Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. The Trump administration's latest peace proposal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine calls for Kyiv to give up all land in the eastern part of the country. NPR's Tom Bowman says the 28-point proposal is being presented to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky by U.S. officials in Kyiv.
It was drafted by Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his Russian counterpart, businessman Kirill Dmitriev, in Miami recently. And it was leaked, the Americans believe, by the Russians.
Chapter 2: What is the latest peace proposal regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
And I've been told about some parts of the plan by a source not authorized to speak. And again, the proposal appears to give Russia everything they want in more. Right now, the Russians control about 88 percent of the eastern Donbass region, and this proposal gives them all that land.
The European Union has indicated it's troubled by the proposal. Congressional Democrats are denouncing President Trump's comments on social media, accusing a group of six Democratic lawmakers of seditious behavior punishable by death. NPR's Claudia Grisales has more.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer assailed the series of extreme truth social posts by President Trump. That includes resharing a post calling for the hanging of congressional Democrats who previously served in the military and intelligence branches.
The president of the United States is calling for the execution of elected officials. This is an outright threat, and it's deadly serious.
The backlash comes days after a video posted by Democratic Senators Mark Kelly, Alyssa Slotkin, and Representatives Jason Crowe, Chrissy Houlihan, Chris DiLuzio, and Maggie Goodlander. In it, they said military and intelligence members can refuse the administration's illegal orders. Claudia Rosales, NPR News, the Capitol.
Later today at the White House, New York City's incoming Democratic Socialist Mayor Zoran Mamdani is scheduled to meet with the president. That meeting was requested by Mamdani. The Trump administration is proposing to expand oil and gas drilling off California, along with regions of the Arctic and the Gulf. NPR's Camila Dominovsky says the administration is hoping to make the U.S.
energy dominant for decades to come.
The proposal calls for auctioning off leases in the eastern Gulf and the untouched high Arctic in Alaska, as well as up and down the California coast, which hasn't seen new drilling in decades. Oil and gas groups welcome the move as opening up investments. Environmental groups have denounced it as high risk and low reward.
Wade Crowfoot, the California Secretary for Natural Resources, called into a press conference from the California coastline and spoke with waves crashing behind him. Expanding offshore oil drilling is a danger. The plan will be open for public comment for 60 days. Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.
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