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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 allegations are being made against Cesar Chavez?
More than 30 years after the Mexican-American civil rights and labor leader Cesar Chavez died, several women are publicly accusing him of child sexual abuse, assault, and rape. The New York Times has published the findings of an investigation in which a number of women identified in the article have gone on the record for the first time in accusing the
They include one of his most prominent allies, Dolores Huerta. She tells The Times that he forced himself on her twice and that both times she became pregnant. Huerta was an adult at the time. The paper says it was able to corroborate two women's accounts of child molestation and rape.
The Times conducted interviews with more than 60 people, including Chavez's top aides, relatives, and former members of the United Farm Workers Chavez co-founded. The Senate's holding a confirmation hearing for President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen says he wants to steady the DHS. But the hearing began on shaky ground.
Rand Paul, the chair of the Senate committee that decides whether to advance Mullen's nomination of the full Senate, confronted Mullen over past remarks and questioned his temperament. Mullen fired back. Sir, I think there's everybody in this room knows that I'm very blunt and direct to the point. And if I have something to say, I'll say it directly to your face.
If you recall back in my house days, we actually did have this conversation because of remarks that I made. Iran's threatening attacks on oil and gas infrastructure in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
That, according to Iranian state media, which also reported earlier today that facilities associated with Iran's offshore South Park's natural gas field came under attack today as part of the war. Qatar shares the gas field with Iran and blamed Israel for the strike. In the U.S., the Federal Reserve is expected to hold its benchmark interest rates steady today.
NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Fed is caught between rising energy prices and a softening job market. The price of gasoline and diesel fuel has jumped sharply since the U.S. launched its attack on Iran two and a half weeks ago. Even before the war began, inflation was running stubbornly higher than the Fed's target.
That makes it harder for the central bank to cut interest rates, even as the job market shows signs of needing more support. Over the last six months, the U.S. economy has added virtually no jobs. Jerome Powell is nearing the end of his term as Fed chairman, but the timetable for confirming a successor is up in the air.
A key Republican senator has promised to block confirmation of President Trump's nominee, Kevin Warsh, until the Justice Department ends its criminal probe at the central bank. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 436 points, or nearly 1 percent, at 46,558. From Washington, this is NPR News.
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Chapter 3: What is the current status of the DHS confirmation hearing?
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