in one question instead of separating the two. Allowing people to check more than one box and the boxes include a new one for Hispanic Walatino and another for Middle Eastern or North African. A category the U.S. government would no longer automatically classify as white. Research shows that could allow many people to more accurately report their identities. The White House's Office of Management and Budget is now giving agencies one more year to release plans about how they're going to adapt their surveys. The move comes after an OMB official signal the Trump administration is considering rolling back these changes to racial and ethnic data. That's when the move is described in the conservative action plan project 2025. Hansi Lowong, NPR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Ume County, Arizona, has prided itself as the place labor icon Cesar Chavez was born

3:07and died. But now sexual abuse allegations tied to Chavez have caused a debate over whether a local school should still bear his name. Francisco Stargazer from Member Station, K.A.W.C. reports the controversy is exposing deep divisions within the community. In San Luis, the Gatson School District is considering renaming two Cesar Chavez facilities, but some community members are pushing back. At a public hearing Anna Maria Guyen said, actions speak louder than words. You could even say he gave his life for us, but Luis Arreola disagrees. What are we telling our girls, people who have been abused? The district governing board said it may take action at a later date. But for San Luis, Chavez's legacy is deeply personal and now deeply contested. For NPR News, I'm Cisco Stargazer in San Luis, Arizona. Progofford Tiger Woods is facing DUI charges after a roll over crash in Florida.

4:08It already say a breath test showed no alcohol, but they suspect drugs or medication. Martin County Sheriff John Budensik says Woods cooperated with the breathalyzer, but refused a urine test. We had a DRE experts evaluating him and they believed from on scene that he was not impaired on alcohol, but they believed it was some type of medication or drug. And again, at the jail, he cooperated with the urine or I'm sorry, he cooperated with the breathalyzer and then the urine he wanted no part of. No injuries were reported. This is NPR News. According 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.