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Who is the new CEO of Turning Point USA and what does the organization plan after Charlie Kirk’s death?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Turning Point USA has named Charlie Kirk's widow, Erica Kirk, as its new CEO and chair of the board. In a statement, the nonprofit says it's fulfilling a wish that its co founder expressed to multiple executives in the event of his death. The right wing activist was assassinated last week in Utah. He was thirty one. Turning point USA has said it will continue his work advocating for Conservative Principles. It continues its American comeback tour today at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Colorado Public Radio's Tony Gorman reports.
How are Colorado State University students reacting to campus security concerns after the Utah activist shooting?
There will be a visual for Kirk at Canvas Stadium in place of events that were previously scheduled. Some CSU students, like Nick Nye, say they remain concerned with security after the conservative activist was gunned down on the campus of Utah Valley University last week. I think it is an eye opener and it shows a lot of potential for like scary things to happen. So yeah, I think it is concerning. But I also don't feel like there's much chance that it gets better for security. The university officials said some student groups and external organizations had planned unrelated memorials, but they were asked to move their activities to the stadium.
Why are Hollywood stars accusing ABC of censorship over the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show?
For NPR News, I'm Tony Gorman in Denver.
Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are accusing Disney owned ABC of bowing to a censorship campaign that they say. Is targeting President Trump's most vocal detractors, including late night host Jimmy Kimmel.
What is the Trump administration’s request to the Supreme Court regarding the removal of a Federal Reserve governor?
They're protesting ABC's decision to suspend Kimmel's late night show indefinitely. After he criticized the Republican response in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing and quote The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered him as anything other than one of them, end quote. The Trump administration is asking the US Supreme Court to allow the president to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's governing board. Move coming days after Federal Appeals Court on a two to one vote. blocked President Trump from firing Cook, arguing that doing so would likely violate the Federal Reserve Act, which includes provisions designed to insulate the central bank from political pressure from the White House.
What amnesty bill is Brazil’s lower house considering after Jair Bolsonaro’s sentencing?
Trump met with British Prime Minister Kirstarmer on the second day of his state visit to the United Kingdom. NPR's Michelle Kelleman says one of the topics was Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine. And President Trump's
frustration with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. You've had these incursions into Polish airspace of of Russian drones. You've had the damage to the British Council in Kyiv and the EU embassy, things that the Europeans thought were gonna be off limits in Kyiv. He said it's time to put pressure on Putin. You hear this frustration from Trump, but you don't hear any like what is he gonna do? And Pierre's Michelle
Kelleman reporting. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was up one hundred forty eight points. From Washington, this is NPR News. The US Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will partner with more than forty conservative organizations to create educational civics content and programming ahead of the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United States. Your Zen Pierre Sequoia Carrillo.
Called the America 250 Civics Education Coalition, the project will be overseen by the Education Department and led by the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit conservative organization. The group says its goals are to promote patriotism, civics education, and quote, America's enduring values. The press release did not explain what kind of educational content it would provide over the next year. The federal government is prohibited by law from, quote, any direction, supervision, or control over curriculum in schools. But they did announce proposed speaker series on college campuses, and promised more to come. Sequoia Carrillo NPR News.
In Brazil, the lower house of Congress sought to fast track an amnesty bill less than a week after former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to twenty seven years in prison for trying to overthrow the government.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who is the new CEO of Turning Point USA and what does the organization plan after Charlie Kirk’s death?
0:01–0:39
2
How are Colorado State University students reacting to campus security concerns after the Utah activist shooting?
0:39–1:18
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Why are Hollywood stars accusing ABC of censorship over the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show?
1:18–1:34
4
What is the Trump administration’s request to the Supreme Court regarding the removal of a Federal Reserve governor?
1:34–2:13
5
What amnesty bill is Brazil’s lower house considering after Jair Bolsonaro’s sentencing?
2:13–4:39