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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. President Trump is criticizing former CNN anchor and now independent journalist Don Lemon, who was arrested and charged by the Justice Department on a federal civil rights violation concerning his coverage of a protest inside of a Minnesota church. Trump said Lemon's arrest is probably the best thing that's happened to him.
On CNN's State of the Union, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch was asked about Lemon's expected defense.
Chapter 2: What are the details surrounding Don Lemon's arrest and its implications?
He was working as a reporter and not as an activist.
Being part of the planning, being part of the decisions to make sure the police didn't know this was happening and federal law enforcement didn't know this was happening. There are multiple allegations there. And guess what? He gets to have a lawyer and he gets to have a defense. And so if he wants to go forward with the defense that, aw shucks, I was just a journalist, he can do that.
Washington, D.C. Attorney Abby Lowell, who is representing Lemon, called his arrest an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment. A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that a secretive group of climate skeptics convened by the Federal Department of Energy violated federal law.
NPR's Jeff Brady reports the group's work was used to bolster a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright picked a group of four scientists and an economist with a history of casting doubt over climate science. They issued a report that in part bolstered the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to end regulations on greenhouse gases. Wright said the purpose was to spur debate, but for nearly all climate scientists, the debate the secretary wants is settled.
Environmental groups sued. Now, federal judge William Young has ruled the Climate Working Group violated a federal law which says advisory groups that contribute to policymaking must be transparent. The Energy Department could still appeal. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
Starting today, travelers without a real ID will face a new fee at airport security. NPR's Windsor Johnson reports how the federal government is trying to speed up compliance.
New rules at TSA checkpoints are now in effect. Passengers who haven't gotten a real ID will face a $45 fee to get through airport security. It's not a fine, but rather a payment for using a backup identity verification system called ConfirmID. It gives travelers access to an expedited screening pass that can be used over a 10-day travel period.
Clint Henderson of the Points Guy says this is the government's way of pushing people toward compliance.
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