NPR News: 07-25-2026 5AM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
What did President Trump say at the White House Correspondents Dinner after the Washington Hilton shooting?
President Trump returned to the White House Correspondents Association dinner last night, months after a shooting outside the Washington Hilton brought the original event to an early end. Trump opened the night by honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the attack.
I want to begin by expressing our gratitude to the incredible men and women who put their lives on the line every day to protect my family and myself, all presidents, and lots of others. That's the United States Secret Service, so I appreciate it very much.
Trump also thanked the journalists who attended that night. Wearing a red Trump 2028 hat, the president soon shifted back to familiar attacks on Democrats and the news media. A new court filing shows the Trump administration targeted Democratic-led states when it canceled billions of dollars in clean energy grants last year. NPR's Julia Simon reports the Department of Energy says the grants were terminated only in states that did not vote for President Trump.
Some of the canceled clean energy projects were in California, where some former project grantees sued the Trump administration in response.
Which clean energy grants did the Department of Energy cancel and why does the court filing allege political targeting?
The Department of Energy states in court documents that of the 284 canceled projects, all but one were in states that voted for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in 2024. 340 projects in states that voted for Trump were not canceled. The DOE stated that terminated grants were, quote, based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient's state, i.e., whether the recipient's location and or place of performance was in a blue state or a non-blue state. The DOE did not respond to NPR's request for comment. Julia Simon, NPR News.
A 16-year-old has pleaded guilty to more than 50 charges in a school shooting in Georgia two years ago. Chase McGee from Georgia Public Broadcasting reports the shooting left four people dead, including two students.
After Colt Gray pleaded guilty, prosecutors introduced statements from family members of those killed in the 2024 school shooting. Breonna Shermerhorn said her son Mason was a kind and compassionate child who made friends with anyone at school, until Gray took him away.
What happened in the Georgia school shooting and what were the guilty pleas and sentences reported?
The failures of the adults around him may explain parts of his story, but they do not excuse the decisions that he made. Those decisions were his and his alone, and because of those decisions, my Macy Mace is gone. The 16-year-old faces a maximum sentence of life without parole. In March, a jury convicted his father, Colin Gray, for providing the rifle used in the shooting. For NPR News, I'm Chase McGee in Winder, Georgia.
Emergency crews are working to contain dozens of wildfires across Oregon. A blaze near the city of Sisters has burned about 26,000 acres. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The United States is seeing its worst year for measles in more than 30 years. The American Academy of Pediatrics calls the surge preventable and says children are bearing much of the risk. Group president Dr. Andrew Racine says misinformation is changing the conversations doctors are having with families.
We're having the conversations in the exam room like we always have had.
How severe are the wildfires in Oregon and which areas are most affected?
But the tenor of the conversations has changed. And the reason the tenor has changed is because of the kind of disinformation and misinformation that has been disseminated for years.
Christine says falling vaccination rates are allowing a disease once considered eliminated in the United States to spread again. A new bridge connecting Canada and the United States is opening without the usual cross-border celebration.
Why is the U.S. experiencing a measles surge and how are vaccination rates and misinformation linked?
Canadian officials decided a joint ceremony would be inappropriate amid ongoing trade tensions between the two sides. Dan Karpinchuk reports.
The ceremony on the Canadian side came days before the official opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge between Windsor and Detroit. Cross-border traffic is set to begin on Monday. Ontario Premier Doug Ford set aside his frustration over the latest tariffs against Canada when he spoke.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:05
2
What did President Trump say at the White House Correspondents Dinner after the Washington Hilton shooting?
0:05–1:16
3
Which clean energy grants did the Department of Energy cancel and why does the court filing allege political targeting?
1:16–2:17
4
What happened in the Georgia school shooting and what were the guilty pleas and sentences reported?
2:17–3:23
5
How severe are the wildfires in Oregon and which areas are most affected?
3:23–3:48
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Why is the U.S. experiencing a measles surge and how are vaccination rates and misinformation linked?
3:48–4:59