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What did the recent phone call between President Xi and former President Trump involve?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. Chinese state media reports that President Xi Jinping and President Trump spoke by phone a short time ago. Earlier this week, Trump shared that he planned to have a conversation with Xi about the future of TikTok. Gaza City's main morgue says at least fifty Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks over the past twenty-four hours. Israeli forces are also operating in the south of Gaza. The military says four soldiers were killed yesterday in Gaza, but gave no further details. NPR's Anas Baba reports.
That's the sound of Israeli warplanes bombing Gaza City with at least 16 missiles back to back. The intense bombardments came without warning, rattling the skies and causing widespread destruction on the ground.
How are Israeli airstrikes affecting civilians in Gaza City today?
Israel has ordered all of Gaza City's residents to leave south as its troops make a push for the center. But hundreds of thousands of people remain. Many say they have no place to go, others do not have the thousands of dollars. It cost to move south, and some families fled but returned to Gaza City, citing inhumane conditions in the south. The offensive on Gaza City comes as fourteen countries at the UN Security Council voted in support for an immediate ceasefire. The United States, however, vetoed the resolution. Anasbaba and Pierre News Gaza City.
The Trump administration is rushing to find space for immigration officers conducting raids across the country, and Pierre Schenham McLaughlin reports.
According to three sources working for the General Services Administration, the agency recently assembled a team to rapidly find fully furnished office space for immigration officers.
Why is the Trump administration urgently seeking office space for immigration officers?
The sources requested anonymity to discuss sensitive internal operations. The move would give the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency a more permanent foothold in the cities where it operates, shortly after Congress authorized billions in additional funding. However, polls suggest those efforts are increasingly unpopular among Americans. Jen McLaughlin,
NPR News. Washington DC's mayor defended her policies on crime at a congressional hearing yesterday. WAMU's Alex Coma reports now.
Congressional Republicans used Thursday's hearing to simultaneously claim that crime in the city is out of control, but also that Trump's recent actions made it safer than it's ever been. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said crime was falling long before Trump stepped in.
What arguments did Washington DC’s mayor make about crime trends at the congressional hearing?
It is true that we experienced like many places a spike in twenty twenty three. I can say unequivocally, this is not twenty twenty three.
While federal control of the city's police force has expired, National Guard troops and federal agents remain for now. Trump, meantime, is threatening to send troops into other Democrat led cities. For NPR News, I'm Alex Coma in Washington.
On Wall Street in pre market trading, all indices are trading higher. This is NPR News from Washington. The State Department has released a new strategy for how the US will engage in global health. Officials say the aim is helping countries reduce their dependency on foreign aid.
How will the new U.S. global‑health strategy change aid delivery to foreign governments?
NPR's Gabrielle Emmanuel has more.
For years, the US paid billions in foreign aid dollars to nongovernmental organizations to set up and maintain aid programs. With the new strategy, officials plan to largely skip over NGOs and work directly with individual governments, integrating programs into their national health systems. Elisha DunGiorgio heads the Global Health Council. She says the strategy lacks details.
How does it get implemented? Who are the partners? Do you have the structure to do this? Or do you all of a sudden have to
What are Congress’s stopgap measures to avoid a government shutdown and how does Clayton Kershaw’s retirement fit into the news roundup?
Kind of rebuild what you just tore down.
The Trump administration has already shuttered billions of dollars worth of global health programming. Gabriella Emanuel, NPR News.
The Republican led Congress is expected to vote on dueling stopgap measures today to try to keep the government from shutting down at the end of the month.
It addresses rising health care costs. Lawmakers are scheduled to go on recess next week.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did the recent phone call between President Xi and former President Trump involve?
0:01–0:55
2
How are Israeli airstrikes affecting civilians in Gaza City today?
0:55–1:48
3
Why is the Trump administration urgently seeking office space for immigration officers?
1:48–2:32
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What arguments did Washington DC’s mayor make about crime trends at the congressional hearing?
2:32–3:12
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How will the new U.S. global‑health strategy change aid delivery to foreign governments?
3:12–3:48
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What are Congress’s stopgap measures to avoid a government shutdown and how does Clayton Kershaw’s retirement fit into the news roundup?
3:48–4:37