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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
Chapter 2: What decision did the EPA head make regarding greenhouse gas regulations?
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, standing by a decision to strip the agency of the ability to regulate planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
If you want to talk about specifically heat-trapping effects, yes. Their greenhouse gases have heat trapping effects. Does that mean that we should look at each individual vehicle on the road and think that that person who's driving that car is, you know, ruining, you know, is going to end the planet?
Zeldin at a Toyota dealership in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Chapter 3: What is the current status of the government shutdown negotiations?
The Trump administration's rollback eases pressure on automakers to produce more electric vehicles and hybrids. President Trump was also in North Carolina today visiting troops at Fort Bragg, as many federal workers prepare for. A partial government shutdown.
Chapter 4: Who are the defendants involved in the protest at the Minnesota church?
NPR's Tamara Keith reports on the impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security.
Democrats say they need significant changes to the tactics being used by immigration agents, like removing masks and requiring judicial warrants. And they want those changes cemented in law.
Chapter 5: What changes are proposed for Virginia's voting maps ahead of the midterms?
President Trump was asked about negotiations while preparing to board Marine One. He said he has to protect law enforcement.
Look, I know what they want. I know what they can live with. The Democrats have gone crazy. They're radical left lunatics.
Chapter 6: How have drones changed the dynamics of the Ukraine war?
A White House official not authorized to speak on the record tells NPR ultimately there will have to be a compromise, though the administration is working to limit any interruptions from the partial government shutdown. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
Several people were being arraigned today in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church where an ICE official is a pastor. One of the defendants is former CNN host Don Lemon. He pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges and later addressed the public.
I will not be intimidated.
Chapter 7: What is the latest update on measles cases in the U.S. for 2026?
I will not back down. I will fight these baseless charges and I will not be silenced.
Two more defendants, including independent journalist Georgia Ford, are set to be arraigned next week. Virginia Supreme Court has greenlit a special election that could allow the legislature to draw new voting maps designed to help Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections. WVTF's Jad Khalil reports.
In an order, the Virginia Supreme Court said it would hear a challenge to Democrats' redistricting effort, but that it would not halt an April 21st vote on whether to amend the state constitution to allow redistricting mid-decade. State House Speaker Don Scott welcomed the decision.
The fact that they said in their order, which is unusual, that this order, this decision in no way impacts the ability for us to hold an election, tells you everything you need to know. A leading Republican acknowledged the vote will go forward, but said the party will continue to fight in court.
The legislature has proposed a map that could net Democrats four House seats in the 2026 midterm election. For NPR News, I'm Jad Khalil in Richmond.
From Washington, this is NPR News. Ukraine's intelligence services say they reached a new range record with a drone strike on a Russian oil finery just over 1,000 miles from Ukraine's border. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports drones have transformed the war.
The SBU says Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Ukhta oil refinery in Russia's Komi Republic. The refinery is part of Russia's Lukoil group and processes around 4.2 million tons of oil a year. A fire and heavy smoke were reported at the facility following the strike. NPR could not independently verify the claim.
Nearly four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, drone use is becoming deadlier. A Ukrainian military analyst told NPR up to 80% of casualties on the front line are caused by smaller, first-person view drones. The fiber-optic drones that can't be jammed have created a 15-mile area on both sides of the front line known as the kill zone. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
The Russia-Ukraine war as well as the U.S.-European alliance are on the agenda at a major security conference in Munich. Federal officials in the U.S. are reporting 910 confirmed cases of measles in the country so far this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website shows the overwhelming majority in two dozen states from California to Pennsylvania.
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