NPR News: 07-28-2026 4AM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
What high-profile meetings and memorial events does President Trump have today?
President Trump has a couple of high-profile meetings on his schedule today. Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are in town and are expected to meet separately with Trump at the White House. Both men are also to attend today's memorial service at Washington National Cathedral for the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. Police in Seattle still searching for a third suspect in connection with a shooting at a crowded food festival Sunday night that left three people dead.
What are the latest details on the Seattle food festival shooting and suspects?
Authorities say a 15-year-old was arrested at the scene and that a second suspect was killed during the shooting. Freddie Monaris, Member Station KNKX reports.
Police say a 19-year-old man and a 44-year-old man died at the scene. A 56-year-old woman was later declared dead at a nearby hospital. Seattle Police Chief Sean Barnes says law enforcement disarmed a person who was actively firing a weapon into a crowd.
We believe that the bullets that were fired were from two individuals who appeared to be firing at one another. And as the mayor stated, a 15-year-old suspect was taken into custody.
How will new Interior Department rules affect Colorado River water allocations?
Police are asking for witnesses to come forward with any information about the second suspect. At least four people were injured in the shooting, including a two-year-old boy who remains in the hospital. For NPR News, I'm Freddie Monatis in Seattle.
States that rely on the Colorado River expecting word this week on a new federal plan for sharing water from the shrinking Colorado. The Interior Department is coming up with new rules because the seven states that use the river have been unable to come to an agreement. Alex Hager is with member station KJZZ in Phoenix.
Why are Oregon wildfires becoming a top federal firefighting priority?
We don't know the exact size of cutbacks yet, but Arizona, Nevada, and California are probably going to lose the most water. We expect the biggest cuts to hit the Phoenix and Tucson areas, and officials say the exact size of those cuts will probably be announced Friday.
More than a million acres of mostly rangeland have now burned in Oregon. NPR's Kirk Sigler reports more than two dozen fires stretching resources and causing thousands to evacuate.
The wildfires have closed highways across central and eastern Oregon, including stretches of Interstate 84 that links Boise, Idaho to Portland, Oregon. Most are burning in remote federal rangeland and on private ranches and are causing major headaches for ranchers who are having to move cattle away from the flames with sometimes no warning.
What federal actions and safety warnings are affecting asylum processing and Boeing 737 MAX seats?
Oregon is coming off its driest and warmest winter on record with very little snowpack and now extremely dry fuels, including invasive grasses. The governor has declared states of emergency in multiple counties and the state is now considered the top federal firefighting priority in the country.
Kirk Ziegler, NPR News, Boise. Heavy selling of stocks and chip makers have led to losses on Asian financial markets today. This is NPR. A new change to the asylum process by a Department of Homeland Security agency could result in more cases being sent to immigration court. The goal is to reduce the backlog of cases, but NPR's Jimena Bastillo reports on warnings that people could get stuck in the process.
Asylum is a protection immigrants can ask for once they are already in the country. Typically they can apply at USCIS directly if they are here legally, like on a visa. The immigration court system is usually reserved for people who are already in the deportation process. But a new rule will allow USCIS officers to send cases to immigration court without interviewing the immigrant first. USCIS Director Joseph Edlow said in a statement that the asylum system has been exploited by people wanting a work permit and not with legitimate fear of persecution. But immigration lawyers warned that in immigration courts, asylum approvals are at a record low and people with valid claims of persecution might be denied.
Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
The FAA is warning about hundreds of passenger seats on Boeing 737 MAX jets.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
What high-profile meetings and memorial events does President Trump have today?
0:04–0:36
3
What are the latest details on the Seattle food festival shooting and suspects?
0:36–1:13
4
How will new Interior Department rules affect Colorado River water allocations?
1:13–1:47
5
Why are Oregon wildfires becoming a top federal firefighting priority?
1:47–2:33
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What federal actions and safety warnings are affecting asylum processing and Boeing 737 MAX seats?
2:33–5:01