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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. A 30-year-old Virginia man is expected in federal court today in Washington, D.C. The FBI accuses Brian Cole of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committees in Washington. The bombs did not go off, but they were planted the night before the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. NPR's Ryan Lucas says the investigation is nearly five years old.
Officials said yesterday it wasn't a new tip that broke this case open. Now, FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau brought in a new team of investigators and experts to reexamine all of the evidence that the FBI had collected over the past four plus years. And that new team sifted through all of the data. And Patel said that's what led to new investigative leads, including a critical forensic lead, he said. and ultimately the road led to coal.
NPR's Ryan Lucas reporting, coal will be formally charged with transporting an explosive device with the intent to kill or injure. He may face additional charges. People who get subsidies to help them pay for health care under the Affordable Care Act will lose them at the end of this month. NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports, Senate Democrats are pushing legislation to extend these subsidies for three more years.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says bipartisan negotiations on a deal to head off increases in health care premiums in January never got serious. Schumer insists a straight extension is the way to address the approaching cliff.
If Republicans block our bill, there's no do-over. Premiums go up January 1st, period, and the premiums are like a hammer blow to the American people.
Some Republicans support a one- or two-year extension. with some reforms like income caps to limit who is eligible for the tax credits. Senate Majority Leader John Thune. said a three-year extension shows Democrats are not serious. The Senate will vote next week, but the Democratic plan is not expected to advance. It's unclear if Republicans will propose their own alternative. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.
The Trump administration is reducing the validity of work permits for some immigrants, and PR Sergio Martinez Beltran reports now these permits will only be valid for 18 months.
Work permits have been valid for five years, so this is a significant change. It applies to immigrants who have been admitted as refugees, have been granted asylum, or have been granted or have a pending withholding of deportation or removal. USCIS Director Joseph Edlow says the changes to the validity of work permits, quote, will ensure that those seeking to work in the United States do not threaten public safety or promote harmful anti-American ideologies. The announcement comes in response to the shooting of two National Guard members last week in Washington, D.C. One of them died. The alleged shooter is an Afghan national who was granted asylum in April. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Online streamer Netflix says it's going to buy a part of media company Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix will acquire the HBO Max streaming unit and the Warner Bros. studio. The deal's worth nearly $83 billion in cash and stock. The rest of Warner Bros. will be renamed Discovery Global. It will include cable channels such as CNN. The online music streamer Spotify has released its annual review of each user's year in music. It's called Spotify Wrapped. This year, there's a controversial new feature, and PR's Rachel Treisman explains it's called a user's listening age.
A user's listening age is based off their preferred era of music, according to the songs they listen to all year. Spotify says its calculations rely on the, quote, reminiscence bump, the idea that adults feel most connected to music from their teenage years.
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