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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The FBI is attempting to interview six Democratic lawmakers who made a video reminding those in the military they should not obey illegal orders. President Trump has called them traitors. One of them is Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain.
What actions is the FBI taking regarding Democratic lawmakers?
He's also being investigated by the Pentagon. that he could be called back into service and subjected to a court-martial. He was asked about that last night on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live.
He can go after me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which is the law in the military, which is kind of wild because we recited something in the Uniform Code of Military Justice and he's going to prosecute me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. For reciting the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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Kelly says President Trump is infringing his First Amendment right to free speech. Israel says it has positively identified the remains of a body released from Gaza as that of a hostage taken in the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack. It's the latest handover under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.
NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports. The Israeli prime minister's office confirmed that forensic tests showed the body is that of Dwar Or, a 48-year-old who Israel says was killed at his home in the October 7th attack. Or's wife was also killed. Two of his children were taken hostage into Gaza and later released alive. In exchange for the transfer of Or's body, Israel is expected to release the bodies of 15 Palestinians held by Israel. As part of a ceasefire deal implemented nearly seven weeks ago, All remaining hostages, both alive and dead in Gaza, are supposed to be returned to Israel. There are still two more bodies remaining. Israel has accused Hamas of deliberately stalling. Hamas has insisted it is struggling to find the bodies under the rubble.
Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
In a post on social media, President Trump said great progress has been made on ending the war in Ukraine. He says he's sending his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Moscow. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed that the talks in Geneva had produced an acceptable peace framework to work from during a video address to 36 allied nations Tuesday.
And I'm ready to meet with President Trump and there are sensitive points to discuss and we think that the presence of European leaders could be helpful.
Sensitive points include the status of partially Russian-occupied areas of eastern Ukraine and security guarantees after the war. Zelensky said Kyiv had shot down 22 Russian missiles and more than 400 drones overnight.
And as long as Russia has not taken real steps to shut down its war machine.
He said no one can take its claims to want peace seriously. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
This is NPR News in Washington. Taiwan has announced plans to spend $40 billion to improve its defense, citing threats from China. It plans to build a Taiwan dome, an air defense system with high-level detection and interception capabilities, and purchase missiles and other weapons from the U.S. President Trump has been pressing Taiwan to spend more in its own defense. Americans are on the move for Thanksgiving, including millions who will fly to visit family and friends. NPR's Joel Rose reports the number of people traveling may set another record.
The Federal Aviation Administration says this could be the busiest Thanksgiving in 15 years. And FAA Administrator Brian Bedford says the aviation system is ready for the challenge.
The airlines, airports, TSA, FAA especially, for us this week is our Super Bowl.
But there are indications that Thanksgiving air travel could be down this year, perhaps because of travelers who made other plans during the government shutdown. Advanced bookings were down about 4 percent compared to last year, according to data from the aviation analytics company Sirium. Still, the number of Americans traveling for Thanksgiving is expected to set records, according to AAA, with the vast majority, about 73 million, traveling by car.
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