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Dale Willman (0:16)
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. White House border czar Tom Homan says he would like to draw down the surge of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. But speaking with KSTP Television on Saturday, he said he can only do so if he's confident his agents left behind won't be put at risk.
Tom Homan (0:32)
I need some help from the governor and mayor to get the message out there to the public. And as the as the agitation, as the interference taps down, that allows me to release the security force quicker, he.
Dale Willman (0:44)
Says if it does get to that support, the drawdown could take place over the next couple of weeks. A protest, meanwhile, was held outside a federal building in Minneapolis on Saturday. It was the one month anniversary of the death of Renee Good, who was shot while slowly driving away from immigration officers. The opposition parties that control Taiwan's legislature are in an escalating back and forth with US Lawmakers who are urging the island to spend more on its own defense. As Ashish Valentine reports, what's at stake is $40 billion in defense spending currently stalled in Taiwan's legislature.
Ashish Valentine (1:18)
Taiwanese President Lai Ching Te has asked the legislature for $40 billion to pay for U.S. arms sales and other weapons system upgrades over the next eight years. But opposition parties, which favor closer ties with Beijing, say they haven enough details from the president to justify signing a blank check. They've proposed cutting the budget down significantly. The director of the de facto US Embassy in Taiwan is siding with President Lai. So are US Senators Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, and Republican Jim Risch of the Foreign Relations Committee. They said they're deeply disappointed the special defense budget hasn't moved forward. They urged politicians to work across party lines to fully fund Taiwan's self defense. For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
Dale Willman (2:03)
A collapsed pipe just outside of Washington, D.C. has sent 243 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River. That's according to DC Water, the city's water and sewer authority, which has released new information on the environmental impacts of the broken sewer line. As NPR's Andrew Limbong reports, clean water advocates want the city to issue a public health warning.