NPR News: 06-28-2026 10PM EDT

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Frustration is growing in Venezuela following last week's earthquake that killed more than fourteen hundred people. John Otis reports survivors claim the government's response has been slow and inept.

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[backhoe digging] That's a backhoe digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed here in the coastal town of Los Corales. But local residents say the government backhoe operator never showed up, so they had to pay for one. Many are incensed by government paralysis and bureaucracy. The security forces have been accused of looting. Doctors and rescue workers have faced delays getting to the disaster zone because they lacked government permits. "All this is costing lives," says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends when the building collapsed. "There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them," she says, "but now they are dead." For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Los Corales, Venezuela.

Dan Ronan· Host1:03

Just days after President Trump canceled a planned signing ceremony for a bipartisan bill to revive the nation's housing market, House Speaker Mike Johnson insists the bill will be signed. Appearing on, today on Fox News, he outlined what he intends to do.

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I'm gonna send the bill over to him. It's passed by both chambers. I'm sending it to him on Monday, and it will become law. And I, I certainly want him to take the biggest, boldest marker that he has