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Why is President Trump proposing to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War?
Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Duahlisa Kautao. President Trump has signed an executive order rebranding the Department of Defense, a name that's been used since nineteen forty nine. N.P.S.Q. Lawrence reports Trump will ask Congress to approve renaming it to the Department of War.
Last month, President Trump floated returning the Department to its name before World War Two, when the US Army was led by the Department of War. Now, speaking at the White House, Trump said that name sounds better. And he suggested the US would have fared better in the wars since if the name hadn't changed. We could have won every war, but we uh we really chose to be a very Uh politically correct or wokey.
What controversy surrounds the federal raid on the Hyundai EV plant in Georgia?
By law, Congress would need to change the name, but Trump said he isn't sure that's necessary. Trump also issued a warning after Venezuelan military planes flew close to US warships off the Venezuelan coast. Trump told his top general if it happens again to essentially fire at will. Quill Lawrence NPR News.
Federal immigration officials say agents detained hundreds of South Koreans during a sweeping raid at a Hyundai electric vehicle plant near Savannah. The raid is putting some top Georgia Republicans in an awkward spot, as Sam Gringlass of Member Station WABE reports.
Republican Governor Brian Kemp has pledged to make Georgia the electric mobility capital of the world, helping Wu manufacturers of EVs and batteries with generous state incentives. The Hyundai plant is the largest economic development project in state history, with the South Korean company investing billions. A spokesperson for the governor said the Georgia Department of Public Safety provided support to ICE and, quote, all companies operating within the state.
How did August’s U.S. job report reveal a slowdown in hiring across key industries?
It must follow the laws of Georgia and our nation. The chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia called the arrests of some four hundred seventy five people, quote, political grandstanding at the cost of Georgia families, businesses, and livelihoods. For NPR News, I'm Sam Greenglass in Atlanta.
Hiring in the US slowed significantly in August. The Labor Department says employers added twenty two thousand jobs during the month, far fewer than were expected, and Pierre Scott Horley says the nation's jobless rate ticked higher to four point three percent.
For the second month in a row, the report shows US employers added far fewer jobs than forecasters had expected. Factories and construction companies cut jobs last month, as did the federal government. Healthcare was one of the few industries to add jobs, and even there hiring was slower than in previous months. Revised figures show a net loss of jobs in June for the first time since the depths of the pandemic in late twenty twenty.
What are the details of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement over AI‑generated copyright violations?
The Federal Reserve has been keeping a close eye on the softening job market as it weighs a possible interest rate cut later this month. Investors widely expect the central bank to lower its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington.
And you are listening to NPR News from New York City. A federal judge in San Francisco says Homeland Security Secretary Christine Gnome exceeded her authority when she moved to end legal protections for some one point one million Venezuelans and Haitians. Judge Edward Chen on Friday ruled in favor of plaintiffs whose protections to stay and work legally in the US were set to expire five days from now. In voting against the Trump administration, Chen gave relief to at least five hundred at least six hundred thousand Venezuelans and about five hundred thousand Haitians who would have been returned to some home countries where even the State Department advises against travel there. The AI company Anthropic has settled a one point five billion dollar class action lawsuit brought by a group of book authors.
The suit claimed Anthropic used copyrighted material without permission, as in Pierre's Bobby Allen reports.
How did a federal judge rule on the protection of Venezuelan and Haitian migrants in the U.S.?
A federal judge found that when Anthropic's Claude Chapbot trained on copyrighted books, it was legal under fair use law since the output was transformative.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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Why is President Trump proposing to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War?
0:01–0:42
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What controversy surrounds the federal raid on the Hyundai EV plant in Georgia?
0:42–1:41
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How did August’s U.S. job report reveal a slowdown in hiring across key industries?
1:41–2:39
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What are the details of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement over AI‑generated copyright violations?
2:39–3:52
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How did a federal judge rule on the protection of Venezuelan and Haitian migrants in the U.S.?
3:52–4:39