WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 2-6-26 (1/3)

Episode Date: February 6, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. Congress is racing to fund the Department of Homeland Security before current funding expires at the end of next week. Lawmakers recently agreed to fund the rest of the government through September, but only funded DHS for a couple of weeks, just long enough to buy more time to negotiate changes to immigration enforcement. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said the president has heard what Democrats are asking for. Some of which the administration is willing to discuss.

Others don't seem like they are grounded in any common sense, and they are non-starters for this administration. Republicans have already agreed to certain measures, such as body cameras for all federal immigration agents, but they disagree with other demands, such as barring agents from wearing masks. They say that change would open those officers to personal targeting and violent attacks. But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday, If Republicans don't like our proposals, pouting is not going to make the chaos in the streets go away. The Republicans need to explain why to the American people. But Senate Majority Leader John Thune said they can explain it very simply.

At the end of the day, we're not going to do things that are going to undermine law enforcement officials' job or ability to do their jobs. Thune said the onus is on Democrats to negotiate a solution. Some lawmakers are also discussing ways to potentially keep parts of DHS funded, such as TSA Airport's security and the Coast Guard if the full package can't be finished in time. Nigeria has launched a major military operation in response to a deadly terrorist attack while abducted Christians return home. World Terrorists and Waters has more. President Bola Tanubu has deployed an army battalion and ordered what has been dubbed Operation Savannah Shield to protect at-risk communities. This comes after gunmen killed more than 160 people in the Muslim majority villages of Woro and Nuku in Quara State. Officials say the victims resisted extremist ideology before the attack.

Separately on Thursday, the Kaduna State Governor announced that all 183 Christians abducted last month have been freed after weeks in captivity. They were taken from three churches during coordinated armed raids last month. For World, I'm Harrison Waters. U.S. job openings slipped to about 6.5 million in December, according to the government's latest survey. That was the fewest since late 2020 and was well below what economists expected. It also follows a downward revision to November's figures. Hiring stayed weak even as overall economic growth has held up and layoffs ticked up only modestly. The number of workers quitting jobs remained largely unchanged. Other early data show private employers added only a small number of jobs in recent weeks.

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