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Why did a federal judge block the White House from revoking journalists’ press passes?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. CNN, Politico, and MS Now's journalists are back in the White House after a five day legal battle with That began with President Trump's decision to abruptly pull their passes. They went to court and argued that the president violated their constitutional rights by banning them because he was unhappy with their coverage of them. Early this morning a federal judge rejected the Justice Department's national security arguments. Issued a temporary restraining order, it did not take immediately. Reporters were still blocked access this morning. They went to court again, and the White House gave back the credentials. The standoff is far from over though, the judge's restraining order lasts two weeks pending further litigation.
What is the significance of the Senate rejecting a resolution to end the war with Iran?
And there's still no press TV pool that typically covers Trump-linked events like today's high-stakes talks with visiting Chinese leader Xi Jinping. And Pierce David Fokkenflick has more.
I think it is just show of resolve. I think the president would have been very happy. The White House would have been very happy if the other players in that television part of the press pool, that is CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox, which of course is owned by the president's ally Rupert Murdoch, had been willing to step up and said, Well, sorry, CNN, we'll take care of it. That solidarity showed that it was not going to be as easy to circumvent In a way that was acceptable to the rest of the press,
NPR's David Fokinflick reporting. For the fourteenth time the US Senate has rejected a resolution to end the war with Iran. The House has already voted three times in favor of ending President Trump's military action.
How did the UN General Assembly address the Israel‑Palestine conflict and the visa denial for Mahmoud Abbas?
More Republicans have recently come out against a conflict that's linked to surging fuel prices, including record high costs for diesel. The Israel Palestinian conflict took center stage at the UN General Assembly this afternoon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just addressed the international body
defending itself. Israel is also defending many of the countries Whose delegates just left this hall?
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also addressed the UN General Assembly today, but via a prerecorded video. After the United States deny the leader a visa to attend in person. More from NPR's Katlonsdorf.
It's the second year in a row that the Trump administration has denied a visa to the Palestinian leader to attend the gathering.
What privacy and safety concerns arise as AI assistants gain access to personal data?
In a video addressed in Arabic, Abbas called the refusal of his visa, quote, unlawful and punitive. He accused Israel of carrying out a quote genocidal war that has created an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Israel denies that. Abbas called for a Palestinian state with the unification of Gaza and the West Bank and said that continued Israeli violence in both
Then this is NPR News. AI assistants are becoming increasingly popular as the technology grows more sophisticated. And Piers Windsor
Johnson reports The more an AI assistant can do, the more access it may need to things like email, calendars, travel accounts, and banking information. Cornell University Tech Policy Professor Sarah Krepp says problems can arise when those systems are given too much freedom to act.
They're very literal, but they don't understand kind of the broader human intent behind it.
How does human activity like deforestation and climate change increase the risk of wildlife‑borne disease outbreaks?
A mistake could mean changing a reservation, sending an ill considered email, or taking another action before the user ever sees it. Winsor Johnston and PR News.
Harmful disease outbreaks spread by wildlife are on the rise around the world. NPR is Jonathan Lambert with details.
Humans can influence risk for diseases in lots of ways. Cutting down the rainforest might bring people into closer contact with harmful animal viruses, or climate change could be pushing disease-carrying mosquitoes to new places. But figuring out just how much influence humans have is tricky. A new study in the journal Nature tried to answer that question by creating a big global map. Researchers pinpointed over fifty thousand instances of someone getting diseases like Ebola, empox, or dengue.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why did a federal judge block the White House from revoking journalists’ press passes?
0:01–0:46
2
What is the significance of the Senate rejecting a resolution to end the war with Iran?
0:46–1:38
3
How did the UN General Assembly address the Israel‑Palestine conflict and the visa denial for Mahmoud Abbas?
1:38–2:30
4
What privacy and safety concerns arise as AI assistants gain access to personal data?
2:30–3:33
5
How does human activity like deforestation and climate change increase the risk of wildlife‑borne disease outbreaks?
3:33–4:16
6
Why is NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” quiz a fun way to recap the week’s news?
4:16–5:01