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What charitable initiatives is Subaru promoting this holiday season?
This message comes from Subaru, celebrating the Subaru Share the Love event now through January 2nd. By year's end, Subaru and its retailers will have donated more than $350 million to charity. Subaru, more than a car company.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Kilmar Abrego-Garcia walked away after a scheduled appointment with immigration officials in Baltimore today after a federal judge issued an order that officials couldn't detain him. The same judge ordered his release from immigration detention yesterday. The Trump administration wrongly deported Abrego-Garcia to a notorious prison in El Salvador in March before bringing him back. The Senate rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, meaning that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in health care premium costs at the beginning of the year. Senators yesterday voted down a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts.
At the annual Congressional Ball at the White House yesterday, President Trump promised to set aside political differences to work on a health care plan.
What a nice group of Democrats. We do. We have a lot of Democrats and we welcome you. Honestly, we do. And I think we're going to start working together on health care. I really predict that.
The House says it hopes to vote on a health care bill next week before it leaves for a holiday recess. In a social media post, President Trump says he's granting a full pardon for an incarcerated former Colorado clerk, Republican Tina Peters. From Colorado Public Radio, Benta Berkland has more.
Peters was convicted of state crimes for allowing an unauthorized person to access Mesa County's Dominion voting machines months after the 2020 election in search of voter fraud.
What recent immigration ruling affected Kilmar Abrego-Garcia?
She's in state prison and appealing her conviction. She maintains her innocence and says she was preserving election records. Trump says Democrats have been relentless towards Peters. He says she's a patriot who simply wanted to make sure our elections were fair and honest. Trump can't legally pardon Peters for a state conviction. Democrats point out that she was convicted by a jury of her peers in a Republican part of Colorado. For NPR News, I'm Benta Birkland.
The Trump administration has offered new support for foster youth, telling states to stop taking some of the benefit checks that go to children. NPR's Joseph Shapiro has more.
When a parent dies, Social Security pays survivor benefits to dependent children. But for kids in foster care, it's common for states to cash those checks as reimbursement for foster care. Now, in a letter to governors, the Department of Health and Human Services says that practice is wrong, that the checks belong to the child. An NPR investigation in 2020 showed when a child leaves foster care, that money matters. It can pay for college, a car, or a place to live. Since then, 10 states have started passing the checks to foster youth. The HHS letter says all states should follow. Joseph Shapiro, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released a new batch of photos from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, showing many powerful people, including President Trump, former President Clinton, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, and former Prince Andrew, among others. Democrats say the 19 undated photos are from Epstein's email account and computer. The estate has turned over thousands of photos in response to a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee, Lawmakers are calling for all the Epstein files to be released immediately. A new study shows dolphins and orcas appear to work together to hunt salmon.
How will the Senate's decision impact Affordable Care Act tax credits?
NPR's Amy Held has more.
Drones and suction cup-attached cameras suggest killer cooperation between orcas and Pacific white-sided dolphins. Instead of competing for food in the waters off Vancouver Island, Canadian scientists say the animals may be engaging in cooperative foraging.
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