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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is Ira Glass. On This American Life, one thing we like is a good mystery. Sometimes about really big things, but most times, the little mysteries are the best.
Our lost and found is currently filled with pants. I don't know, I've never seen this happen.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Senate has defeated a check on President Trump's power to carry out further attacks on Venezuela after Vice President J.D. Vance cast a tie-breaking vote. Trump has lashed out at five Republican senators who joined with Democrats to advance the resolution last week.
Iran has killed more than 2,500 people as it cracks down on anti-government demonstrations, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activist News Agency. President Trump says he's been told on good authority that executions in Iran have stopped. He provided few details to support the claim.
Jason Rezaian, a former Tehran correspondent for The Washington Post and now director of the Post's press freedom initiatives, he says Iran's government may be coming to an end. and the U.S. needs to work with people on the ground there.
The truth is that there are very few people in Washington or other global capitals that have relevant recent experience inside of Iran. And there are quite a lot of dissidents who have either left Iran in recent years or are still on the ground and willing to communicate their positions.
We should be leaning on them to better understand the dynamics inside the country and how we can be most supportive.
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Chapter 2: What current events are shaping U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela?
NPR's Brian Mann reports.
In termination letters viewed by NPR, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration says programs don't align with the Trump administration's public health agenda and are being defunded effective immediately. NPR asked federal officials for details about the cuts but got no response. Ryan Hampton said, heads a program that educates addiction response teams.
He says his group lost half a million dollars overnight.
We're going to have to scale back and cancel a lot of our overdose prevention, training, education, technical support work that we do in the state of Nevada and across the country. It's catastrophic for us.
Public health experts tell NPR as many as 2,000 programs could be forced to downsize or close. Brian Mann, NPR News, Washington.
For seven years, NPR has tracked the cost of dozens of items at a Walmart in Georgia. NPR's Alina Selyuk reports on the latest visit.
NPR tracked 114 prices at a Walmart south of Savannah from nearly every aisle of the Superstore, comparing to prices in December 2024. Almost half the items on NPR's shopping list got more expensive last year, with an average increase of 5%. The biggest culprits were beef, coffee and chocolate. Extreme weather, including droughts, have caused shortages.
Some price increases likely had to do with President Trump's tariffs, notably on items imported from China and Vietnam, like plastic measuring spoons, a kid's bicycle helmet, and seafood. Just under a quarter of the items on NPR's list got cheaper, including eggs, finally, and Cheerios. In fact, many packaged foods did not change in price after years of increases. Alina Seluk, NPR News.
U.S. stock indexes closed lower today. This is NPR News from Washington. A federal court in California has upheld the state's Democratic-leaning congressional map for the 2026 election. The ruling keeps in place the Democrats' effort to counter the nationwide redistricting push led by President Trump and his Republican allies.
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