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Why is President Trump’s golf trip to Scotland raising concerns for local police unions?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump is visiting his golf courses in Scotland this weekend. His trip is causing concern for police unions there, who say their members are already overworked and will be diverted from their normal duties. The cost to protect the golf course is expected to be considerable. Police cost for a previous Trump visit in twenty eighteen reached about nineteen million dollars. Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend Friday finished two days of interviews with officials from the Justice Department. Geelan Maxwell is serving a twenty-year prison term for helping Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls. Her attorney David Marcus says his client is glad she finally got a chance to talk about Epstein.
um about what happened and so so uh the truth will come out about what happened with with mr epstein and and she's the person who's answering those questions.
What new information did Jeffrey Epstein’s ex‑girlfriend reveal in her Justice Department interviews?
Marcus also said they did not ask President Trump for clemency in return for her talking with the government officials. As aid groups warm of continuing starvation in Gaza, the Trump administration is blaming Hamas for not accepting Israel's terms for a ceasefire. Now in Pierre's Michelle Kelleman reports that President Trump is even suggesting a diplomatic deal may not be possible.
The US and Israel pulled their negotiating teams out of Qatar after receiving Hamas's latest counter proposal for a ceasefire that would have seen some hostages get out of Gaza. President Trump calls the situation disappointing.
Hamas didn't really want to make a deal. I think they want to die. And it's very, very bad.
Trump says Hamas understands what will happen once the remaining hostages are released.
How is the Trump administration framing the stalled Gaza ceasefire and Hamas’s role?
Hamas will quote lose their shield and lose their cover. Now Trump says Israel will have to fight, clean it up, and get rid of them. Those were his words. Michelle Kelleman, NPR News, the State Department.
Tens of thousands of people have left their homes along the border of Thailand and Cambodia after the two countries began fighting as part of an ongoing territorial dispute there. The clashes followed months of escalation, and now a rising number of people are confirmed to have been killed. We get the latest from Jan Kamen Zind Brumbi, who's in Taipei.
Gunfire, shelling, and rocket fire have all been reported along the contentious border region. Thai and Cambodian authorities say more than 60,000 people have been displaced because of the violence.
What is driving the latest violent clash on the Thailand‑Cambodia border and who is being displaced?
The border region is no stranger to conflict and has been a point of contention for decades. This latest flare-up follows another in May in which a Cambodian soldier was shot and has sparked the worst fighting in years. Each side accuses the other for the battle this week. And tensions remain high as the fighting spreads. For MPR News, I'm Jan Kamzinbrumbi in Taipei.
And you're listening to NPR News. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's considering what he called alternative options to ceasefire talks with Hamas. His Friday statement came one day after the U.S. and Israel recalled their negotiating teams, a move that creates uncertainty in the move toward a ceasefire.
Why is Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu considering alternative options to cease‑fire talks with Hamas?
Hamas official, meanwhile, says negotiations are expected to resume next week. He called the actions by the U.S. and Israel a pressure tactic. Artist Amy Sherald is canceling an upcoming show of her work at the Smiths. She's best known for her painting of Michelle Obama. Empire's Elizabeth Blair has more.
Amy Sherald is canceling American Sublime because of a dispute over her painting of a trans woman in a blue gown holding a torch called Transforming Liberty. Sherold said in a statement the Smithsonian considered removing it from the show. She wrote, It's clear that institutional fear, shaped by a broader climate of political hostility toward trans lives, played a role.
What controversy led artist Amy Sherald to cancel her Smithsonian show?
A spokesperson for the Smithsonian tells NPR the portrait gallery wanted to add a video of people reacting to the painting to contextualize it, not remove it. President Trump has criticized the Smithsonian for focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion, which he says is divisive.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is President Trump’s golf trip to Scotland raising concerns for local police unions?
0:01–0:59
2
What new information did Jeffrey Epstein’s ex‑girlfriend reveal in her Justice Department interviews?
0:59–1:49
3
How is the Trump administration framing the stalled Gaza ceasefire and Hamas’s role?
1:49–2:33
4
What is driving the latest violent clash on the Thailand‑Cambodia border and who is being displaced?
2:33–3:16
5
Why is Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu considering alternative options to cease‑fire talks with Hamas?
3:16–3:59
6
What controversy led artist Amy Sherald to cancel her Smithsonian show?
3:59–4:39