NPR News: 03-28-2026 1AM EDT

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.

On this vote, the AESR-213 and the AESR-203.

The resolution is adopted.

Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table.

The House of Representatives approved late Friday a temporary funding measure for Homeland

Security.

The bill would have mostly ended the partial government shutdown.

The measure will now go to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain.

Democrats say they will not vote for a DHS funding measure that does not include requirements

for ICE agents to show proper identification and stop wearing masks.

While the measure was being debated House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffree says this latest

vote shows Republicans don't reflect the concerns of Americans.

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.

President Trump spoke to his Saudi back investment summit in Florida Friday, where he gave

a wide-ranging speech that covered the war in Iran, his election wins, and the U.S.

economy.

And P.R.

Daniel Kurtzleben reports.

The summit is put on by the Future Investment Initiative, a non-profit backed by Saudi Arabia's

sovereign wealth fund.

Trump's speech veered to many topics, including the U.S. economy, but he multiple times referenced

attendees' wealth.

I just want to ask, are the Saudis impressed by the fact that a family has saved $5,000?

I don't know.

They're looking like what the hell is $5,000?

Their shoes cost more than $5,000.

But that's the way it goes.

Trump also focused heavily on the war in Iran, saying negotiations are underway to open

the street of Hormuz.

The President also didn't provide clarity on when the U.S. will try to wind down the

war, but he said that when it happens, the U.S. economy would be in his words like

a rocket ship.

Daniel Kurtzleben and P.R.

News.

Stocks dropped again on Friday, ending another volatile week on Wall Street.

The Dow Jones slid 793 points, or nearly 1 and 3 quarters of a percent, to finish out

at 45,166, the Nasdaq, closed down, meanwhile, more than 2 percent, and the S&P 500 fell

more than 1 and a half percent to finish the day at 6,368.

And P.R.'s Maria Aspen has our reports.

President Trump's latest efforts to pause the war in Iran didn't appear to reassure investors.

Oil prices continued rising, stoking more fears of a prolonged energy crisis.

And a closely watched volatility index, known as Wall Street's fear gauge, headed

higher, indicating that investors are bracing for even more turmoil.

The Dow's sell-off means it's joined the tech-heavy Nasdaq in what's known as a correction,

meaning they're each down at least 10 percent from recent highs.

Meanwhile, the benchmark S&P 500 has closed in the red for five consecutive weeks.

That's its worst losing streak in almost four years.

Maria Aspen and P.R. News, New York.

It's NPR News.

Another House Republican isn't running for re-election, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason

Rosenbaum reports, that on what Congressman Sam Graves from Missouri's departure could

mean for the midterm elections.

Graves announced he will not run again to represent his Northern Missouri-based district.

The 26-year congressional veteran is the chairman of the Powerful House Transportation

Committee and a powerful political figure in Missouri politics.

I've rastled with it a little bit and I think it's time for some new leadership.

Northwest Missouri State University political science professor Jessica Gracie says Graves'

departure could signal Republicans aren't confident about November's elections.

Maybe you don't want to be in the minority in the House when you've been in the majority

for so long.

For his part, Graves says the November elections had no bearing on his decision, adding

he thinks the GOP can hang on to its slim majority.

For NPR News, I'm Jason Rosenbaum and St. Louis.

Federal law enforcement officials have disrupted a plot to fire bomb the New York City

home of a prominent Palestinian activist, Nadine Kiswan, a co-founder of the group within

our lifetime.

She was informed by an FBI official late Thursday there was a threat on her life.

She says she was told that the man's been apprehended.

Today's show host, Savannah Guthrie, says she'll return to the program on April 6th.

She's been away from the show since her mother's disappearance almost two months ago.

Authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will from her home in Arizona.

Police have not been able to find her as yet.

Guthrie says she's not sure when she's ready to return or she's ready to return but wants

to be with her work family.

I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.

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