The Latest Politics Partial government shutdown possible as Democrats fight to amend DHS funding Democrats are demanding changes to a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The fight over spending could cause a partial government shutdown at the end of the week. Leila Fadel Politics Sen. Adam Schiff on whether Democrats will risk a partial shutdown over DHS funding NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff whether his party is willing to allow a partial government shutdown in order to block new funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Steve Inskeep National At annual conference, Republican mayors call for de-escalation in Minnesota At the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors, Republicans were among those expressing concern about ICE's tactics and calling for a de-escalation in Minnesota. Eve Zuckoff Sports Senegal and Morocco fined and players banned after African Cup final chaos Africa's soccer body issued fines worth more than $1 million and banned Senegal's coach and Senegalese and Morocco players Wednesday following a shambolic African Cup soccer final this month. The Associated Press National Morning news brief Democrats are demanding changes to DHS funding as partial shutdown looms, lawyers say ICE is denying detainees legal access with relocations, the Fed votes to hold interest rates steady. Leila Fadel National Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly. Andrea Hsu Arts & Life 'Philadelphia,' 'Clueless,' 'The Karate Kid' added to the National Film Registry Every year, the National Film Registry adds 25 films to its collection to be preserved for posterity. Selections for 2025 range from The Thing to White Christmas. Neda Ulaby Politics Trump has sued universities for billions. Here's what the strategy tells us Each deal between colleges and the administration is unique, but they have common goals: altering the culture at powerful institutions and making their policies more aligned with President Trump's. Bill Chappell Politics Big budget Melania Trump documentary premieres with splashy rollout A film about First Lady Melania Trump premiere's this week, with big presidential promotion. Tamara Keith Arts & Life Oprah Winfrey visits NPR's 'Wild Card with Rachel Martin' podcast Oprah Winfrey paid a visit to the NPR podcast "Wild Card with Rachel Martin," and Rachel sent us a sneak preview. Rachel Martin Prev 62 of 1639 Next Sponsored
Politics Partial government shutdown possible as Democrats fight to amend DHS funding Democrats are demanding changes to a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The fight over spending could cause a partial government shutdown at the end of the week. Leila Fadel
Politics Sen. Adam Schiff on whether Democrats will risk a partial shutdown over DHS funding NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff whether his party is willing to allow a partial government shutdown in order to block new funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Steve Inskeep
National At annual conference, Republican mayors call for de-escalation in Minnesota At the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors, Republicans were among those expressing concern about ICE's tactics and calling for a de-escalation in Minnesota. Eve Zuckoff
Sports Senegal and Morocco fined and players banned after African Cup final chaos Africa's soccer body issued fines worth more than $1 million and banned Senegal's coach and Senegalese and Morocco players Wednesday following a shambolic African Cup soccer final this month. The Associated Press
National Morning news brief Democrats are demanding changes to DHS funding as partial shutdown looms, lawyers say ICE is denying detainees legal access with relocations, the Fed votes to hold interest rates steady. Leila Fadel
National Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly. Andrea Hsu
Arts & Life 'Philadelphia,' 'Clueless,' 'The Karate Kid' added to the National Film Registry Every year, the National Film Registry adds 25 films to its collection to be preserved for posterity. Selections for 2025 range from The Thing to White Christmas. Neda Ulaby
Politics Trump has sued universities for billions. Here's what the strategy tells us Each deal between colleges and the administration is unique, but they have common goals: altering the culture at powerful institutions and making their policies more aligned with President Trump's. Bill Chappell
Politics Big budget Melania Trump documentary premieres with splashy rollout A film about First Lady Melania Trump premiere's this week, with big presidential promotion. Tamara Keith
Arts & Life Oprah Winfrey visits NPR's 'Wild Card with Rachel Martin' podcast Oprah Winfrey paid a visit to the NPR podcast "Wild Card with Rachel Martin," and Rachel sent us a sneak preview. Rachel Martin