NPR News: 11-24-2025 2PM EST
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A federal judge has dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan, a U.S. attorney in Virginia that brought the indictments, has been unlawfully appointed. Here's NPR's Carrie Johnson.
What legal developments occurred regarding James Comey and Letitia James?
The Trump administration installed Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney in Virginia in late September. soon after the prosecutor already in that job expressed doubts about moving forward with charges against prominent critics of President Trump. Now, a federal judge has found Halligan's appointment defective under the Constitution. The ruling means that indictments Halligan won against the former FBI director and the sitting New York Attorney General are dismissed for now. The Justice Department has the option to appeal and could try to revive both cases. Lawyers for Jim Comey and Tish James are challenging the indictments on several other grounds. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona U.S. Senator Mark Kelly in the wake of a video featuring six Democratic lawmakers urging service members not to comply with illegal orders. The administration has faced legal questions about deadly airstrikes on boats suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean and deployment of National Guard troops domestically. For days, the New Orleans area has been preparing for an influx of federal immigration agents. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has not formally said whether it's actually sending in agents or when, but Michael McEwen with member station WWNO reports fears spreading across immigrant communities that have seen heavy federal enforcement in Raleigh, Charlotte, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
A lot of our economy here is really braced by immigrant labor, and that's really across all sectors. And then Even without an official announcement about this operation, I've really seen this sense of fear and foreboding among some communities, and it's really palpable at this point. And some immigration advocates in the city have already begun providing training on how to interact with federal agents.
The UN Climate Conference in Brazil concluded over the weekend without a final agreement that addresses the main driver of climate change. Here's NPR's Julia Simon.
The final agreement had no mention of fossil fuels, even though they drive about 70 percent of emissions heating the planet. But one of the most important things to happen at the COP30 conference was the announcement of a new conference specifically dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels. Colombia and the Netherlands will co-host. Sophie Hermans, climate minister of the Netherlands, says it will help countries achieve the climate goals they agreed to 10 years ago. We all said, OK, we have this ambition.
But after you have said you have the ambition, you also have to come to action. And that's what we are doing now. NPR's Julia Simon bringing us that story. This is NPR News. Grammy-winning artist Jimmy Cliff has died at the age of 81. Cliff was a powerful force of reggae, helping catapult the genre into the international spotlight. NPR's Isabella Gomez-Admiento has this remembrance.
Jimmy Cliff's songs addressed war, oppression, and tragedy. But his music maintained a sense of optimism, rooted in peace and resilience. You can get it if you really want. Born in a rural village of Jamaica in 1944, Cliff moved to Kingston to pursue music as a teenager. In 1972, he became the breakout star of the film The Harder They Come. Cliff played an aspiring reggae singer who descends into a life of crime after facing poverty and exploitation. He also recorded several songs for the hit soundtrack. For more than six decades, Jimmy Cliff lifted Jamaican music and culture to new heights. Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.
Boeing's Trouble Starliner capsule is slated to perform a trial run with cargo instead of carrying astronauts on the next flight to the International Space Station.
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