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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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military, and on Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans stood with him on the Iran war, voting down a resolution that sought to restrict Trump's authority to wage war. Democrats say Trump launched a war of choice over the weekend, and NPR's Greg Myrie says the administration has been giving conflicting messages on the need for the U.S. to strike.
Trump released a video at the start of the war on Saturday, and he called for the Iranian people to wait for the U.S. attacks to play out. And then he said in this video, quote, So that sounds a lot like regime change, but he didn't exactly say the words then, and he hasn't said them since.
Other officials, like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, say this is strictly a military operation that's got nothing to do with nation building or establishing democracy. Trump and his team have further muddied the waters by they keep giving changing reasons on why the war was launched. NPR's Greg Myhre, the House, preparing to vote on its own war powers resolution Thursday.
A top investigator at the Homeland Security Department sent a letter to lawmakers accusing Secretary Kristi Noem of obstructing his investigations. NPR's Yamina Bastio reports this came up Wednesday as Noem faced further questions from the House Judiciary Committee.
Inspector General Joseph Koufari said in a letter to lawmakers that Secretary Noem has been, quote, systemically obstructing investigations by withholding records he was asking for. Noem was asked about the letter while testifying before Congress. He wants unfettered access to every single thing in the department, and that's not the process, and that's not any other IG has demanded that.
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Chapter 2: What recent military actions did President Trump announce?
According to the letter, Kofari is asking for various data sets related to customs and border protection arrests, counterintelligence investigations, and airport security programs. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has conceded Tuesday's primary election and says she's supporting Austin area lawmaker James Tallarico, her Democratic primary opponent for the party's nomination for U.S. Senate. Tallarico held an event Wednesday night in which he highlighted the need for Democrats to stay together. The Texas newsroom's Blaise Ganey has details.
Tallarico began the event by thanking Crockett and addressing the Democrats who voted for her in Tuesday's primaries. As your Democratic nominee, it's on me to ensure you feel welcomed in, represented by, and proud of this campaign. The move is important because in order for Democrats to win the statewide race in Texas, they'll need all the votes they can get.
The last time a Democrat won a statewide race in the Lone Star State was 1994. While not the best indicator, Democratic turnout in the primary race outpacing Republicans shows that there may be a chance to break the streak if the party's voters can unify around the Austin area's state representative. For NPR News, I'm Blaise Gainey. This is NPR.
College Football Hall of Fame coach Lou Holtz has died. Holtz was 89. Michael Gallenberger of member station WVPE reports. Holtz racked up nearly 250 wins in more than three decades as a head coach. That included 11 seasons at Notre Dame, where he led the Fighting Irish to the 1988 National Championship.
President Donald Trump awarded Holtz the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2020 after he voiced his support for the president during that year's Republican National Convention. In President Trump, we have a president we can trust who worked hard at making America greater. and who genuinely cares about people. Holtz ended his coaching career at the University of South Carolina in 2004.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Gatlinburg. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years. The commission granted the permit Wednesday to a company backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, as Big Tech seats power sources for data centers.
The company plans to build the reactor about 130 miles northeast of Salt Lake City in western Wyoming. Elon Musk took the stand in a civil trial in San Francisco Wednesday. The trial centers on a class action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter in October 2022, six months after agreeing to buy the social media company for $44 billion.
Musk is accused of engaging in a pattern of deceptive behavior that misled investors. I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News. Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working to restore a balanced relationship between people and planet.
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