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NPR News: 10-14-2025 4PM EDT

14 Oct 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org.

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16.113 - 19.078 Lakshmi Singh

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

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Chapter 2: What is the current status of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire?

19.839 - 36.787 Lakshmi Singh

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza is largely holding, but President Trump, who brokered the agreement, says if Hamas fails to disarm, quote, we will disarm them, end quote. Disarmament was a key stipulation in the ceasefire agreement. Here's NPR's Deepa Shivaram.

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37.027 - 51.465 Deepa Shivaram

It's unclear how Trump would disarm Hamas and if it would involve U.S. personnel on the ground. Trump has said Hamas told him it would, in fact, disarm, though he later clarified that message was not directly to him, but to White House officials.

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51.926 - 56.49 Donald Trump

We have told them we want disarm, and they will disarm.

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Chapter 3: How is President Trump's approach impacting Argentina's political situation?

57.071 - 62.356 Donald Trump

And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. And it'll happen quickly and perhaps violently.

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62.776 - 72.669 Deepa Shivaram

But the president didn't put a timeline on disarmament. He says it has to happen in a reasonable period of time, quote, pretty quickly. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.

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73.23 - 76.656 Lakshmi Singh

The president hosted the president of Argentina, Javier Millay, today.

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Chapter 4: What new Pentagon press access policies are being implemented?

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He says Argentina's election results would affect his administration's plans for a bailout package for the country, saying he will only support Millay. Trump compared the political fight in Argentina to the mayor's race in New York City. Without naming him, Trump called Democratic candidate Zoran Mamdani a communist and said he was, quote, down and dirty.

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96.185 - 108.82 Lakshmi Singh

Trump similarly said he would not support New York if Mamdani won the race in November. At the White House, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended his new policy restricting press access to the Pentagon.

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108.84 - 125.5 Pete Hegseth

It used to be, Mr. President, the press could go anywhere, pretty much anywhere in the Pentagon, the most classified area in the world. Or also that if they sign onto the credentialing, they're not going to try to get soldiers to break the law by giving them classified information. So it's common sense stuff, Mr. President. We're trying to

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125.48 - 128.785 Pete Hegseth

Make sure national security is respected and we're proud of the policy.

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128.805 - 143.809 Lakshmi Singh

However, a number of major news organizations, including NPR and Hegseth's former employer, Fox News, are declining to sign on to the Pentagon's new restrictions. Tomorrow marked the first federal payday missed since the start of the current government shutdown. Here's Colorado Public Radio's Dan Boyce.

143.789 - 148.694 Dan Boyce

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers received a reduced paycheck last Friday.

Chapter 5: How is the government shutdown affecting federal workers' pay?

149.194 - 171.096 Dan Boyce

Congress has voted to pay the military during shutdowns in previous years. President Trump has vowed to use Defense Department funding to do that again this time around. But it's unclear where that money would come from and if it can actually happen. Kay is a military spouse in Colorado Springs. She asked that we only use her first initial because she's afraid of retribution for speaking out.

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There's a lot of panic. It starts to affect your mental health. It affects your stress levels. It affects the behavior at home, you know, as you start to worry about how are we going to pay these bills.

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181.634 - 191.071 Dan Boyce

Kay says her family has enough savings to miss two pay periods. Others, she knows, aren't as lucky. For NPR News, I'm Dan Boyce in Colorado Springs.

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191.852 - 210.45 Lakshmi Singh

This is NPR News. Grammy-winning artist D'Angelo has died. The revered R&B singer, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, passed away following a prolonged battle with cancer. His family says D'Angelo leaves a legacy of extraordinarily moving music.

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210.85 - 233.59 Lakshmi Singh

One of the most notable moments was D'Angelo's video of How Does It Feel in 2000, which touched off conversations around sexuality and vulnerability and black male representation. D'Angelo was 51 years old.

Chapter 6: What legacy did Grammy-winning artist D'Angelo leave behind?

235.133 - 246.78 Lakshmi Singh

When it comes to reading, the nation's 3rd through 8th graders are still mired in a pandemic-era slump. According to new testing data, here's NPR's Corey Turner.

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247.081 - 272.308 Corey Turner

The data comes from NWEA, a K-12 testing and research organization, and its Spring 2025 MAP Growth Assessment, a suite of tests taken by millions of students in thousands of schools across the U.S. In reading, students across most grade levels are still performing at or even below pandemic lows. NWEA said this stagnation is consistent regardless of race, ethnicity, or school poverty level.

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272.928 - 287.387 Corey Turner

In math, the news was only slightly better. Achievement either held steady or, in some grades, improved slightly, though nearly all grades remain behind the performance levels of kids in those same grades back in 2019. Corey Turner, NPR News.

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Chapter 7: What does the latest testing data reveal about student reading performance?

287.968 - 293.575 Lakshmi Singh

The Dow has closed up 200 points to end at 46,270. It's NPR News.

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