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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. Colombia used to be a key U.S. partner in the war on drugs, but now President Trump is accusing Colombian President Gustavo Petro of being a leader in the illegal drug trade. Reporter John Otis has more.
For months, Trump and Petro have exchanged insults, prompting Washington to revoke Petro's U.S. visa. Now, tensions are rising over Trump's policy of attacking alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea. Petro accused Trump of murder after claiming that one of the victims was a Colombian fisherman. On Sunday, Trump took to social media to call Petro, quote, an illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs. He also threatened to cut off U.S. aid to Colombia. Petro quickly responded by describing himself as the main enemy of Colombian traffickers and by saying that Trump was uninformed about his country. For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia.
The Secret Service discovered a hunting stand with a sight line to the Air Force One landing zone in West Palm Beach yesterday. That's according to FBI Director Kash Patel. And as Luke Garrett reports, now the FBI is flying in resources to investigate the scene.
FBI Director Kash Patel says in a statement that no one was found near the hunting stand near the Palm Beach International Airport. But Patel says the FBI is deploying, quote, cell phone analytics capabilities and collecting all evidence at the scene without providing further details. A photo shared by U.S. Secret Service shows the hunting stand positioned in a large tree. Trump traveled to Florida on Friday and spent the weekend in West Palm Beach at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump faced two assassination attempts during his campaign, one in Butler, Pennsylvania, last July, and the second while golfing in Florida last September. A jury found Ryan Ruth guilty on assassination charges for the Florida attempt last month.
He is set to be sentenced in December. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Despite the ongoing federal government shutdown, the Labor Department will be reporting the latest inflation data later this week. Empire's Rafael Nam says Social Security recipients will have a lot riding on it.
The government has paused all economic data but is making one exception. The Labor Department will report the latest inflation data on Friday. The reason for the exception is that every year the Social Security Administration uses the inflation data for July, September, and October to determine what's called the Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA. Like the full name implies, COLA determines how much Social Security benefits need to be adjusted for the following year. That also means the Federal Reserve will at least have this critical data before its policy meeting later this month. Rafael Nam, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Limp Bizkit, says Sam Rivers, the bass player and a founding member of the new metal band, died yesterday. He was 48 years old. There's no word on the cause of his death. Emperor Chandelier Duster has more.
Rivers' bandmates, including frontman Fred Durst, paid a tribute to him on social media, calling him, quote, a true legend of legends. He was impressed by Rivers' ability to play a five-string bass.
He really did have an impact. His music and his gift is the one that's going to keep on giving.
Rivers left Limp Bizkit in 2015 after suffering with liver disease and later rejoined the group in 2018. His final concert appearance was in August at a festival in the UK. Shondalese Duster, NPR News.
Pope Leo canonized Venezuela's beloved Doctor of the Poor before tens of thousands of Venezuelans today, giving the South American nation its first saint. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, known for his dedication to the poor, was made a saint alongside Mother Carmen Martinez, the founder of a Venezuelan religious order. The ceremony also canonized Papua New Guinea's first saint, Peter To wrote, he was a layman killed in prison in 1945 for standing up for monogamous marriage.
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