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What is the opening story about Venezuela’s opposition and President Trump?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Venezuela's main opposition leader praised President Trump for seizing the country's former leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Maria Karina Machado, lauded Trump for his actions, even as the president has sidelined her in any future plans for the South American country, NPR's Kerry Kahn reports.
Machado has posted little publicly since U.S. Special Forces removed Maduro and his wife. Speaking on Fox News, Machado said she wants to share her Nobel Peace Prize with President Trump. After spending most of the interview exalting Trump, Machado said her opposition party will come to power.
Okay. Trump broke with Machado following the U.S. military action, backing Maduro's vice president, who has since been appointed Venezuela's new interim leader.
How does the White House’s narrative address the January 6 Capitol attack?
US officials say elections in Venezuela are not possible at this time. Carry Con NPR News Bogota Columbia.
Meanwhile, the White House released a webpage that insists rioters were peaceful and accuses Democrats of certifying a quote fraud-ridden election. Congressional Republicans are mostly ignoring the anniversary. NPR's Sam Greenglass has more.
Морти поліцвели дефенд на капітал January sixt, twenty twenty-one, when a mob tried to disrupt the certification of the twenty twenty election results. Here's House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Donald Trump and far right extremists in Congress have repeatedly. А темпте то рейд історин вайтваш.
What new information is revealed about the Department of Health and Human Services’ vaccine schedule changes?
The horrific events of Januj sixt. We will not let that happen.
House Republicans were at the Kennedy Center for a retreat, including a speech by President Trump, who assailed investigations into the role he played in sparking the violence. Trump has pardoned more than fifteen hundred January 6th participants. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
The Department of Health and Human Services has changed the recommended vaccine schedule for children, removing many shots that have been deemed safe. Former CDC director Richard Besser says the change will lead to confusion and potentially death.
Or or recommended. And I saw children hospitalized.
Why was an Arizona Republican lawmaker sentenced and what does it mean for future elections?
I've seen children die from many of these diseases that are now no longer in the recommended column.
Now vaccines for diseases like flu, hepatitis A and B, and meningitis are only recommended for those at high risk or after consultation with a healthcare provider. This is NPR News from Washington. A former Republican lawmaker in Arizona has been sentenced to probation and a five year ban on running for public office. Austin Smith pleaded guilty to using forged signatures on nominating petitions for a twenty twenty four primary election. He was a leader for the conservative group Turning Point Action, the campaign arm of Turning Point USA. Smith admitted to forging a dead woman's signature and using false petitions. The Department of Health and Human Services has frozen Biden era child care funding, affecting 1.4 million children, NPR's Caden Mills reports.
The new rules are for the Federal Child Care and Development Fund, one of the largest federal funding sources meant to help low-income families pay for child care.
How did an AI‑generated police report mistakenly turn an officer into a frog?
Current rules require states to base funding for providers on enrollment rather than verified attendance. Under the new rules, funding will be attendance based, and states will be allowed to reimburse providers rather than pay them in advance for their services. The administration also moved to prioritize parent vouchers, moving away from grants paid to providers. A cap on family co payments will also be scrapped. Child care access Advocates say the proposed changes would roll back rules designed to encourage a more stable and affordable childcare industry. Caden Mills, NPR News.
An AI generated report in the Heber City, Utah Police Department mistakenly reported that an officer had been turned into a frog. The program automatically generates police reports from body camera footage. A police sergeant told Fox 13 in Salt Lake City that the software had picked up a movie in the plaque in the background, The Princess and the Frog.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the opening story about Venezuela’s opposition and President Trump?
0:00–0:57
2
How does the White House’s narrative address the January 6 Capitol attack?
0:57–1:51
3
What new information is revealed about the Department of Health and Human Services’ vaccine schedule changes?
1:51–2:40
4
Why was an Arizona Republican lawmaker sentenced and what does it mean for future elections?
2:40–3:43
5
How did an AI‑generated police report mistakenly turn an officer into a frog?
3:43–4:38