NPR News: 04-30-2026 10PM EDT

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump has signed a bill ending the record long shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security. The measure excludes money for ICE and parts of border patrol, as NPR's Sam Green Glass reports, it caps two and a half months of bitter debate over deportation and immigration enforcement tactics that resulted in the deaths of two people in Minneapolis. Senate Republicans struck a deal with Democrats blessed by the White House to separate ICE and Border Patrol so funding could flow again to other agencies, like TSA and the Coast Guard. But when that measure reached the House, it sat for a month amid disagreements within the GOP. The House finally acted as money that Trump was using to keep paychecks flowing to many DHS workers was set to run out. Republicans are advancing a separate measure to fund ICE and border patrol using a maneuver Democrats can't block. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington. Evidence of an imminent threat and wage with no coherent strategy. We did not have any evidence that Iran intended to imminently attack this country in any way, shape, or form. So I disagree with your assessment that we were under threat. Do you not believe them when they say death to America? Listen, our adversaries use rhetoric all the time. What I am concerned about is we are not safer, and I would just like to know why you h