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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What recent events led to the federal government shutdown?
A partial shutdown of the federal government got underway three hours ago. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security expired after Congress could not agree on potential changes to how ICE agents handle arrests. The department also includes TSA which could mean some disruptions to travel next week because of slowdowns in airport screenings. Congress, meanwhile, is now on recess.
President Trump Friday said he's sending the USS Gerald Ford to the Mideast. The ship is the world's largest aircraft carrier. It will join other military assets in the region as Trump continues to increase pressure on Tehran to reduce its nuclear program.
We have a situation right now where we sent a very big carrier group to Iran. I'd love to see if we could make a deal. They've been difficult to make a deal. I thought we would have had a deal last time. They wish they did.
Trump was speaking to military families at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He told the families a change in power in Iran would be, quote, the best thing that could happen there. The United Kingdom says it's spending more than half a billion dollars this year on hypersonic and long-range weapons. The spending is part of joint projects with France, Italy, and Germany.
As NPR's Lauren Freyer reports, the U.K. Prime Minister is calling for more European contributions to NATO.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Europe has to shift from over-dependence on the U.S. towards a more European NATO. And that should be underpinned, he says, by deeper links between the U.K. and European Union, despite Brexit. Starmer says this moment isn't about U.S.
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Chapter 3: How is the U.S. military increasing pressure on Iran?
withdrawal as much as, quote, answering the call for more burden sharing. Downing Street says British companies already account for more than a quarter of the continent's defense industrial base. And the prime minister's office says the U.K. is scaling up. spending nearly $550 million this year on new stealth missiles with France and Italy and hypersonic weapons research with Germany.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
The top lawyer at the investment bank Goldman Sachs will step down later this year. This comes after newly released files showed the extent of her ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
Kathy Rumler has resigned from Goldman Sachs effective June 30th. The investment bank's CEO, David Solomon, says in a statement that Rumler will be missed. Earlier in her career, Rumler served as a federal prosecutor and later as White House counsel to President Barack Obama.
Her resignation from Goldman Sachs comes after the Justice Department's latest release of the Epstein files revealed the extent of Rumler's relationship with Epstein years after he was convicted of sex crimes. Emails show Rumler received lavish gifts from Epstein and referred to him as, quote, Uncle Jeffrey, end quote.
Earlier this month, another prominent attorney, Brad Karp, stepped down as chairman of the law firm Paul Weiss over his ties to Epstein. Brian Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
And you're listening to NPR News. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says there's been law enforcement activity in Tucson related to the disappearance of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, but it's offered no specifics. 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on February 1st.
Officials say a street has been blocked off two miles from Guthrie's home, and forensic, FBI, and sheriff's vehicles have been going in and out of that area. Former CNN journalist Don Lemon was released without bond Friday after being arraigned at a federal courthouse in Minneapolis. He faces charges after he covered a protest at a service at a church where an immigration official is a pastor.
NPR's David Folkenflik reports.
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