WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 1-30-26 (1/3)

Episode Date: January 30, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. Lawmakers in Washington are scrambling to avoid a partial government shutdown just hours from now. Funding for key agencies is set to expire when the clock strikes midnight. The fight centers on funding for the Department of Homeland Security after a pair of fatal shootings in Minnesota involving federal immigration agents. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Enough is enough. This is a moment of truth for the United States of America.

Senate Democrats blocked a funding package as they demand changes to immigration and customs enforcement, but Republican Senator David McCormick counters. This won't affect the funding for ICE at all. This is going to affect FEMA and the Coast Guard and the Secret Service. ICE is already well funded, having received $75 billion in funds from the legislation President Trump referred to as the one big, beautiful bill. And fellow GOP Senator James Langford says Republicans are okay with many of the proposed changes for ICE. more body-worn cameras on federal agents, de-escalation training. We're fine with all of those things.

That's not an issue that had all been negotiated. Then Democrats after the last weekend said, nope, we're going to shut the government down. We're closing down FEMA. We're closing down TSA. We're closing down the Coast Guard. But negotiators might be closing in on a plan that would buy extra time for talks. Under a proposal, temporary funding would keep DHS going for about two weeks, while Republicans and Democrats debate changes tied to immigration enforcement.

the rest of the government meantime would be funded through September. Meanwhile, Democratic leaders say they are determined to see Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem removed from office one way or the other after those fatal shootings in Minnesota. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats intend to move forward with impeachment proceedings if Noem is not fired. Secretary Noem plans to testify before Congress in March about the department's crackdown on illegal immigration as well as those two fatal shootings. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says San Jose State University will be held accountable after an investigation found that the school violated Title IX protections for female athletes. Roalds Benjamin Iker has more. The department released findings this week from a nearly year-long investigation after the school allowed a male athlete to compete in a women's volleyball team. Investigators found that when he was recruited in 2022, coaches were instructed not to tell players that,

the recruit was biologically male. For a time, players unknowingly shared locker rooms and hotel rooms with him. The investigation also found that the school retaliated against players and coaches who spoke out about male athletes being permitted in women's competitions. For World, I'm Benjamin Iker. And I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit world radio.news.

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