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What is the Trump administration’s proposed deal with China over TikTok?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom. The Trump administration says a deal with China over TikTok will be signed in the coming days. Citing national security concerns, Congress had passed a law that the popular video app be shut down in the US if its Chinese owner, Byte Dance, doesn't put it under control of American investors. Trump had delayed the law's implementation during negotiations. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt says the deal just needs to be signed.
This deal means that TikTok will be majority owned by Americans in the United States. There will be seven seats on the board that controls the app in the United States, and six of those seats will be Americans. Uh and the data and privacy will be led by one of America's greatest tech companies, Oracle, and the algorithm will also be controlled by America as well.
Levitt was interviewed on Fox News. The top federal prosecutor in Northern Virginia has left his job after he was pressured to resign by President Trump. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports he had been investigating several of Trump's perceived political enemies.
Eric Siebert was a longtime career prosecutor in Virginia who advanced to leave the U.S.
Why did the top federal prosecutor in Virginia resign and what does it mean for Trump’s investigations?
Attorney's Office this year. Siebert had been in charge of investigations into New York Attorney General Tish James and former FBI director Jim Comey. But he expressed doubts about pursuing any charges in those cases against the prominent Trump critics. On social media, the president says Siebert did not quit but that Trump fired him. Virginia's two Democratic senators said he's an ethical prosecutor who was pushed out for refusing to pursue Trump's vendettas. The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia handles some of the country's most important national security and espionage cases. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
To no longer recommend a combination shot for measles, mumps, and rubella for children under the age of four. This concerns some public health officials, including those who dealt with a measles outbreak in Texas this year. Samantha Larnad of Member Station KTTZ reports
Dr. Catherine Wells is the director of Lubbock Public Health, a major coordinator during the West Texas measles outbreak.
How will the new measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine recommendations affect parents in Texas?
Two thirds of the more than seven hundred confirmed cases were in children. She says that while the MMR and chicken pox vaccines remain as separate recommendations for children, parents will have fewer choices.
We saw the impact of what happened. When we have large unvaccinated populations. And in Texas, you know, vaccine's very much a choice, but we want to make sure that we have all those tools available so that parents can make those choices.
The committee's recommendations will affect what health providers carry, what insurance will cover, and what's available through the federal vaccines for Texas Children program. For N PR News, I'm Samantha Larnid in Lubbock. This is
NPR News in Washington. The Senate has confirmed President Trump's pick to be UN ambassador. NPR's Michelle Kellan reports the vote to confirm Michael Waltz comes just in time for the United Nations General Assembly meeting this month in New York.
Senators voted 47 to 43 to approve the former Florida Congressman to serve as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations. Mike Waltz was briefly national security advisor until he mistakenly added a journalist to a signal group chat about sensitive information on U.S.
Who was confirmed as President Trump’s UN ambassador and what are his priorities?
airstrikes in Yemen.
Job in the hearing Waltz vowed to push for reforms at the UN. And said after eighty years, it has, in his words, drifted from its core mission of peace keeping. President Trump is expected to address the UN next Tuesday. Michelle Kelleman, NPR News, the State Department. More
than one hundred fifty political leaders from around the world are expected to attend the UN General Assembly. Secretary General Antonio Gotter says they have much to discuss.
We are facing a global crisis. Conflicts are multiplying in the context in which geopolitical divides do not allow to effectively address them.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the Trump administration’s proposed deal with China over TikTok?
0:00–1:13
2
Why did the top federal prosecutor in Virginia resign and what does it mean for Trump’s investigations?
1:13–2:18
3
How will the new measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine recommendations affect parents in Texas?
2:18–3:30
4
Who was confirmed as President Trump’s UN ambassador and what are his priorities?
3:30–4:16
5
What challenges are leaders facing at the UN General Assembly regarding the Gaza conflict?
4:16–4:37
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How are global geopolitical tensions shaping the agenda of the upcoming UN meeting?
4:37–4:39