Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump continues to downplay concerns about a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors. NPR's Frank Ordonez reports the administration's actions underscore they're aware of the potential fallout and are working to contain it.
President Trump insists that he didn't know about the survivors, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cites the fog of war in defending the follow-up strike. Presidential historian Tevi Troy says the White House is clearly trying to distance itself from responsibility for killing the survivors.
He points to the briefing where the press secretary read a statement naming Admiral Bradley as the one who ordered the strike.
When a press secretary who usually speaks off the cuff reads a very carefully written statement, it usually suggests that the lawyers were involved.
Troy says there are clear legal questions, and the lawyers are trying to make sure they walk a careful line to protect the president and the presidency. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
President Trump is overseeing a peace deal signing ceremony with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Rwanda.
The compact we're signing today, which will be known as the Washington Accords, everybody sort of liked that name, formalizes the terms agreed to in June, including a permanent ceasefire, the disarmament of non-state forces. provisions for refugees to return to their homes and justice and accountability for those who have committed illegal atrocities.
President Trump has said he is a ceasefire dealmaker who should receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He's touted success with the truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. But a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine continues to elude the president. Ukrainian and U.S.
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Chapter 2: What recent actions did President Trump take regarding military strikes?
And PR's Eleanor Beardsley reports no real progress was made, though both sides say the talks were productive.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that his negotiators would head to Florida after briefing the Europeans on the U.S.-Russian talks. Russia continues to press on the battlefield in an effort to improve its position at the negotiating table. The Kremlin claims to have taken the eastern city of Pokrovsk. after a year and a half of brutal fighting and heavy losses.
Ukraine denies the claim. In a statement on X, Zelensky said there is now a real opportunity to end the war. But as Kiev and cities across Ukraine continue to come under near-nightly attack, Zelensky said negotiations must be accompanied by pressure on Russia.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kiev. President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has also been part of the talks. The Dow is down 71 points at last check at 47,811. From Washington, this is NPR News. As of today, Texas law requires people in government buildings or schools to use the bathrooms associated with the sex on their birth certificate. Supporters say it will protect women's privacy.
Opponents call it a clear attack on transgender Texans. Blaise Gainey of the Texas Newsroom reports.
Starting today, public buildings like courthouses, libraries, and prisons will have to restrict restroom and locker room access based on a person's sex assigned at birth. To be clear, the law does not affect private businesses, which can use their own bathroom policies. But advocates for trans rights say the law is discriminatory.
Ash Hall with the ACLU of Texas says exactly how the bill will be implemented is not clear.
The way that the government defines sex gender in this law is that it's based on reproductive anatomy, but no one can check that without a serious invasion of privacy, right?
Hall says a lawsuit against the measure isn't off the table. I'm Blaise Gainey in Austin.
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