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What is President Trump's stance on a pardon for Glenn Maxwell?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump is dismissing the idea of a pardon for Glenn Maxwell, the former girlfriend of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
I don't know anything about the conversation. I haven't really been following it. A lot of people are asking me about pardons. Obviously, this is no time to be talking about pardons.
Speaking to reporters after landing in Scotland, where he is expected to visit his two golf courses and hold trade talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The Epstein case is overshadowing the trip. An attorney for Glenn Maxwell says she completed a second day of interviews.
How is Brazil protecting its rare earth mineral reserves from U.S. intervention?
with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch. And although she would welcome relief, he says there have been no discussions about a pardon. Brazil's president says, quote, nobody lays their hands on the South American country's rare earth minerals or reserves, his comments come. As trade negotiations with the U.S. have stalled ahead of an August 1st deadline, here's NPR's Kerry Kahn reporting.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been telling large crowds that the country will not allow for foreign intervention. He's complained in interviews and appearances that his requests for negotiations with the U.S. have gone unanswered. Trump says he'll implement Brazil's high tariff because of what he says is a witch hunt against ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, a political ally.
Why is Brazilian President Lula resisting U.S. trade negotiations on mining?
The former far-right leader is charged with attempting a coup to stay in power after his 2022 electoral defeat, which he denies. Lula has criticized overtures by the U.S. embassy toward Brazilian mining industry officials. Brazil has the world's second largest reserves of rare earth minerals after China. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.
Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia now in its third day. The first shots were fired on Thursday. Since then, at least 30 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced. The U.N.
What triggered the latest Thailand‑Cambodia border clash and its casualties?
calling for restraint. and urging both sides to resolve a longstanding border dispute through dialogue. A rare mid-decade round of congressional redistricting underway in Texas, Republican state lawmakers are responding to pressure from President Trump to try to add five seats to a state delegation already led by the GOP. Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider reports.
The Justice Department has identified four districts in which Black and Latino residents dominate as, quote, unconstitutional racial gerrymanders, which it is ordering Texas to redraw. Houston Democratic Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, who represents one of those districts, testified before a state Senate committee.
I urge you to reject this partisan gerrymandering of Texas, reject the map from the felon in the White House, and do what's right for Texans.
Texas state representatives will gather Saturday for a field hearing on redistricting at the University of Houston, where protests are expected. I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
How are Texas districts being challenged as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders?
And you're listening to NPR News. Ukrainian intelligence launched a cyber attack on the servers of Russian authorities in occupied Crimea. NPR's Polina Litvinova reports from Kyiv that sources in the military intelligence office told NPR that it got access to a large array of documents.
Ukraine's military intelligence, known as HUR, does not officially reveal any details of the operation. But Ukrainian media report that some of the documents were marked secret, as they contain data about military facilities and supply routes of Russian forces in Crimea. After copying valuable information, Ukrainian cyber-spies destroyed all data stored on the government servers. Intelligence sources say that the documents will help to record Russian war crimes in Crimea. Polina Litvinova, NPR News,
Kyiv. A militant group called Jaish-el-Adul is being blamed for an attack today on a courthouse in southeast Iran.
What impact did Ukraine's cyber‑attack on Crimea have on Russian military data?
State media say at least five people are dead and that security forces killed three gunmen. More than a dozen others were wounded.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is President Trump's stance on a pardon for Glenn Maxwell?
0:00–0:42
2
How is Brazil protecting its rare earth mineral reserves from U.S. intervention?
0:42–1:27
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Why is Brazilian President Lula resisting U.S. trade negotiations on mining?
1:27–1:58
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What triggered the latest Thailand‑Cambodia border clash and its casualties?
1:58–2:56
5
How are Texas districts being challenged as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders?
2:56–3:57
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What impact did Ukraine's cyber‑attack on Crimea have on Russian military data?
3:57–4:39