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What recent legal developments are affecting the Justice Department's fund?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. The Justice Department says it will abide by a federal court order. It temporarily pauses the administration's nearly $1.8 billion fund for people who claim they were targets of politicized prosecutions. The fund has come under sharp criticism from both parties. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
The so-called anti-weaponization fund has been on hold since a federal judge temporarily blocked it last week. in response to a lawsuit challenging the fund's creation. The order barred the Justice Department from taking any action to create the fund, transfer money into it, consider claims, or make payments out of it. The pause is necessary to give the court time to hear from both sides on the legal arguments. Now, the Justice Department says in a statement that it strongly disagrees with the court order, but it says it will abide by it.
How are conditions at the Delaney Hall detention facility being criticized?
The Trump administration continues to face intense and even bipartisan blowback from lawmakers over the fund, including over the possibility that Capitol rioters who attacked police could receive payments from it. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
As tensions remain high at the Newark, New Jersey Delaney Hall Mike's detention facility, New Jersey Senator and former Newark Mayor Cory Booker is adding to the ongoing concerns about conditions inside. He says many of those being held are being treated inhumanely. Meanwhile, demonstrators have periodically clashed with police outside the facility. Booker told NPR a former Trump administration border patrol official is among those, he says, trying to stir up trouble.
We have a lot of people from the Proud Boys to Greg Bovino coming from outside of our state to try to escalate violence and conflict in front of the facility and distract from the moral urgency of this facility that should be closed.
Over the weekend, New Jersey Governor Mikey Sherrill established a protected protest zone after officers fired tear gas. Police in Muscatine, Iowa, said that seven people, including the gunman, are dead in a series of shootings Monday involving a domestic dispute with members of the same family. Four people died in the first shooting.
What details emerged from the tragic shootings in Muscatine, Iowa?
It took place in midday. Later that afternoon, police found that they believed the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died at the scene, taking his own life while police were talking with him. Muscatine Police Chief Anthony Keyes held a news conference Monday to update the community on the status of the shooting. Upon arrival, officers located four victims inside the residence. All four victims had suffered gunshot wounds and were pronounced deceased at scene. A short time later, police discovered two additional victims, bringing to seven the total number of people who died, including the suspect. The chief said the suspect had a previous criminal record, but did not share any additional details.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Tuesday is a primary election day in several states, including California, where voters will decide two finalists to seek the governor's office in November.
What are the implications of primary elections happening across several states?
In all, 61 candidates are on the so-called nonpartisan jungle ballot. The current governor, Gavin Newsom, is term-limited. There's also an election for the mayor of Los Angeles. Voters will cast ballots in Iowa for the U.S. Senate seat and a governor's office where the two Republican officeholders decided not to seek re-election. And in New Jersey, there's a U.S. Senate primary, House races as well. South Dakota has primaries for the U.S. Senate, the governor, and for the House of Representatives. Only one crossing into Gaza is open for aid in commercial goods, as NPR's Anas Baba in Gaza reports on how the closure of a second crossing has impacted the flow of aid into the war-torn territory.
How is the humanitarian situation in Gaza being impacted by border closures?
The UN says Israel has only allowed commercial goods and aid to enter Gaza through a single crossing since May 24th. Israel's military says the Karim Shalom crossing is all Gaza needs. Israel's military unit knows, as Koga told NPR, there is no need for more crossings because 600 trucks a day are entering through the Karim Shalom crossing, which Israel controls.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What recent legal developments are affecting the Justice Department's fund?
0:00–0:55
2
How are conditions at the Delaney Hall detention facility being criticized?
0:55–2:13
3
What details emerged from the tragic shootings in Muscatine, Iowa?
2:13–3:09
4
What are the implications of primary elections happening across several states?
3:09–3:52
5
How is the humanitarian situation in Gaza being impacted by border closures?
3:52–4:52
6
What updates are there on the upcoming midterm elections and political landscape?
4:52–5:04