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What new reporting challenges the White House’s account of Trump’s Turkey trip?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. New reporting contradicts what the White House told the press traveling with the president during a recent trip to Turkey. And as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, that may have left reporters vulnerable. President Trump boarded Air Force One as usual, but the Washington Post reports he was then smuggled off the plane in a catering truck and flew on an entirely different aircraft.
NPR hasn't confirmed the report, but journalists and White House aides who unknowingly flew on the decoy plane were firmly instructed to keep their window shades lowered. Later, talking to reporters, Trump never let on. Were you aware of any credible threat by Iran against Air Force One? I have a threat all the time. I'm number one on their list before you. But if I go, you go. So perhaps someday you want to change professions.
NPR News. In South Carolina, 10 Republicans are competing in today's special Senate primary. Each is seeking the party's nomination to fill the seat of the late GOP Senator Lindsey Graham. After Graham's death a month ago, the state's governor appointed his sister Darlene to fill
the remaining months of her brother's fourth term. We get details from Gavin Jackson with South Carolina Public Radio. The crowded field includes Representatives Russell Fry and Ralph Norman, former Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford, and local businessman Mark Lynch.
How are candidates positioning themselves in South Carolina’s special Senate primary?
Polling has indicated no clear frontrunner, and the race is expected to go to a runoff in two weeks between the two top vote-getters. The late senator was known for his foreign policy positions, but candidates seeking to replace him are focused more on domestic issues, such as cutting the federal deficit and affordability. Senator Darlene Graham, a mother and grandmother, has said her brother was an expert on the federal budget, but she's an expert on the family budget. The Republican nominee will face Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, in November.
For NPR News, I'm Gavin Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. Luigi Mangione was back in state court today in Manhattan for what's expected to be a final hearing before his murder trial gets underway next month. The judge says the jury will be anonymous. NPR's Brian Mann has more. Mangione is accused of gunning down insurance executive Brian Thompson on New York City Street in 2024.
Because of the national debate over health care access and insurance costs, Mangione has drawn significant support online, with fans and supporters showing up at the courthouse for each hearing. During this session, Judge Gregory Caro said jury selection will begin September 8th. He signaled that jurors' identities will be kept from the press and the public. This comes as Mangione's defense team has argued for more media access to the trial. Mangione faces second-degree murder and other charges in state court. A second trial in federal court is expected to get underway in January. Brian Mann, NPR News, New York. On Wall Street at this hour, the Dow is off 190, the Nasdaq down 194. This is NPR News.
Why is the trial of Luigi Mangione attracting national attention and media access debates?
Russia's high court has barred the country's lone party advocating for an end to the war in Ukraine from standing at parliamentary elections next month. As NPR's Charles Maines reports, the decision comes despite growing signs of public fatigue with the conflict.
Russia's liberal Yabloka party had been the sole political bloc calling for an end to the war in Ukraine, a position that has already led to the arrest of several prominent members. Now the entire party is banned from the September vote after Russia's Supreme Court found Yabloka had engaged in copyright infringement and received foreign funding, among other charges. No! Several hundred Yabloka supporters, most of them younger Russians, waited outside as court deliberations dragged on for some eight hours. Yabloka leaders framed the court's decision as a sign of Kremlin fear of the party's anti-war message, with polls showing a majority of Russians now want to negotiate an end to the war currently in its fifth year. Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow. Russia has released former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman arrested four years ago in Russia.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What new reporting challenges the White House’s account of Trump’s Turkey trip?
0:01–1:26
2
How are candidates positioning themselves in South Carolina’s special Senate primary?
1:26–3:01
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Why is the trial of Luigi Mangione attracting national attention and media access debates?
3:01–4:21
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What does Russia’s ban on the Yabloka party reveal about public sentiment on the Ukraine war?
4:21–5:03