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Chapter 1: Who introduces the upcoming ThruLine segment?
On the next ThruLine from NPR.
For the presidency, I'm indebted to Almighty God. I'm in charge of the country and I need to serve all the American people and not just the political machine.
Chapter 2: What are the origins of the modern civil service?
The origins of the modern civil service. Listen to ThruLine wherever you get your podcasts.
Chapter 3: What is the latest news about the Milwaukee judge's arrest?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The FBI has arrested a Milwaukee judge accusing her of helping a man at her courthouse evade immigration authorities. She appeared in federal court on felony obstruction charges today. Maiyan Silver of Member Station WUWM reports.
Chapter 4: Why was the Milwaukee judge accused of helping evade ICE?
Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sought to apprehend a Mexican citizen who had a case before Judge Hannah Dugan. She's accused of directing him out of the courtroom through a side door. ICE has been stoking controversy in Milwaukee in recent weeks by arresting people at the courthouse.
Here's County Supervisor Juan Miguel Martinez at a press conference organized by advocates and local elected officials earlier this month.
Chapter 5: What concerns do local officials have about immigration enforcement at courthouses?
The courthouse is supposed to be a safe place for people to come and be able to work with these systems that have been implemented.
Chapter 6: How does the Trump administration's immigration policy affect the judiciary?
Dugan's arrest comes amid growing tension between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the White House's immigration enforcement policies. For NPR News, I'm Ayaan Silver in Milwaukee.
Chapter 7: Who are the new senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth?
The Pentagon has named four new senior advisers to embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports Hegseth is under fire for leaking military attack plans.
The White House is seeking senior staff at the Pentagon to, quote, write the ship, according to a former Trump official who requested anonymity to describe internal deliberations. Five of Hegseth's key advisers left in the past two weeks amid infighting and accusation of leaks to the press. Meanwhile, four new senior advisers have been quickly named.
Chapter 8: What controversies surround Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth?
They include Colonel Ricky Berea, a former junior military assistant, and Justin Fulcher, a 32-year-old member of the Doge team embedded at the Pentagon. Chief Spokesman Sean Parnell has been promoted to Assistant Secretary of Defense and Senior Advisor. A Pentagon spokesman says regular workforce adjustments are a feature of any highly efficient organization.
Democrats and at least one Republican in Congress say Hegseth should be replaced. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
With just hours left to pay their final respects to the late Pope Francis, tens of thousands more people streamed into St. Peter's Basilica today. They filed past his open casket, many clasping hands in prayer while a choir's voices fill the basilica, as heard via Vatican News.
NPR's veteran Rome correspondent Silvia Poggioli long covered the papacy and reflects on the Pope's legacy ahead of his funeral tomorrow.
Well, I think everybody simply remembers him as the champion of the dispossessed, of the forgotten. And in fact, I think one of the most interesting things about tomorrow's events will be when the coffin arrives at St.
Mary Major, it will be welcomed by a gathering of representatives of the dispossessed and marginalized, the kind of people on the fringes of society that he championed throughout his papacy.
That's Sylvia Poggioli speaking with NPR's Here and Now. You're listening to NPR News. The federal government is expected to restore the legal status of more than 1,000 international students whose visas were set to be cancelled, according to an attorney representing plaintiffs in one of the cases.
Multiple judges have already issued temporary orders for the government to restore the students' records in a federal database that tracks student visa holders. The National Weather Service warns of an elevated fire risk in New Jersey, where crews are still tackling the Pine Barrens fire in the southern part of the state.
The blaze is at 60 percent containment, but authorities are concerned the progress could be compromised by unfavorable weather conditions, low humidity, gusty winds, and up to 80 degree temperatures. An Andy Warhol print of the former Queen of the Netherlands has accidentally been thrown into the trash by the Dutch city that owned it.
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