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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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What is the White House meeting about to avoid a partial government shutdown?
President Trump is scheduled to meet Monday with top congressional leaders from both parties at the White House. The meeting includes Senate Majority Leader Thune, Senate Minority Leader Schumer, House Speaker Johnson, and House Minority Leader Jeffries. This according to several people familiar with the plans who were not authorized to speak on the record. This meeting to break a standoff after Democrats refused to offer the votes needed to avoid a partial government shutdown, insisting on key health care provisions which Republicans say are a non-starter. It takes place just a day before the September 30th deadline to approve funding legislation.
How did the Dallas ICE facility shooting affect detainees and families?
In a statement, Jeffries and Schumer called on Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people. The wife of one of the victims of the shooting at a Dallas ICE facility says her husband is on life support after a gunman injured him and another detainee and killed a third person. Empiricero Martinez Beltran has more.
Stephanie Gaffney says her husband Miguel Angel Garcia Hernandez is more than just an immigrant or an ascertainee. He's a father of four and Gaffney could give birth to their fifth child, a boy, at any moment now since she's 39 weeks pregnant.
It hurts to think, like, what if he never even gets to meet him?
A Venezuelan detainee, Jose Andres Bordones Molina, was also injured in the shooting. A third detainee was killed, 37-year-old Norlan Guzman Fuentes from El Salvador. In a statement to NPR, ICE confirmed the identities of all three victims. The agency says all three were, quote, criminal illegal aliens. According to law enforcement officials, the shooter sought to terrorize ICE agents.
What was the impact of Netanyahu’s U.N. speech on Gaza and civilians there?
However, none of the victims were law enforcement officers. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Dallas.
In a speech at the U.N. Friday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he'd placed loudspeakers on the border with Gaza, hoping hostages held by Hamas might hear his speech.
Why did Xcel Energy agree to a $640 million settlement over the Marshall Fire?
But as NPR's Anas Baba reports, the main sound in Gaza City last night was that of intense Israeli airstrikes.
On the ground in Gaza, residents say they couldn't hear the Israeli prime minister's voice. They could hear this bombardment, however, and the ground shook through the night as Israeli military strikes intensified following Netanyahu's speech. Gaza's health ministry says 77 Palestinians were killed by such strikes and other artillery in the past 24 hours. Netanyahu said Israel's new ground offensive in Gaza City is to eradicate Hamas, but people here believe the goal is to push them out by making the city uninhabitable. Still, some hold on to hope it might stop, and many fear if they leave now, they may never be able to return. Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
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How did thieves steal $1 million in craft whiskey from Westland Distillery?
A large electric utility has agreed to settle claims this week over the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. The Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen has more.
Xcel Energy says it reached an agreement to settle all the claims over the 2021 Marshall Fire. The development comes the same week a trial was set to begin. Xcel says it agreed to pay about $640 million. Two telecommunications companies have also agreed to contribute to the settlement. In the lawsuit, more than 4,000 homeowners, businesses, and insurers alleged that power lines played a role in the late December blaze four years ago. It burned more than 6,000 acres and destroyed 1,000 homes. Losses topped $2 billion. Excel is not admitting any fault or wrongdoing in the settlement. It maintains its equipment did not cause or contribute to the Marshall Fire. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Cohen.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:22
2
What is the White House meeting about to avoid a partial government shutdown?
0:22–0:59
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How did the Dallas ICE facility shooting affect detainees and families?
0:59–2:03
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What was the impact of Netanyahu’s U.N. speech on Gaza and civilians there?
2:03–2:21
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Why did Xcel Energy agree to a $640 million settlement over the Marshall Fire?
2:21–3:19
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How did thieves steal $1 million in craft whiskey from Westland Distillery?
3:19–4:56