Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What recent legal developments involve President Trump and his critics?
The indictments against two of President Trump's most prominent critics, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, are being dismissed. Today, a federal judge found that Lindsey Halligan, the acting U.S. attorney who secured indictments against them, was unlawfully appointed.
The cases were dismissed without prejudice, meaning the Justice Department may be able to bring those cases again. President Trump selected his former personal lawyer to serve as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after he pushed out the previous top prosecutor who had expressed doubts about bringing charges against both Comey and James.
The Pentagon says it is investigating Senator Mark Kelly for possible military law violations. The former astronaut had recently joined a group of congressional Democrats who also had military or intelligence backgrounds to tell U.S. service members they do not have to follow illegal orders.
But President Trump viewed their message as a call to defy him as commander-in-chief and call them traitors. The president touted big progress on peace talks to end the war on Ukraine ahead of a Thanksgiving deadline. But NPR's Frank Ordonez reports Trump is also cautioning his supporters to not believe it until you see it.
President Trump said, quote, something good just may be happening in a social media post this morning after receiving a report on the weekend talks in Geneva. A joint statement between the U.S. and Ukraine was released stating that their original 28-point plan had been updated and refined.
Both the United States and Ukraine say more work is needed and express cautious optimism about the direction. The early version included several measures that Ukraine has repeatedly rejected, including giving up territory it controls, shrinking its military, and ruling out NATO membership. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
Former NBA players Chauncey Billings and Damon Jones were scheduled to be arraigned today on gambling charges that prosecutors say involved the mafia. NPR's Quill Lawrence has the latest from New York.
Federal investigators claim it's one of the most brazen corruption schemes since online betting became widely legal in the United States. Among the dozens indicted last month are Portland Trailblazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, the Miami Heat's Terry Rozier, and former Cleveland Cavalier player and assistant coach Damon Jones.
The FBI alleges they took part in sports betting and rigging high-stakes poker games with help from the Cosa Nostra crime families. Some of the alleged fraud involved confidential information about players' injury status and bets on small details like when a player would leave a game, which allowed gamblers in the know to make millions. All three men have denied any wrongdoing.
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Chapter 3: What is the Pentagon investigating regarding Senator Mark Kelly?
More than 360,000 flights are scheduled. TSA predicts nearly 18 million people will pass through its airport checkpoints across the country. Meanwhile, the auto club AAA projects at least 82 million people will be on the roads for Thanksgiving. That's over a million more than last year. U.S. stocks are trading higher with the Dow up 300 points or roughly half a percent.
The S&P is up more than one and a half percent. It's NPR News.