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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Justice Department has charged former National Security Advisor John Bolton for allegedly mishandling classified documents. Bolton worked in Trump's first administration, but later became one of his fiercest critics, Bolton is the latest example of the Justice Department targeting Trump's perceived political enemies. Venezuela is asking the U.N. Security Council to weigh in on the deadly U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports President Trump is defending the strikes.
Venezuela's ambassador to the UN, Samuel Moncada, says so far 27 people have been killed in strikes on what he calls civilian vessels in international waters. He says they included not only Venezuelans, but also citizens of Colombia and Trinidad.
There is a killer prowling the Caribbean, bloodthirsty, looking for wars, and there is no justification at all. They are fabricating a war.
But while he's calling the Security Council to investigate, the U.S. has veto power, and the Trump administration is vowing to continue the strikes, which it says are part of a counter-drug campaign. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Washington.
Labor unions are suing the Trump administration for surveilling immigrants' social media accounts. NPR's Shannon Bond reports.
What are the charges against former National Security Advisor John Bolton?
The Trump administration has said it's using AI to help monitor the social media accounts of people legally in the U.S. and use what it finds to revoke visas of those it deems to hold, quote, hostile attitudes. The lawsuit argues that's a violation of the constitutional right to free speech. It says, quote, the government is using the threat of immigration enforcement to suppress dissent. The suit was filed in federal court in New York by three unions that say many of their members have already begun censoring themselves out of fear. At least 55 million people have U.S. visas and could be subject to heightened surveillance. Shannon Bond, NPR News.
President Trump says if Hamas continues attacks in Gaza, quote, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them. But he also insists U.S. troops won't be involved, as NPR's Deepa Shivram reports.
Peace negotiations between Israel and Hamas are still delicate as Hamas continues to return bodies of hostages. Part of the ceasefire deal brokered by Trump is that Hamas would have to disarm. But that hasn't yet happened. And in recent days, Hamas has been in conflict with gangs in Gaza. At the same time, Israel has said it is fired on militants trying to cross out of the ceasefire zone. In the Oval Office, Trump said if Hamas doesn't behave, quote, we'll take care of it.
How is Venezuela responding to U.S. military actions in the Caribbean?
It's not going to be us. We won't have to. There are people very close, very nearby that will go in. They'll do the trick very easily. But under our auspices.
It's not clear who Trump meant. Administration officials have said U.S. troops based in the region are not intended to go into Gaza. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Doctors in Israel and Gaza say more than a dozen Palestinian physicians taken during the war remain imprisoned in Israel. That's despite a ceasefire agreement that released Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. NPR's Aya Batraoui has this report.
The director of the Kamel Adwen Hospital in North Gaza, Dr. Hossam Abou Safiyeh, was set to be released in that exchange, according to his family and an official brief by Israelis. Instead, the doctor's family and lawyer say an Israeli court extended his detention without charge for another six months. No public reason for his continued arrest has been given. Dr. Abu Sufaya has been detained since last year after refusing to leave the hospital during weeks of Israeli bombardment that killed patients, staff and his son. The Israeli military raided and then destroyed the hospital, alleging it had been used by Hamas, which staff deny.
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