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What recent legal challenges is New York Attorney General Letitia James facing?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. A federal grand jury has once again refused to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges NPR's Carrie Johnson reports President Trump has called for her prosecution.
A law enforcement source tells NPR a grand jury in Virginia declined to bring criminal charges against Tish James. The New York attorney general is a prominent critic of the president, who sued him on civil fraud charges related to his real estate business and won. Her lawyer, Abby Lowell, says the investigation of James is a stain on the Justice Department and raises questions about its integrity. Two separate grand juries in Virginia have now rejected indictments against James. A judge invalidated other charges against her because the prosecutor President Trump installed was not legally appointed. The Justice Department can try to seek a new indictment of James, but it's not clear if they will succeed.
Carrie Johnson, NPR News.
Indiana state senators voted down a Republican-friendly congressional map today. It's the first time President Trump's campaign to boost Republicans' chances of keeping control of the U.S. House has been rejected by members of his own party. Republicans in Texas, Missouri, and North Carolina have answered his call for the unusual mid-decade redistricting scramble. The U.S. Senate rejected two dueling partisan health care proposals today. The votes came just days before enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance plans expire. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports.
Millions of Americans are set to see their premiums skyrocket if the pandemic-era subsidies expire. Democrats put forward a three-year extension of the subsidies. Four Republicans voted with the Democrats, but not enough. This is Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia.
The consequences for ordinary people will be that they will have to delay response to their health care. And for many people, they will literally pay with their lives.
Republican leadership put forward a plan, which also failed, to provide up to $1,500 in health savings accounts for high-deductible ACA plans. Some members say these votes will help spark more negotiations. But time is running out for Americans deciding whether to keep their coverage. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
The nation's trade deficit narrowed in September. NPR's Scott Horsley reports on the latest figures.
The U.S. trade gap narrowed by almost 11 percent during September. Exports and imports both increased during the month, but exports jumped more. New applications for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week. After a Thanksgiving lull the week before, 236,000 people applied for jobless aid. The number of applications can be useful in assessing the pace of layoffs. Stock in Oracle tumbled after the cloud computing giant reported disappointing earnings. Oracle's been investing heavily in artificial intelligence. Despite the dip, co-founder Larry Ellison is still a very wealthy man. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
Wall Street rose to new records today. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Washington state is under a state of emergency from a barrage of torrential rain that sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused a mudslide to crash down on a highway and trapped people in floodwaters. Tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders. The number of characters on TV who have abortions is going down 14 percent over the past two years. As NPR's Neda Ulabi reports, that's one finding from an annual study that looks at abortion representations on the small screen.
Sixty-five television plotlines dealt with abortion in 2025.
It can be within three to five days in the first trimester.
Only three, including The Pit on HBO, brought up abortion pills as a way to end a pregnancy, even though that's the most common method in the United States. The Pit was also one of the few contemporary shows that depicted how hard getting an abortion can be.
Not if you're here for a medication abortion and you're past the mandated 11-week cutoff.
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