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How are Ukrainian drone attacks affecting daily life in occupied Crimea?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Ukraine is stepping up drone attacks on Russian occupied Crimea. NPR's Greg Myri reports the strikes have disrupted power, fuel supplies, and cell phone service across the peninsula.
Early Thursday, Ukrainian drones knocked out electricity in Sevastopol, the biggest and most important city in Crimea. Now power was restored after several hours, but these are now everyday events. Electricity and cell phone service is going out for days at a time. Water also gets cut off, fuel is scarce and has been rationed, uh people say shops are often closed. That's it.
MPR's Greg Myri reporting Russia seized and illegally annexed Crimea from Ukraine in two thousand fourteen.
What did Attorney General Todd Blanche t say about his 30‑year career at the Justice Department?
Todd Blanch addressed the Justice Department workforce for the first time yesterday as attorney general. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports Blanche started at the DOJ as an intern thirty years ago.
In remarks at the Justice Department, Todd Blanch reminisced about his own early years at the agency. He praised lawyers and support staff and the law enforcement agents who never know if they'll make it home safe each night.
You make cases for us, you make sacrifices for us, you put your lives on the on the line every day.
says hundreds of people have been fired because of their perceived politics, and thousands more have left because of how the Trump administration is weaponizing the agency. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has been under scrutiny this election season. Its focus is on strengthening the U.S. Israel Partnership. But as MPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, it's become the center of a debate over money and politics.
Why is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee becoming a flashpoint in the 2024 election?
APAC's affiliated SuperPAC has spent about $62 million in this cycle, according to Open Secrets, which tracks campaign spending. For comparison, that's close to the amount spent by crypto and AI-related Super PACs. APAC is often singled out by name in ads and in campaign speeches, becoming a proxy for growing distaste for money and politics. Here's Democratic political analyst Van Jones.
Now it seems like APAC has somehow become the symbol of everything that's wrong with like money and politics.
The organization faces a difficult moment. For decades there was strong bipartisan support for Israel, support that has waned in the last few years. Barbara Sprint and Pier News, Washington.
President Trump will highlight his record on crime during a visit to a police academy in New York today as he campaigns for Republicans in closely contested races. The White House says he'll release new FBI figures showing violent crime fell last year.
How is former President Trump using crime statistics in his New York police academy visit?
This is MPR. The Kennedy Center Board has voted to put President Trump's name back on the building. A new inscription would say the center was restored and renovated by Trump. The board also renamed the surrounding grounds President Donald J. Trump Plaza. A federal judge previously ruled that only Congress can change the facility's name. The judge also cited a law prohibiting new memorials or commemorative plaques at the center. A new generation of small nuclear reactors could come online in the next few years. Companies successfully turned on four reactors this summer, but public opinion remains split. Hannah Murzbach of the Mountain West News Bureau reports.
What are the prospects and public concerns surrounding new small nuclear reactors?
A March Gallup poll shows fifty three percent of Americans oppose having a local nuclear plant. Vicki Ohara is not among them. She owns a bar in Atomic City outside of Idaho National Lab, the center of US nuclear research.
I live ten miles away and I'm fine. I'm not glowing in the dark. You know, I d there's nothing to be scared of.
But nuclear safety experts are worried the Trump administration's fast tracking of permits could lead to mistakes. The administration sees nuclear power as one way to meet rising energy demand. While many Americans don't want a plant in their backyard, polling also shows growing support for the US emphasizing nuclear power more broadly.
Will the tropical storm forming in the Pacific become a hurricane threatening Hawaii?
For NPR News, I'm Hannah Mersbach in Jackson, Wyoming.
A tropical storm has formed in the Pacific, prompting a hurricane warning for Hawaii's big island.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How are Ukrainian drone attacks affecting daily life in occupied Crimea?
0:00–0:49
2
What did Attorney General Todd Blanche t say about his 30‑year career at the Justice Department?
0:49–1:59
3
Why is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee becoming a flashpoint in the 2024 election?
1:59–2:58
4
How is former President Trump using crime statistics in his New York police academy visit?
2:58–3:42
5
What are the prospects and public concerns surrounding new small nuclear reactors?
3:42–4:21
6
Will the tropical storm forming in the Pacific become a hurricane threatening Hawaii?
4:21–5:03