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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Jyle Snyder. The U.S. and Iran have wrapped up the latest round of nuclear talks with a plan to hold further discussions next week. NPR's Greg Myrie reports this comes with a large U.S. military force now positioned for a possible military strike against Iran.
The U.S. team, led by presidential advisors Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, held several hours of negotiations with the Iranians in Geneva, Switzerland. Oman's foreign minister mediated and said afterward on social media there was, quote, significant progress, though he didn't offer specifics. He did say the sides agreed to hold technical talks next week in Vienna.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, which has long monitored Iran's nuclear program, is based there. President Trump has ordered a large U.S. military buildup in the Middle East. It includes more than a dozen warships and perhaps a couple hundred warplanes.
Greg Myhre, NPR News, Washington. At least 10 FBI employees, including special agents, have been fired. Many, if not all, worked on the investigation into President Trump's mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home. Here's NPR's Ryan Lucas reporting.
The firings are the latest under FBI Director Kash Patel to target bureau personnel who were part of the two federal investigations into President Trump. Of the at least 10 bureau employees pushed out in the latest round, many were from the Washington field office.
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Chapter 2: What are the latest developments in U.S.-Iran nuclear talks?
That's according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. The FBI declined to comment. The firings come after Patel told the Reuters news agency that the FBI, during the Biden administration, had subpoenaed his and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' phone records as part of the Trump classified documents investigation.
It is not unusual for investigators to seek phone records, which include the number called and duration, but not the call's content, as part of a criminal probe. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
Netflix is walking away from its offer to buy the studio and streaming business operated by Warner Brothers Discovery. Netflix said today that the deal is no longer financially attractive. The move effectively clears the way for Paramount, whose owner, David Ellison, has said he's confident of regulatory approval. Here's David Fokkenflik.
He's made the argument that they're not as big as Netflix, which has more. They're not as big as YouTube, which really takes so much of American video consumption these days. And therefore, this is a reasonable way to fight that off and keep a Hollywood proud Hollywood property alive, even if it's two of them being combined under the same banner.
What we've also seen is an extraordinary effort to win over support from the Trump administration. President Trump has said that. that he's very interested in the fate of CNN. He's sort of indicated that he will and that he won't and that he might play a role in this, as he has in so many corporate transactions in his return to office over the past 13 months.
And you're listening to NPR News. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls her questioning Thursday by the House Oversight Committee repetitive. Clinton spoke to reporters after sitting for a closed-door deposition that lasted for more than six hours. Clinton told the panel that she has no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and does not recall ever meeting him.
Her deposition was taken in the Clintons' hometown of Chippewa, New York. Former President Bill Clinton is to take questions Friday. He has not been accused of wrongdoing. The Labor Department is proposing a rule change that would make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.
The proposed rule change matters because workers who are classified as employees are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, meaning they're eligible for overtime pay, unemployment insurance, and other protections, while workers classified as independent contractors are not.
In making that determination, the proposed rule would rely heavily on how much control a worker exercises and whether they have a chance to make a profit or loss. Critics say the change would cost workers and save employers billions of dollars every year. The administration says it would protect contractors' entrepreneurial spirit and align more closely with federal court decisions.
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