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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.
Chapter 2: What prompted Tulsi Gabbard's resignation as director of national intelligence?
Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, has resigned, saying she's leaving at the end of June because her husband has a rare bone cancer. Gabbard, a vet and former Democratic congresswoman, is a longtime critic of foreign intervention and seems to have broken with President Trump over his war in Iran.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez de Riemer have also left. Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from the Treasury Department about the decision to settle a case over the leak of President Trump's tax returns.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Treasury Department's decision on Trump's tax returns?
NPR's Carrie Johnson has more. Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon are writing officials at the Treasury Department to get more detail about what they call an outrageously corrupt deal that creates a nearly $2 billion taxpayer fund that could compensate January 6th rioters and other Trump allies.
The senators want the Inspector General for Tax Administration to probe whether any laws have been broken that bar political interference in the audit work of the IRS. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch is defending the settlement, asserting Trump and his family will not receive any direct financial benefit.
Chapter 4: How is the U.S. military's troop deployment affecting relations with Poland?
But the deal also seems to shield Trump from any legal problems over his past tax returns. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington. President Trump says the U.S.
military will deploy an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, an apparent reversal of his moves to reduce the number of American forces in Europe. NPR's Rob Schmitz has more.
Chapter 5: What is the current status of the Ebola outbreak in Congo?
President Trump made the announcement in a social media post, suggesting the troop deployment is connected to the election last year of Nationalist President Karol Nowrocki. His announcement came shortly after his administration abruptly canceled a military training exercise in Poland, later saying it had only been delayed.
And it comes weeks after his administration said it would withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany. Polish President Nawrocki, who was elected in June of 2025 with the support of the Populist Law and Justice Party, has aligned with the Trump administration since taking office. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
Chapter 6: How is a parody political party gaining popularity in India?
The head of the World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading quickly. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says there are 82 cases and at least seven deaths in the country. One American has Ebola, another is suspected of having the virus.
An American national who was working in DRC has also been confirmed positive and transferred to Germany for care. We're also aware of reports today about another American national with a high-risk contact who has been transferred to the Czech Republic.
This variant of the virus has no known treatment or vaccine. The U.N. says it really $60 million to help. On Wall Street, the Dow was up 405 points, Nasdaq up 212. This is NPR News. A parody political party is taking the Indian social media by storm with a cockroach as its mascot. India has blocked its ex-account after the party got more than a million followers in a week.
Ampir's Omkar Kandikar has more.
The US-based Abhijit Dipke created the Cockroach Janta Party after India's top Supreme Court judge compared unemployed youth criticizing the system to parasites. On its website, the 30-year-old founder said that anyone could join his party, as long as they were unemployed, chronically online, and had the ability to rant professionally.
Analysts say its popularity reflects the Gen Z's frustration with the ruling Hindu Nationalist Party. The Indian Express newspaper reports that Indian officials blocked its ex-account, citing threats to national security. But within hours, the party respawned on ex, announcing that cockroaches don't die. Omkar Khandekar, NPR News, New Delhi.
At the Cannes Film Festival, Yuri, the dog from the Chilean film La Pera, won the coveted Palm Dog Award. The prize was given today, a day before the famous festival's official awards ceremony, but the film's dog Yuri couldn't attend today's ceremony, so the movie's director took a stand-in look-alike to receive the prize, which was a dog collar.
Meanwhile, Lola, a border terrier mix who appears in the British movie I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, took the grand jury prize. This award was created in 2001 to give the same celebration to canine actors as their human co-stars get. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News.
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