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Chapter 1: What is the focus of NPR's ThruLine podcast this year?
This year on ThruLine, NPR's history podcast. For generations, an American quest has shaped the world. Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Now, 250 years in, what is that pursuit really about? Join us each Tuesday for an essential new series, America in Pursuit, from ThruLine, on the NPR app or wherever you get podcasts.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. A racist meme of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama has been taken down from President Trump's social media platform. The video had appeared late last night on the president's Truth Social account during the first week of Black History Month. NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports.
Before the post was taken down, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said that the clip Trump posted is from a, quote, Internet meme. It depicts Trump as king of the jungle, while Democrats are shown as characters from The Lion King. Leavitt also said to, quote, please stop the fake outrage. Trump has a history of making racist remarks towards black people.
For years, he pushed the false narrative that Obama was not born in the U.S., In addition, he's used derogatory language to describe African countries. He's also tried to falsely claim former Vice President Kamala Harris, quote, turned black. Harris identifies as black and Indian American. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News.
The Department of Homeland Security has filed a motion seeking to end the asylum process for five-year-old Liam Keneho Ramos and his family. Regina Medina from Minnesota Public Radio has more.
In a court filing submitted Wednesday, the government seeks to expedite deportation proceedings in the family's case, says their immigration attorney, Danielle Moliver. The family is from Ecuador and entered the U.S. in 2024 to seek asylum. Moliver says it's uncommon, and there's no reason for their case to be expedited.
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Chapter 2: What incident involving a racist meme was reported about former President Trump?
It's really frustrating as an attorney because it does, you know, they keep throwing... new obstacles in our way.
Liam is best known for a viral photo showing him in a bunny hat, surrounded by ICE officers. He returned home to Minneapolis this week after he and his father were detained in Texas. For NPR News, I'm Regina Medina in St.
Paul. The Department of Justice says the key suspect in the 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi is now in U.S. custody. Attorney General Pam Bondi says Zubar Al-Bakoush was flown to Joint Base Andrews early this morning.
Al-Bakoush will now face American justice on American soil. We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law. He'll face charges related to murder, terrorism, arson, among others.
U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the attack that quickly became a political flashpoint. Republicans blamed the Obama administration and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not doing enough to protect the compound. A final report from a Republican-led congressional panel cited security lapses but ultimately found no wrongdoing by Clinton.
At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was up 1,219 points. This is NPR. U.S. Southern Command has carried out another deadly strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific suspected of carrying narcotics. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports two people aboard were killed.
Southcom posted a grainy video on social media showing a small boat that explodes into flames. The video is edited so the boat's cargo is blacked out. The U.S. military has now killed at least 128 people suspected of smuggling drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean since September, including shipwrecked survivors who were killed or left to drown.
This week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claimed without evidence that top cartel drug traffickers have decided to cease all narcotics operations due to this tactic. But NPR has reported that during the last three months of 2025, cocaine seizures at the U.S.-Mexican border were up 34 percent from the previous year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
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