2 Dec 2025

USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 2 December 2025

President Trump demands the closure of Venezuelan airspace and denied reports that his defense secretary ordered the killing of a drug-smuggling boat’s crew, while also signalling interest in regime change in Caracas.

After a fatal shooting of two National Guard members in DC, his administration froze asylum decisions and vowed a sweeping pause on immigration from “Third World countries.” 

Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.

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