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Throughline Host (0:00)
On the Throughline podcast from npr, Immigration enforcement might be more visible now, but this moment didn't begin with President Trump's second inauguration or even his first, a series from Throughline about how immigration became political and a cash cow. Listen to Throughline in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Ryland Barton (0:24)
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. It's day two of the government shutdown. Airport security still have to work but won't be paid. NPR's Joel Rose says that could impact travel with potential delays at airports.
Joel Rose (0:38)
For now, it looks like business as usual here at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Eleanor Beardsley (0:43)
This is a special security announcement, but.
Joel Rose (0:46)
Privately, several security officers told me morale is not good. Nationwide, more than 60,000 employees at the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, remain on the job, though they won't be paid in full until the shutdown ends. During the last government shutdown in 2018 and 2019, TSA officers began to call in sick in larger numbers as the shutdown wore on. Airlines are bracing for longer lines at security and other delays in the aviation system if the current shutdown continues. Joel Rose, NPR News, Arlington, Virginia.
Ryland Barton (1:17)
An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue in Northern England and then began stabbing them today, killing two and seriously wounding four on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Police said they killed the suspect in the assault. London police declared the rampage a terrorist attack. The White House is asking a handful of US Colleges to sign a deal that they will uphold administration priorities on topics ranging from diversity to ideological values in order to get preferential access to federal funds. NPR's Alyssa Nadworny reports.
Alyssa Nadworny (1:49)
The Trump administration sent a letter to multiple colleges requesting they commit to things like viewpoint diversity, free speech and rooting out what the administration says is, quote, anti Semitic and illegal behavior on college campuses. In response to the memo, the chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents said in a statement the system was honored that its flagship campus was chosen and, quote, we welcome the new opportunity to working with the Trump administration on it. This latest attempt at a compact comes after the Trump administration canceled or threatened to cut federal funding for universities over a number of issues, including transgender policies, diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and antisemitism. Alyssa Nadworny, NPR News.