Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shae Stephens. President Trump is proposing a $12 billion aid package for U.S. farmers who are affected by his trade war. Drew Hawkins of the Gulf States Newsroom has discussed Trump's plan with farmers who are struggling to stay in business.
The people I talk to, what they want is they want Congress to stop playing politics, is how they put it. Speaker Johnson's district is very rural, lots of poverty, and a lot of people will be impacted if these subsidies go away without some sort of plan. And I think maybe the best way I can sum it up is a conversation I had with Suzy Halle this past weekend. She's a Republican.
She supports President Trump. And she runs a food bank in a place called Farmerville in Union Parish, which is in-house Speaker Mike Johnson's district. And I asked her if she had a message for Speaker Johnson. And what she said was to fix it. She says people are already struggling to pay health insurance premiums already right now.
So if the subsidies go away, it'll only make it even harder for them.
Drew Hawkins reporting. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is revising its controversial changes to funding to combat homelessness. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that the move comes amid two lawsuits.
States, cities and non-profits warned that HUD's overhaul could push 170,000 people back into homelessness.
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Chapter 2: What aid package is President Trump proposing for farmers?
In a surprise move, the agency told the court it will withdraw its changes for now to address such concerns. But a government lawyer said HUD still intends to shift toward more transitional housing and mandated treatment. The agency has also set new conditions for who can get money based on alignment with Trump administration policies, such as DEI and restricting transgender rights.
The two lawsuits allege all those changes are unconstitutional. They say Congress has made clear homelessness funding should be based on need and spent on programs with proven success.
Jennifer Ludden, NPR News. Netflix is facing a challenge over its plans to try to buy Warner Brothers Discovery. Paramount, which lost out in the Warner Brothers sweepstakes, announced that it is mounting a hostile takeover bid. More from Steve Futterman.
Paramount says its offer is superior to the one being made by Netflix and suggests that Netflix could face regulatory problems. The Netflix deal is worth around $83 billion for a large share of the company. The Paramount offer for all of the company would pay $30 a share and is worth around $108 billion. Entertainment attorney Jonathan Handel says both sides are digging in their heels.
I think it is going to turn into litigation. There are various claims that each side could bring, and particularly focusing on is my deal the better deal for shareholders?
The paramount offer includes some backing from an investment firm run by President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. This is NPR.
A federal judge has approved a plan by the Archdiocese of New Orleans to pay at least $230 million to hundreds of clergy sex abuse victims. The settlement is part of the church's amended plan to reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy. Last week, Archdiocese Gregory Amon apologized to victims who gave testimony and expressed embarrassment over the scandal.
Meanwhile, the New York Archdiocese says it will create a $300 million fund to settle more than 1,000 clergy sexual abuse lawsuits. Leaders of the European Union are expressing anger over a U.S. national security assessment of the EU. As Terry Schultz reports, they're paying special attention to the document's praise of far-right politics.
European Council President Antonio Costa says the U.S. national security strategy makes clear the U.S. no longer believes in multilateralism or an international order. He says it's natural to have different values, but that the U.S. and EU are still allies. And so Washington should not be praising what the strategy calls patriotic European parties, interpreted as the far right.
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