Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Halisa-Kautau. Some lawmakers who attended closed-door briefings about the attack of a boat allegedly involved in drug smuggling in the Caribbean are demanding further investigation. Representative Jim Himes is the top Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He said he wants the video to be released to the public.
What you see in that video is the United States for a lengthy period of time observing two men with no weapons, with no radio. They've just had a massive munition go off over their head in such a way that their boat has been a conflagration. So what I saw was two probably soon to be dead, not because of a missile, but because of drowning, shipwrecked sailors.
And the United States took the decision to kill them, which in the Pentagon manual is the very definition of a war crime.
Himes said killing unindicted criminals without due process is problematic, but he added the notion that the men were going to right their boat and continue on the way is nonsensical. The Federal Aviation Administration says it has chosen a project manager for its $12 billion overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system. And Paris Joel Rose reports.
The FAA says it has picked Paraton, a national security company with headquarters in northern Virginia, as the project manager for its multi-billion dollar effort to overhaul the nation's aging air traffic control system.
Congress approved $12.5 billion in July to upgrade the equipment that air traffic controllers use, after decades of complaints about technology failures and crumbling facilities. Paraton will act as the single integrator to manage the massive project, according to the FAA, which chose the firm over a joint bid by Parsons and IBM.
Aviation industry leaders say $12.5 billion is just a down payment, and that it will likely take an additional $20 billion to complete the work. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump has been awarded a Peace Prize created this year by International Soccer Governing Body.
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Chapter 2: What recent events prompted lawmakers to demand further investigation?
NPR's Franco Ordonez reports Trump was widely expected to win the award because of his close relationship with the FIFA president.
President Trump accepted the FIFA Peace Prize during the World Cup draw, which sets up the groups and matchups for next summer's tournament being played across North America. This is truly one of the great honors of my life. The president often boasts of his role in helping resolve multiple conflicts around the world. The award winner was hardly a surprise, though.
Critics cite Trump's close relationship with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who has been ingratiating himself with the president and is often seen by his side. Infantino has also been a vocal supporter of Trump's effort to win another peace award, the Nobel Peace Prize. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
And you are listening to NPR from New York. Six months after being diagnosed with cancer, former President Joe Biden was back in Washington, D.C. to accept an award at the LGBTQ Victory Institute. As NPR's Elena Moore reports, he spoke at the Political Action Committee's conference taking place just blocks away from the White House.
Biden has long touted his record on LGBTQ rights. In 2022, as president, he signed a bill that codified same-sex marriage into law. Now, nearly a year after leaving office, the former president didn't shy away from criticizing the current administration in his remarks.
Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans are trying to distort and derail our fight for equality. They're trying to turn it into something scary, something sinister.
Since beginning his current term, President Trump has rolled back many Biden-era anti-discrimination policies and taken steps to restrict rights for transgender Americans. Elena Moore, NPR News.
While high-level meetings continue between U.S. and Ukrainian officials aimed at ending the nearly four-years-long war started by Russia, more missiles hit the capital, Kyiv, in the early hours of Saturday, injuring at least three people, according to the Kyiv Independent. Meanwhile, on social media platform X, both U.S.
and Ukrainian peace negotiators said, quote, the real progress toward any agreement depends on Russia's readiness to show serious commitment to long-term peace. I'm Dwahili Saikautau, NPR News in New York City.
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