NPR News: 07-25-2026 2PM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.
Who was nominated by Maine Democrats to challenge Susan Collins in the U.S. Senate?
Maine Democrats today overwhelmingly nominated Troy Jackson to run for the U.S. Senate in November. He'll face Republican Susan Collins, who has held that seat since 1997. Jackson is a fifth-generation logger from rural northern Maine and has served as the president of the state Senate. He said when the people in power refuse to listen, the people must stand in solidarity.
Working people, despite all of our challenges, are not powerless. You know, we're only made to feel powerless when we stand alone. And that is what they try and do, is divide us. And that's why I entered public life. You know, fought for working people in the legislature and in the main senate. And that's why I'm running for the United States Senate today.
Maine is seen as a key battleground that may determine whether Republicans maintain control of the Senate. The White House Correspondents Association held its annual dinner last night. It was rescheduled after a gunman had tried to storm the ballroom in April. President Trump had promised to return to speak, and he did, but not, he said, the speech he had planned last time.
What did Troy Jackson say about organizing working people and why is he running?
He said he left out the most biting parts. But as NPR's David Folkenflik reports, he had plenty of insults.
He was there, you know, at the lectern for over an hour, giving us a fair amount of one liners going after his critics, the people who are his political opponents, Democrats, potential opponents for the Democrats. They're not opponents, but potential replacements for the next presidential race. People he sees as enemies, people in the press, you know, and anytime the guy's in front of a microphone, he's going to indulge in these instincts.
NPR's David Fulkenflik. India's education minister resigned today after weeks of student-led protests in India's capital. The demonstrations have grown into wider protests against the government and started a new party called the Cockroach Movement. A demonstration was held yesterday at an Indian consulate in California. Lakshmi Sara from member station KQED reports from San Francisco.
Yay! The protests began with chants against Delhi police and the Indian government. After leaks of entrance examinations, the cockroach movement grew into a call for government accountability, bringing thousands of people to New Delhi. Ruchika Kumar's sign says, proud SF aunt of cockroaches. I can't believe the Chief Justice of India, the kind of people we have, that he's calling youngsters cockroaches. But I love the jealousy. They owned it, they've gone with it, and they're having such a good time. India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation in a post on X. For NPR, I'm Lakshmi Sara.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said today they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the Yemen city Hodeidah on the Red Sea. This is NPR News in Washington. Typhoon Newell is approaching China and Hong Kong with heavy rain and maximum sustained winds of about 90 miles per hour. It's expected to make landfall early tomorrow local time. Chinese officials say more than 340,000 people have been evacuated in advance of the storm. In Hong Kong, more than 150 flights have been canceled. Wildfires continue to rage in southern Europe. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports evacuations are underway near the southwest French city of Bordeaux.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the fire had reached conditions that, quote, we have never seen before and that more than 141,000 people have been evacuated from the Gironde and Lens region, which lie close to Bordeaux. President Emmanuel Macron has mobilized the army to assist as firefighters' battle blazes, they say, are spreading quickly in high winds and across parched land. Fires are also raging near the Spanish capital of Madrid. Scientists say Europe is heating faster than other places on the planet due to man-made global warming conditions. Three consecutive heat waves have left drought conditions across the continent.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:04
2
Who was nominated by Maine Democrats to challenge Susan Collins in the U.S. Senate?
0:04–1:10
3
What did Troy Jackson say about organizing working people and why is he running?
1:10–4:49
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What happened at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and how did President Trump respond?
4:49–5:01