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Why is President Trump pushing to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. President Trump is modifying the name of the Department of Defense, making the title Department of War a secondary title available to DOD. In an executive order due to be issued shortly, Defense Department officials will be authorized to substitute the word war into their titles. NPR's quill Lawrence has more.
Almost from the country's founding, the U.S. military was overseen by the War Department. Then after World War II, President Harry S. Truman changed the name to the Department of Defense, housed in the newly finished Pentagon building in Virginia. Last month at an event at the Oval Office, President Trump said the department should go back to the old name, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said it was in the works. It's not clear Trump can officially change the name without congressional action, but the president said he would do so regardless. As the largest department in the U.S. government, even just changing signs, seals, and titles could cost tens of millions of dollars.
What is the international plan for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine and how are nations responding?
A coalition of thirty-five nations meeting in Paris has agreed to a plan to commit a peacekeeping force to Ukraine when the shooting stops. Notwithstanding the uncertainty of when that might be, twenty-five of the thirty-five nations said they would be willing to be a very good thing. To put troops on the ground in Ukraine. NPR's Elner Beersley reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not receptive.
President Putin has been in China over recent days, joining huge celebrations on the end of World War II with allies China and North Korea. This is the new multipolar world on display that's against US dominance. And this morning Putin said that, quote, any foreign troops in Ukraine would be a legitimate target for Russian forces.
NPR's Eleanor Beardsley, what the role of the U.S.
How is the Trump administration expanding the national human‑trafficking task force and what agencies are involved?
in a post-war Ukraine would be is not clear. President Trump's recent meeting with Putin in Alaska in an attempt to broker peace ended without an agreement. The Trump administration is expanding a national human trafficking task force. The announcement was made in Florida. The federal initiative was established under President Biden to prosecute criminals smuggling people into the US. We get details from Gabriella Paul with Member Station WUSF.
Attorney General Pam Bondi says the task force is cracking down on what she called alien smuggling.
We are investigating and prosecuting their crimes more aggressively than ever. And Joint Task Force Alpha is the tip of the spear.
Speaking in Tampa, she said the task force will tap more federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI.
What did the federal judge order regarding gender‑affirming care for incarcerated transgender patients in Georgia?
It will also turn its focus from the southern border to include northern and maritime borders. When asked about the prevalence of trafficking crimes, Bonnie said terrorist organizations are in every city and that fifty-five people have been arrested nationwide since January. For NPR News, I'm Gabriella Paul in Tampa.
Wall Street the Dow down three hundred and twenty nine points, the NASDAQ off eighty. This is NPR. Jobs creation fell to twenty two thousand in the month of August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that is down from seventy nine thousand the previous month. A federal judge says that Georgia must resume providing gender affirming care for the state's prison inmates. A new state law had halted the treatments in July. Sam Gringlis with Member Station WABE in Atlanta has more.
U.S. District Judge Victoria Calvert wrote that, quote, when a prisoner presents evidence that the treatment decision was based on something other than medical judgment, the prisoner generally prevails. Calvert ruled that the five transgender plaintiffs in this case are no different, granting their request to temporarily block the ban while their legal challenge plays out. The five prisoners filed a class action suit in August, claiming that the new law violates. the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
How could Tesla’s proposed trillion‑dollar compensation package for Elon Musk affect shareholders and the market?
Calvert ordered the state to immediately resume hormone therapy for prisoners already being treated for gender dysphoria and to once again evaluate transgender prisoners requesting the treatments.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is President Trump pushing to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War?
0:01–1:01
2
What is the international plan for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine and how are nations responding?
1:01–1:45
3
How is the Trump administration expanding the national human‑trafficking task force and what agencies are involved?
1:45–2:35
4
What did the federal judge order regarding gender‑affirming care for incarcerated transgender patients in Georgia?
2:35–3:54
5
How could Tesla’s proposed trillion‑dollar compensation package for Elon Musk affect shareholders and the market?
3:54–4:24
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What are the latest movements in the U.S. stock market and job creation numbers reported today?
4:24–4:39