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NPR News: 01-02-2026 2PM EST

02 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

1.28 - 4.304 Lakshmi Singh

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

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Chapter 2: What intervention does President Trump promise regarding Iran protests?

5.045 - 17.98 Lakshmi Singh

President Trump says the United States is prepared to intervene if Iran kills protesters. NPR's Frank Ordonez reports on Trump's pledge to defend demonstrators who have taken to the streets in Iran in recent days.

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18.06 - 39.047 Frank Ordonez

President Trump vowed to step in if Iran uses lethal force on demonstrators as economic protests continue. In an early morning social media post, Trump wrote that if Iran kills peaceful protesters, then quote, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. The comments mark a sharp escalation by the president toward Iran.

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39.487 - 53.663 Frank Ordonez

Clashes between police and protesters have turned deadly over the past week. Iran warned that any U.S. intervention would be crossing a red line and be met with a response. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, Palm Beach.

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54.368 - 73.569 Lakshmi Singh

Actor and producer Angelina Jolie visited the Rafah border today on the Egyptian side of the crossing with the Gaza Strip. Egyptian officials say Jolie visited a hospital to speak with Palestinian patients and met with the Red Crescent as she seeks to raise support for humanitarian aid teams displaced by war.

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73.589 - 98.607 Lakshmi Singh

In a statement, Jolie says the ceasefire in Gaza must hold and access must be sustained. The reality on the ground is that emergency supplies are slow to arrive inside Gaza, including shelter materials as tent cities are gripped by wintry weather. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck central and southern Mexico. It sent people in Acapulco and other areas running into the streets.

99.048 - 104.054 Lakshmi Singh

The temblor even disrupted Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press briefing of 2026.

104.154 - 110.262 Frank Ordonez

Where is she?

111.271 - 135.996 Lakshmi Singh

The event setting off alarms and prompting her and others to quickly evacuate. There have been reports of landslides. However, there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Well, it's been two weeks since the Justice Department was supposed to release all of the Epstein files in its possession. NPR's Stephen Fowler reports there are well over a million more pages yet to be released.

136.043 - 149.042 Stephen Fowler

the DOJ has failed to fully meet a deadline set by a law signed by President Trump. The relatively few documents that have been made public have extensive redactions, and the government also says some of what's released should not be trusted.

Chapter 3: What humanitarian efforts is Angelina Jolie involved in at the Gaza border?

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T's and C's apply.

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