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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Trump administration is ordering the departure of all non-emergency U.S. staff and their families from Israel, citing safety risks. The directive comes as President Trump continues to move fighter jets and warships to the Middle East to pressure Iran in nuclear talks.
Chapter 2: What safety risks led to the U.S. ordering departures from Israel?
NPR's Aya Batraoui reports.
In addition to ordering non-emergency U.S. staff and their families to leave Israel, the U.S. Embassy advised that other Americans may also wish to consider leaving while commercial flights are available. A similar order was issued for non-emergency U.S. staff to depart Lebanon earlier this week. Despite these precautionary orders and a continued U.S.
military buildup in the region, Iran and the Trump administration continue to hold indirect talks. The latest talks were in Geneva on Thursday and included the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency that monitors nuclear enrichment. Aya Bhattarawi, NPR News, Dubai.
President Trump says he has not decided whether to take military action against Iran over its uranium enrichment. On the South Lawn of the White House earlier today, Trump expressed doubts. He said he didn't like the way talks were going. He was addressing reporters as he was departing for Texas ahead of that state's Senate primary battles next week.
Former President Bill Clinton's being deposed today by members of the House Oversight Committee investigating the federal government's handling and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein before the convicted sex offender died in jail in 2019. Clinton's name appears in materials released about Epstein, as has President Trump's. Each argues he had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes.
Committee Chair James Comer disclosed one of Clinton's answers in today's closed-door proceedings.
Ranking Member Garcia asked... President Clinton, quote, should President Trump be called to answer questions for this committee? And President Clinton said, that's for you to decide. And the president went on to say that the president, Trump, has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved. And he meant what that said.
The ranking member, Robert Garcia, has repeatedly argued Trump should be deposed. Netflix walked away from its bid to buy Warner Brothers Discovery Studio and streaming business Paramount Skydance won out. The $111 billion deal would create a Hollywood behemoth, including HBO, CNN, CBS, and a mountain of cable networks.
Robert Fishman, a senior analyst at Moffat Nathanson, spoke to NPR about regulatory review.
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