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What did President Trump say about the latest U.S. military strike on a drug‑smuggling boat?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump says the US military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling boat this month, killing three men on board. In a post on social media tonight, Trump attached a video of an airstrike on a boat. Earlier this month, US forces targeted another alleged drug boat from Venezuela that Trump says also killed everyone on board. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today, a second day of meetings for a panel of vaccine advisors who changed the guidance for COVID booster vaccine shots, calling them an individual choice. MPR's Rob Stein has more.
For the first time they limited the FDA limited the shots of those who are at greatest risk of getting really sick because they're older or have other health problems. So everyone was waiting to see if this committee, stocked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s picks, would make it even harder.
How did the CDC vaccine advisory panel change the guidance on COVID‑19 boosters?
At one point the committee considered recommending requiring a prescription for everyone to get a shot, but in the end the panel narrowly shot that one down. But the committee did recommend that anyone who wants a COVID vaccine needs to first have a detailed discussion with someone, like a doctor or a pharmacist, about the possible risks.
And Pierce Robstein reporting. An immigration appeals court has ordered the deportation of an Atlanta based journalist. Mario Guevara has been in detention since June when he was arrested by ICE while covering a No Kings Day protest. And Pierre's Sario Martinez Beltron has more.
The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that Spanish language reporter Mario Guevara could be deported, making his removal to El Salvador imminent. Guevara left El Salvador more than two decades ago, fleeing violence. Since then, he's lived in the US, working as a journalist, often livestreaming immigration enforcement operations.
Why is the deportation of journalist Mario Guevara raising concerns about press freedom?
When he was arrested in Atlanta, he was charged with failing to disperse, but those charges were later dropped by local prosecutors. Still, He was taken into ICE custody despite having a work permit and a pending green card application. He's been detained at the Immigration Processing Center in Folkestone, Georgia. Guevara's attorneys are seeking emergency relief to keep him in the US. Sergio Martínez Beltrán en PR News, Folkstone, Georgia.
A federal judge in Florida tossed out a fifteen billion dollar defamation lawsuit filed by President Trump against the New York Times. US district judge Stephen Merriday says Trump's lawsuit was overly long and was full of quote Ted uh tedetious and burdensome language that had no bearing on the legal case.
What was the outcome of the federal judge’s ruling on Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times?
The judge gave Trump's lawyers twenty eight days to file an amended complaint saying it can't exceed forty pages. The original suit was eighty-five pages. The suit accuses the Times and four of its reporters, along with book publisher Penguin House, of disparaging Tumps Repu Trump's reputation as a successful businessman. This is NPR News. President Trump signed a proclamation today requiring a new one hundred thousand dollar annual fee for H one B visa applications, which are intended to bring highly skilled foreigners for jobs that tech companies struggle to fill with U.S. citizens. That program has come under scrutiny by the Trump administration, which argues it allows companies to pay lower wages to fill entry level jobs.
Historically, these visas have been distributed through the Through a lottery system.
How will the new $100,000 annual H‑1B visa fee affect tech companies and foreign workers?
With California having the highest number of H one B workers. Grammy winning songwriter Brett James has died. He was fifty seven years old. North Carolina State Patrol says James was among three people killed when their small plane crashed yesterday in the woods in Franklin under unknown circumstances. And Pierre's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento has more on his music legacy. Brett
James worked with some of the biggest names in country music, including Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, and Carrie Underwood.
Jesus take the wheel! Take it from my head.
James won a Grammy Award in 2007 as part of the team that penned Jesus Take the Wheel.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did President Trump say about the latest U.S. military strike on a drug‑smuggling boat?
0:00–0:59
2
How did the CDC vaccine advisory panel change the guidance on COVID‑19 boosters?
0:59–1:55
3
Why is the deportation of journalist Mario Guevara raising concerns about press freedom?
1:55–2:40
4
What was the outcome of the federal judge’s ruling on Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times?
2:40–3:27
5
How will the new $100,000 annual H‑1B visa fee affect tech companies and foreign workers?
3:27–4:08
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Who was Grammy‑winning songwriter Brett James and what were the circumstances of his death?
4:08–4:38