Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Bipartisan lawmakers are pushing back on President Trump's approach to ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They say Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them the peace plan Trump is pushing Kiev to accept is a Russian wish list and not the actual proposal offering Washington's positions.
NPR's Rob Schmitz reports the State Department denies that, calling the claim false.
The senators speaking at a security conference in Halifax, Canada, said they spoke to Rubio after he reached out to some of them while on his way to Geneva for talks on the Trump peace plan.
Chapter 2: What are the bipartisan lawmakers' concerns regarding Trump's peace plan for Ukraine?
Independent Maine Senator Angus King said Rubio told them the plan was not the Trump administration's plan, but a wish list of the Russians. The bipartisan group of senators, which also includes Republican Mike Rounds from South Dakota, are among those most focused on foreign relations and are critical of Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
A State Department spokesperson denied their account, and Rubio suggested online that the senators were mistaken. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
Israel has launched new airstrikes across Gaza that have killed at least 24 people. According to Palestinian health officials, more than 80 others were injured. Both Israel and Hamas are accusing each other of ceasefire violations, but the agreement is still holding, as NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports from Tel Aviv.
An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in Gaza City in the north while several airstrikes hit central Gaza. Israeli forces also opened fire in Rafah in the south. Israel says Hamas militants crossed the yellow line into Israeli-controlled territory in Gaza and threatened Israeli troops, and that the resulting strikes killed five senior Hamas officials.
Hamas called the attacks a, quote, blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement and called on the mediators, including the U.S., to pressure Israel to stop. Israeli strikes have continued throughout the fragile ceasefire deal, which is in its second month but has largely stalled in the first phase. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Arizona's attorney general says she'll keep pursuing a case against the group of so-called fake electors. Cameron Sanchez of member station KJZZ reports they're accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays began prosecuting the 11 Republican electors and seven other defendants in 2023, and they were indicted by a grand jury on felony charges of fraud, among others. But earlier this year, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers issued an order quashing the grand jury's original indictment.
Myers concluded that the prosecutors did not provide jurors with the text of an 1887 law that the defendants say is central to the case. A spokesman for May has confirmed that she will seek a review of the lower court's ruling by the state Supreme Court. For NPR News in Phoenix, I'm Cameron Sanchez.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Public colleges and universities in Indiana will soon have to show the state how new degree programs promote what lawmakers call American values. Ethan Sandweiss of member station WFIU reports the requirement is part of a new higher education law that's set to take effect next year.
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