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What is the latest dispute between President Trump and the Acting Attorney General?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is weighing in on the dispute between President Trump and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro over her decision last week to drop charges against a former Olympian over damage to the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Judge Pirro is doing a great job and our city is Washington, D.C. is a lot safer in no small part to her effort and the prosecutor's efforts that she works with.
The Bureau is a longtime Trump ally, but her decision to drop the case and her admission that the damage was due to shoddy workmanship rather than vandalism drew a public rebuke from President Trump. Todd Blanch's path to the permanent attorney general's job has narrowed. Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins says she is a no vote. Two other Republicans are question marks.
What did New Mexico’s Truth Commission reveal about Jeffrey Epstein’s activities?
New Mexico has two investigations into potential crimes of Jeffrey Epstein committed at his ranch outside of Santa Fe. Today, the state legislature's Truth Commission released a preliminary report about Epstein's time in the state. Katarina Barton has more on the findings so far.
The more than 100-page report draws largely on the Epstein files and court documents. The commission says that there is evidence that Epstein abused at least five unidentified women and girls at the ranch and potentially 30 others. The commission cites indications law enforcement missed chances to investigate. Rachel Benavidez, an Epstein survivor, spoke to this at a public hearing at New Mexico's capitol.
This is a cycle of reports being made and ignored by the very people who are supposed to protect American citizens. I see a lot of blind eyes. New Mexico was treated like a ghost.
How are negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz progressing?
On top of this, the New Mexico Attorney General is suing the U.S. Department of Justice for more information about Epstein's activities at Zorro Ranch. For NPR News, I'm Katarina Barton in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A proposed deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz appears to be close. Iran says there has been significant progress in bilateral talks with Oman. The U.S. has not commented, but President Trump has said a deal could be announced soon. Meanwhile, new tensions in southern Lebanon. Jawad Rizkallah reports on the Israeli military's first evacuation warning in weeks.
The Israeli military warned residents to leave the town of Al-Mansouri, which borders the area they occupy in southern Lebanon.
Why did the Israeli military issue an evacuation warning in southern Lebanon?
Mayor Haider Mdehli told NPR that warning came hours after Israel began striking, following injuries to Israeli soldiers by an explosive device in the neighboring Israeli-occupied town. Despite weeks of limited strikes, Israel said these attacks answered a, quote, blatant Hezbollah ceasefire violation. A separate strike killed a Lebanese man farther from the boundary. The attacks came as Lebanon and Israel met in Rome to discuss the prospect of a phased Israeli withdrawal. Shawad Raskalla, NPR News, Beirut.
And you're listening to NPR News. In the world of artificial intelligence, there's been another high-profile case of AI agents going rogue. This time, the AI went off script and tried to deceive human testers at an AI safety lab in the UK. Here's NPR's John Ruich.
Britain's government-run AI Security Institute ran cybersecurity tests on Anthropix Mythos 5 and OpenAI's ChatGPT 5.6 Sol.
What recent AI safety tests exposed rogue behavior in advanced AI agents?
In a statement, the institute says AI agents took, quote, The institute says over more than 120 tests, It caught agents attempting different hacks 19 times. In one case, an agent was caught making fake identities so it could access secure systems. The Institute says it caught the AI agents and stopped them. Neither AI model is available to the public yet, but the case highlights a growing concern about AI and cybersecurity and adds to a list of incidents where AI has gone off script. Anthropic is a financial supporter of NPR. John Rewich, NPR News.
A man arrested at President Trump's golf course outside Los Angeles is facing federal and state firearms charges. Authorities say Jeanine John-Taley appeared to be scoping out the golf club ahead of Trump's fundraiser there Tuesday evening.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the latest dispute between President Trump and the Acting Attorney General?
0:00–0:52
2
What did New Mexico’s Truth Commission reveal about Jeffrey Epstein’s activities?
0:52–1:45
3
How are negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz progressing?
1:45–2:26
4
Why did the Israeli military issue an evacuation warning in southern Lebanon?
2:26–3:25
5
What recent AI safety tests exposed rogue behavior in advanced AI agents?
3:25–4:18
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How are the markets reacting to recent political and economic developments?
4:18–5:04