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What security agreement did President Trump sign with Greenland and Denmark?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed a security agreement today while in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. NPR's Franco Ordonias reports the deal allows the US to expand its military presence in Greenland.
Before signing along with the Danish Prime Minister Met Frederickson and Greenland Prime Minister Jans Frederick Nielsen, President Trump boasted that the deal was long in the making. The agreement is expected to end a long running clash between the leaders as Trump had repeatedly demanded that the US take control of the mineral rich island. Trump says the leaders had a tremendous relationship and a secure relationship. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the deal permanently and completely addresses US national security concerns in Greenland, and it does so without altering Greenland's self determination or Denmark's sovereignty. Frederickson describes the trilateral agreement as a deal that can last forever.
Franco Ordonez and PR News.
How are Democrats planning new gun‑violence prevention measures after the midterms?
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee spoke out today on prospects for gun violence prevention after the midterm elections. NPR's Eric McDaniel reports Maryland Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin is calling for a universal criminal background check for gun purchases.
If Democrats take control of the House in the next Congress, Jamie Raskin would be chairman of the committee with primary jurisdiction over gun violence legislation. In keynote remarks he made at a forum put on by The Trace, a newsroom that covers gun violence, Raskin celebrated the violent crime decline in the United States since the pandemic, but also noted that there was still work to be done to understand what exactly has driven it. If Democrats do take the reins, Raskin says he'll work to advance policies supported by bipartisan majorities of the public, including bump stock regulation and safe gun storage laws. He also says he doesn't know how the Supreme Court will rule on an assault weapons ban case in its coming term, but that he doesn't have high hopes that gun violence prevention advocates will prevail.
Eric McDaniel and PR News Washington.
A Texas company that catered to Chinese nationals giving birth in the U.S. has agreed to shut down in a settlement with State Attorney General Ken Paxton, who's also the state's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.
Why did a Texas birth‑tourism company agree to shut down in a settlement with Ken Paxton?
Senate. President Trump has accused such groups of taking advantage of U.S. citizenship laws. Melissa Innahe of Houston Public Media reports.
The company called D.I. Postpartum Care Center operated several residential properties in the Houston area. In a lawsuit, Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton accused it of encouraging foreign nationals to commit visa fraud as it offered birth packages for people traveling to the U.S. Paxton dropped the lawsuit in exchange for the business shutting down. President Trump raises birth tourism in his argument against the government.
What impact are unarmed mental‑health responders having on 911 calls across the U.S.?
the birthright citizenship guarantee within the US Constitution that grants citizenship to people born in the country. Analysts note there are already laws and policies, including at US consuls around the world, to prevent people from entering the country to give birth. For NPR News, I'm Melissa Nahe in Houston.
From Washington, this is NPR News. A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration directive that would have barred some immigrants from accessing Head Start preschools plus other federal programs. The directive was already on hold, but the ruling makes the injunction permanent. Five years ago, there were only a handful of programs in the US that sent unarmed responders like mental health clinicians to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. As NPR's Meg Anderson reports, now these programs are in nearly a hundred cities.
Every day, unarmed responders in Durham, North Carolina are resolving certain nine one one calls instead of police officers, things like panhandling and trespassing.
How were the first sea‑turtle nests on the U.S. West Coast discovered and protected?
Those responders say people still need help with bigger problems like homelessness and drug addiction.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What security agreement did President Trump sign with Greenland and Denmark?
0:00–1:00
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How are Democrats planning new gun‑violence prevention measures after the midterms?
1:00–2:05
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Why did a Texas birth‑tourism company agree to shut down in a settlement with Ken Paxton?
2:05–2:38
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What impact are unarmed mental‑health responders having on 911 calls across the U.S.?
2:38–3:36
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How were the first sea‑turtle nests on the U.S. West Coast discovered and protected?
3:36–4:33
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What stories does ‘This is Iraglass’ feature about unexpected life changes?
4:33–5:03