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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
What are the new legal charges against former FBI Director James Comey?
A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted former FBI Director James Comey. This comes after President Trump demanded Comey's prosecution. Trump also installed a new U.S. attorney who got the indictment only days after she took the job. NPR's Kerry Johnson says the charges against Comey are not very detailed.
This is a very bare-bones indictment, not even two full pages long. It seems to relate to testimony Jim Comey gave to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2020. He was talking about the FBI probe of Russian interference in the election and about a media leak.
How did the indictment against Comey relate to his 2020 Senate testimony?
Comey testified he had not authorized a leak from the Bureau. The indictment says he did, and the statute of limitations on these charges was set to run out in a matter of days.
Comey declared his innocence and said, let's go to trial. This morning, Trump insulted Comey, saying Comey lied and that, quote, a big price must be paid. President Trump has signed an executive order. It gives his blessing to a deal involving the proposed takeover of video sharing app TikTok. This would be led by a group of mostly U.S. investors.
What executive order did President Trump sign regarding a TikTok takeover?
NPR's John Rewich reports Trump says the deal will meet congressional requirements and protect national security.
The executive order paves the way for a framework agreement on the sale of TikTok to be finalized. It would see TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance divest to less than 20% ownership while U.S. investors step in and take control. A law passed last year requires ByteDance to divest or see the app go dark in the United States. The law arose out of the fear that, under Chinese ownership, TikTok could be used by the Chinese government to collect data on Americans or manipulate U.S.
How would the proposed TikTok divestiture address U.S. national security concerns?
users with propaganda or disinformation. After Trump signed the executive order, Vice President J.D. Vance said the deal values TikTok at around $14 billion. He said the deal safeguards U.S. users' data and ensures that Americans are in control of TikTok's prized content recommendation algorithm. John Rewich, NPR News.
Why were migrants gathering at a Dallas ICE facility after a deadly shooting?
Dozens of migrants gathered at a Dallas ICE facility yesterday after a shooting killed one detainee and injured two others there this week. The migrants were there for mandatory check-ins. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran reports... If the people miss their check-ins, they could face detention and deportation.
53-year-old Nicaraguan migrant Benjamín Bellorín drove more than two hours to get to his appointment with ICE in Dallas. But he found police officers outside telling him that the facility was closed. No appointments today. Bellorín expressed he was worried, saying... I just wanted them to see that I showed up, he says. He does not want to get in trouble. Bellerín did not know the appointments have been postponed. Authorities say the gunman who opened fire this week was targeting ICE agents, but the people he shot were all detainees. ICE has said this week's check-ins have been moved to next week. Sergio Martínez Beltrán, NPR News, Dallas.
What global health and human interest stories were highlighted at the UN and on Everest?
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly this morning. He's expected to condemn Western countries that have recently announced they will recognize a Palestinian state. Meanwhile, the Israeli government has set up loudspeakers in Israeli territory that face Gaza. They'll blare Netanyahu's speech today into the besieged Palestinian territory. World leaders are putting forward a new plan at the General Assembly to combat non-communicable diseases, and Pierre's Gabriela Emmanuel reports that, for the first time, dementia is included in the declaration.
Dementia is a leading cause of death in many high-income countries. But Paola Barbarino, head of Alzheimer's Disease International, says it's often missing from global strategies for addressing non-communicable diseases.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:17
2
What are the new legal charges against former FBI Director James Comey?
0:17–0:51
3
How did the indictment against Comey relate to his 2020 Senate testimony?
0:51–1:21
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What executive order did President Trump sign regarding a TikTok takeover?
1:21–1:53
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How would the proposed TikTok divestiture address U.S. national security concerns?
1:53–2:11
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Why were migrants gathering at a Dallas ICE facility after a deadly shooting?
2:11–3:10
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What global health and human interest stories were highlighted at the UN and on Everest?
3:10–4:53