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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Chapter 2: What is the Senate debating regarding the Save America Act?
The Senate is holding a rare Saturday session debating the Republicans' Save America Act, which has new requirements for voter registration and requires photo IDs at the polls to make sure only citizens can vote. But Democrats say federal law already blocks non-citizens from voting. They're also debating ending the DHS shutdown and getting TSA workers paid.
Democrats have repeatedly blocked efforts to fund all of the Department of Homeland Security without reforms to ICE. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Every bill they have brought before the Senate says, oh yeah, we want to pay the TSA workers, we want to reduce the lines at airports, but only if you pass ICE funding with no reform.
Chapter 3: How is the recent missile attack by Iran affecting international relations?
And the American people want reform. They know that.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
It's going to be very, very hard to explain if we leave town this next week without having funded the Department of Homeland Security.
Meanwhile, the Senate today blocked a proposal that would have banned trans athletes from competing in women's sports.
Chapter 4: What impact did immigration enforcement have on students in St. Paul?
Britain says Iran launched an unsuccessful missile attack at a joint British and American base in the Indian Ocean. NPR's Ruth Sherlock has more.
In a statement to NPR, the British Ministry of Defence accused Iran of lashing out across the region after it said Iran had made a failed attempt to strike at Diego Garcia military base. It's unclear how close the missiles came to the base, located on the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, some 2,500 miles away from Iran.
The base has long been strategically important for the US, which has used it in military operations from the Vietnam War to the invasion of Iraq and in other more recent conflicts. The British government has said U.S.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of Robert Mueller's death?
bombers can use some British bases, including Diego Garcia, for operations to prevent Iran attacking ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News.
Nearly two months of virtual learning ended this week for students in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was a response to the sweeping immigration enforcement surge in the state.
Chapter 6: How is the British version of Saturday Night Live different from the US version?
NPR's Meg Anderson has more.
More than a third of the students at this elementary school switched to online learning during the ICE surge. NPR is not naming the school because the staff fears the federal government could target them. After weeks of online learning, the school year feels like it's starting all over again. And not every student came back.
Chapter 7: What challenges are people facing regarding water scarcity?
One family is now in El Salvador. Others are in Mexico. But many of the students who returned are relieved, like Camila, a fifth grader.
It felt good because I got to see my friends again, and they helped me feel safer.
She says it's starting to feel just a little bit like how it was before. Meg Anderson, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Robert Mueller, the FBI director who transformed the agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the 9-11 attacks, has died. He was 81 years old.
Mueller was also the special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign and whether the Trump campaign illegally coordinated with the Kremlin to sway the outcome of the 2016 presidential race. Mueller led the FBI for 12 years and was named special counsel
eight days after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, who was also investigating Russia in the Trump campaign. Trump has unforgiven Mueller's investigation, though, saying in a post on social media, quote, good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people. The British version of Saturday Night Live debuts tonight with Tina Fey hosting. Vicki Barker has more from London.
Comedy and satire are not strangers to the British airwaves, but live comedy and satire is. Cast member Ayoade Bangboye telling the BBC.
I mean, I'm nervous, but I think my nerves are just like excitement.
You know when you're nervous because you care. Producer James Longman is confident the SNL brand will appeal to British viewers.
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