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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A U.S. official tells NPR the administration is searching for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's replacement.
Hegseth is mired in controversy after a New York Times report that he shared military operational details in a signal group chat on his private cell with his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The information shared was about airstrikes in Yemen in March, shortly after he shared similar details in another signal group chat with top administration officials that inadvertently also included a journalist.
On Fox, Hegseth slammed his critics. What was shared over Signal then and now, however you characterize it, was informal, unclassified coordinations for media coordination and other things. That's what I've said from the beginning. At the beginning, it was left-wing reporters from The Atlantic who got a hold of it and then wanted to create a problem for the president. This is what it's all about, trying to get at President Trump and his agenda.
The White House initially called reports of searching for Hegseth's replacement fake news. The U.S. financial markets have been a top destination for global investors for decades. But as NPR's Rafael Nam tells us, President Trump's tariff shock and criticism of Fed Chair Jerome Powell are sparking fears the U.S. may no longer be seen as a safe haven. Something unusual has been happening in U.S. markets ever since Trump unveiled more tariffs this month.
Stocks, bonds, and the dollar have all been falling at the same time. That rarely happens. Usually, at times of uncertainty, U.S. bonds and the dollar tend to gain. The fear in Wall Street is that those declines reflect foreign investors cutting their exposure to the U.S. It's hard to fully know so far, but if true, it would have major implications.
It would likely mean foreign investors no longer see the U.S. as a safe place to invest. And that would be game-changing for the global financial system. Rafael Nam, NPR News. Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student President Trump's trying to deport over his pro-Palestinian activism...
the birth of his first child. NPR's Adrian Flody, the reports Khalil had requested temporary release from immigration detention. Since ICE agents arrested him in New York last month, they've held Khalil at a remote detention center in Louisiana. His lawyers have been trying to free him while his federal lawsuit challenging his arrest as unconstitutional moves forward. On
On Sunday, his wife went into labor. Khalil's lawyers asked the director of ICE's Louisiana office to temporarily release him so he could attend the birth. The request was quickly denied. Mark Vanderhoof is one of Khalil's lawyers. He had certainly hoped and expected that the government would show some humanity, but they did not. His baby was born the next day. Khalil listened on the phone. Adrian Flarido, NPR News.
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