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What happened to conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the Utah university event?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. The influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA, died today after being shot at an appearance at Utah Valley University in Oram, Utah. Kirk launched his organization in twenty twelve, targeting young voters to join the Republican Party and venturing onto liberal leaning university campuses where many conservatives often would not go. He was taking questions about school shootings when one shot rang out. He was struck in the neck and died a few hours later. Utah's governor Spencer Cock and other officials briefed reporters a short time ago.
Our nation is broken. We've had Political assassinations.
How did House Speaker Mike Johnson and lawmakers respond to Kirk’s death?
Recently and Minnesota? We had an attempted assassination. Анд говнер Пенсленя. And we had an attempted assassination. On a presidential candidate and former president of the United States and now current president of the United States. Натні ай кін унітас из антурі. Натін а кінсарина кікс вотка. Nothing I can say can bring back Charlie Kirk.
Why is President Trump trying to fire Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Cook?
The governor says a person of interest is in custody. Shortly before the news that Charlie Kirk had died at an event at the Utah, the Utah the House Speaker Mike Johnson led the house in a moment of silence.
On his way to the house floor, Speaker Johnson called for prayers for Kirk and his family. І се з політика вілос віолоється кантрі'скор принцип.
Ви ні еврі. political figure we need everyone who has a platform to say this loudly and clearly. We can settle disagreements and disputes in a civil manner, and political violence must be called out and it has to stop.
Republicans and democrats alike are echoing the speaker's call, saying that political violence is never acceptable. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, The Capital.
What is the controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s public‑lands rule reversal?
President Trump is not giving up in his effort to fire a member of the Federal Reserve Governing Board. NPR Scott hoarsely reports Trump plans to appeal a federal judge's ruling Tuesday that said the firing was illegal.
Trump tried to oust Cook with a social media post last month. After allegations from a Trump ally that Cook made false statements on a mortgage application four years ago. Cook denies any mortgage fraud. The judge said in any case, Cook should not be fired over actions that took place before she joined the central bank. The campaign to fire Cook comes amid a month-long effort by the President to exert more control over the Fed, even though the Central Bank was designed to be insulated from that kind of political pressure. Scott Horsley in Pair News, Washington.
The Trump administration is moving to reverse a controversial public lands conservation rule enacted in the closing days of the Biden era, NPR's Kirk Siegler report.
Why were South Korean workers detained at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia?
It is not unexpected. The 2024 public lands rule was dense and complex, but at its core, it aimed to put conservation on an equal footing with more traditional uses of federal public lands, such as cattle grazing, mining, and outdoor recreating. It also aimed to limit the Bureau of Land Management's quarterly oil and gas lease auctions required by federal law, and it allowed for conservation groups to bid on public land at auctions to preserve. It instead of just opening it up for energy exploration. In a statement, President Trump's Interior Secretary Doug Bergum says the rule blocked access to those lands that rural communities depend on for timber and mining. Trump's public lands rule rescission is now subject to a sixty-day public comment period before it will likely be reversed.
Kirk Zigler in Pure News, Boise.
A lawyer for several South Korean workers who were detained last week at a Hyundai electric battery plant near Savannah, Georgia, said his clients were in the United States illegally and authorized under the B One Business Visa Program. The attorney who represents four workers said they had planned to be in the U.S.
How does the episode conclude and what are the key takeaways?
for a couple of weeks and no longer than 75 days. Last Thursday's raid at a battery factory that is under construction was a very good thing.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened to conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the Utah university event?
0:00–0:46
2
How did House Speaker Mike Johnson and lawmakers respond to Kirk’s death?
0:46–1:16
3
Why is President Trump trying to fire Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Cook?
1:16–1:59
4
What is the controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s public‑lands rule reversal?
1:59–3:12
5
Why were South Korean workers detained at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia?
3:12–4:17
6
How does the episode conclude and what are the key takeaways?
4:17–4:39