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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 happened during the shooting outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner?
The California man arrested for Saturday's shooting outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner is being charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump. A short time ago, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanch disclosed that first count is punishable by up to life in prison.
The second count is interstate transportation of a firearm to commit a felony. This is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. And the third count is discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, which is punishable by a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years, a maximum of life, and the 10 years is consecutive to any other sentence imposed.
The defendant, Cole Allen, allegedly charged through a security perimeter at the Washington Hilton.
Chapter 3: How is the White House responding to security concerns after the incident?
Shots were fired. An agent was wounded, though it is uncertain if it was by the gunman or friendly fire. Well, this would be the third time someone has apparently tried to assassinate Trump since his 2024 presidential campaign. The White House is now reexamining security protocols and practices.
Chapter 4: What are Google employees' concerns about AI and the Pentagon?
Here's NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben.
In response to a question about the incident, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt stressed that President Trump believes that Saturday's security protocols worked, but added that changes could happen.
I definitely wouldn't say changes are out of the question. I think, again, that it's up to the White House here, and we view it as a great responsibility to ensure the maximum safety of the president and the vice president and the entire cabinet.
Leavitt also argued that Democratic politicians' rhetoric helps foster political violence. She did not address, however, what part the president might play in making political rhetoric more civil.
Chapter 5: How are Microsoft and OpenAI changing their business relationship?
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.
President Trump is hosting the first official state visit of his second presidency, that of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
Chapter 6: What does the latest report say about public school teachers' salaries?
The king is expected to attempt to repair U.S.-U.K. ties. The British monarch is not expected to address his younger brother's connections to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Hundreds of Google employees sent a letter to the company's chief executive over how the Pentagon could use its powerful artificial intelligence systems and how it should not.
NPR's Bobby Allen reports it comes as the Defense Department looks to ramp up the use of AI in battlefield settings.
More than 600 Google employees wrote to CEO Sundar Pichai that, quote, "...we want to see AI benefit humanity, not see it being used in inhumane or extremely harmful ways."
Chapter 7: What severe weather events are affecting the Midwestern U.S.?
The demand comes as Pentagon leaders have pressed tech companies to harness AI for all lawful uses. A category Google workers fear will mean its tools will be deployed for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Anthropic, the maker of Claude, has been locked in a legal standoff with the Trump administration.
over the company's refusal to give defense officials access to its technology without guardrails. The Google letter urges the company to reject any contracts that involve classified work which the employees say could violate human rights. Google and the Pentagon did not return requests for comment. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
It's NPR. Well, Microsoft and OpenAI are taking another step at relying less on each other. Today, Microsoft said it would no longer pay a share of its revenue to the maker of ChatGPT. And OpenAI will no longer grant Microsoft exclusive rights to license its technology. The company's close ties have raised regulatory concerns.
The average salary for public school teachers in the United States technically went up during the last school year. But as NPR's Corey Turner tells us, a new review finds inflation wreaking havoc on teachers' real pay.
The review comes from the nation's largest teachers' union, the National Education Association, or NEA. and it's based on data collected directly from state departments of education. The average teacher's salary rose to nearly $75,000 in the last school year.
But after adjusting for inflation, NEA researchers estimate that teachers' real earnings actually declined by nearly 5 percent over the past decade. The report includes lots of other data, too.
Public schools' student-to-teacher ratio held steady at around 15 to 1, and the federal role in helping fund public schools continued to decline, with federal dollars estimated to make up just 7 percent of schools' funding this year. Corey Turner, NPR News.
Rain, hail and destructive winds battered portions of the Midwestern U.S., tens of millions of people in the path of severe storms, a number of which heightened the risks for tornadoes in the St. Louis area. National Weather Service kept a watch for what it described as multiple supercells capable of all hazards, including tornadoes, large hail. And when Gus, it's NPR.
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