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What recent actions has President Trump taken regarding Cuba?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is again threatening a U.S. military intervention in Cuba. He says past presidents have considered intervening in Cuba for decades, but that, quote, it looks like I'll be the one that does it. Yesterday, the Trump administration announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro. Many believe Trump is following the same playbook he did when the U.S. ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. As NPR's Ryan Lucas explains.
The Trump administration also has ramped up pressure on the island, squeezed it economically. And now we have the Castro indictment, which some people certainly see as a prelude to potential military action. Cuba's president, in fact, yesterday accused the U.S. of trying to create a pretext to attack the country. Now, potential U.S. military action could target just Castro or it could target Cuba more generally. But either way, experts say it's unclear that the Cuban government would respond the same way that Venezuela's did.
NPR's Ryan Lucas reporting. President Trump wanted Congress to fund ICE and Border Patrol by June 1st. Then he started pushing lawmakers to fund his White House ballroom project. And he created a nearly $1.8 billion fund that may grant money to January 6th Capitol rioters. NPR's Eric McDaniel reports negotiations fell apart and now Congress is leaving town for a week-long recess.
Asked about President Trump's fund that he says will pay reparations to folks unjustly persecuted by the government, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, had this to say. I don't like it. Here's Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune on the same issue.
I think that there are and will continue to be a lot of questions around that that the administration is going to have to answer.
Thune said the fund concerns are linked to why these votes are delayed. Republicans were all set to pass three years of funding for immigration enforcement. They control both chambers of Congress, albeit with narrow margins. But when those slim majorities come up against controversial policies, the math stops working. Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
AI is quietly making its way into some therapy offices as tools record sessions and generate clinical notes. Critics worry the technology could undermine trust, as NPR's Windsor Johnston reports.
Molly Quinn says her therapist recorded her using an AI note-taking tool without her consent. It felt like a violation, and the more that I thought about it, I just started getting more and more sick to my stomach. Many therapists are increasingly using AI tools to transcribe sessions to generate notes for insurance and medical records. Marissa Cohen is a couples therapist in New York who refuses to use the technology. Clients know like something is listening to them and that can alter their disclosure. Therapist Kim Tolson says the technology can reduce clinician burnout. The amount of time we spend on the admin, it's giving therapists their lives back. Molly Quinn eventually found a new therapist.
NPR's Winsor Johnston reporting. This is NPR News. Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using AI to create nude videos and photos under a new law targeting deepfake pornography. They're among the first charged under the Take It Down Act signed last year by President Trump. The law adds stricter penalties for publishing AI-created deepfakes. Tonight is Stephen Colbert's final show on CBS. Steve Futterman reports the cancellation of the show has brought accusations that the move could have a political motive.
Last July, CBS made the stunning announcement that Stephen Colbert would be going off the air.
The network will be ending The Late Show in May.
There were immediate suggestions that the move was to win favor with Donald Trump and a way to get approval for the merger of CBS's parent company, Paramount, with Skydance Media. Many Colbert fans like Colette Devine feel there is a connection.
They wanted the Skydance merger and everything to go through, and Trump said, you know what, I don't like this guy making fun of me all the time.
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