WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 2-4-26 (1/3)

Episode Date: February 4, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. On this vote, the A's are 217 and A's are 214. Without objection, the motion is adopted. And with that, the House voted Tuesday to end the partial government shutdown. 21 Democrats voted with Republicans, while 21 Republicans voted no on a stopgap measure. The package will fund federal agencies into the fall with the exception of the Department of Homeland Security. It only funds DHS for a couple of weeks, buying time for talks over immigration enforcement. Al Speaker Mike Johnson says he's hopeful about reaching a deal on that funding soon.

He noted that DHS does not only oversee immigration enforcement. It is TSA. It's the agents who keep us safe in the airports and keep air travel moving. It's the Coast Guard. It's Secret Service. It's FEMA. We're in the middle of winter storms that people are still digging out from. So this is no time to play games with that funding. The Senate already approved the funding package last week, and President Trump says he welcomes it. We've succeeded in passing a fiscally responsible package that actually cuts wasteful federal spending while supporting critical programs for the safety, security, and prosperity of the American people.

House Democratic leaders, though, were not as pleased. They are demanding changes to federal immigration enforcement, and negotiations now shift to immigration policy where sharp divisions remain. Iran's president has instructed the foreign minister to pursue negotiations with the United States. States. World's Kristen Flavin has more. Iran's shift comes amid high tensions following the Islamic government's crackdown on nationwide protests. And the announcement comes as President Trump has threatened military action if Iran does not negotiate an end to its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Talks are planned in Turkey later this week between U.S. envoy Steve Whitkoff and Iranian officials. Iran's supreme

leader Ayatollah Khomeini appears to support the talks. For World, I'm Kristen Flavin. At the White House, President Trump met with Colombian president Gustavo Petro behind closed doors for nearly two hours on Tuesday. U.S. officials say those talks focused on regional security and curbing drug trafficking. And despite very public friction between the two leaders in recent months, both called the meeting friendly and productive. We got along very well.

He and I weren't exactly the best of friends, but I wasn't insulted because I never met him. I didn't know at all. The two leaders previously traded jabs with the Colombian President criticizing the U.S. military operation in Venezuela, among other things, and Trump meantime accused Petro of being a drug trafficker. But the tone had softened in recent days, and Trump told reporters ahead of the meeting that Petro appeared to be more open to cooperating following recent developments in the region. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit worldradiot.news.

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