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NPR News: 04-29-2026 2AM EDT

29 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What recent legal actions are being taken against Jim Comey?

1.027 - 12.37 Giles Snyder

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The Justice Department is going after former FBI Director Jim Comey again. Todd Blanch is President Trump's acting attorney general.

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While this case is unique and this indictment stands out because of the name of the defendant, his alleged conduct is the same kind of conduct that we will never tolerate. and that we will always investigate and regularly prosecute.

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26.237 - 45.833 Giles Snyder

A grand jury in North Carolina indicted Comey on Tuesday. The Justice Department accuses Comey of threatening President Trump. A Virginia judge threw out the first case against Comey, saying the prosecutor was not legally appointed. The second case is over a social media photo of seashells arranged to read 86-47.

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45.813 - 65.492 Giles Snyder

Comey later deleted the post and said he did not know that 86 could be considered a threat. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be on Capitol Hill Wednesday. He's appearing before the House Armed Services Committee and will likely be questioned about the Iran war and his firing of top generals and other military leaders.

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration's removal of protections for Haitians and Syrians Wednesday. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports on senior citizens advocating for immigration caretakers.

78.648 - 100.338 Andrea Hsu

More than 20,000 Haitians with TPS work as nursing assistants and caregivers, according to the immigration advocacy group Forward.us. even more work in dining services and other roles in long-term care facilities. Rita Simonala is a resident of Goodwin Living, a retirement community in northern Virginia. She says now is not the time to be forcing willing and able workers out.

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This has a tremendous impact on American seniors. Hundreds of thousands turn 65 every year. Who's going to care for them?

110.133 - 122.972 Andrea Hsu

The Trump administration has argued that TPS was always supposed to be temporary and that conditions in many countries have improved. That's despite ongoing warnings of unsafe conditions from the State Department. Andrea Hsu, NPR News.

123.192 - 130.984 Giles Snyder

Israeli Jewish settlers have attacked Palestinian homes in the West Bank village twice this week, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.

Chapter 2: How are immigration policies affecting senior care in the U.S.?

303.382 - 304.003 Erika Barris

And thanks.

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