Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The top federal prosecutor in Delaware is resigning as questions about how the Trump administration is installing U.S. attorneys continues.
NPR's Kerry Johnson reports that courts across the country are considering challenges to those prosecutors on the grounds that they were not lawfully appointed.
Julianne Murray says she's leaving her job as U.S. attorney in Delaware because she doesn't want the office to become a, quote, political football. A federal appeals court recently invalidated the appointment of a Trump prosecutor in New Jersey, and the same reasoning could apply in Delaware, too. Murray's a former leader of the state's Republican Party.
She says she will continue to serve the Justice Department in a different role. Delaware's two Democratic senators would not support Murray for the job, so any nomination for her to serve permanently was going nowhere on Capitol Hill. Carrie Johnson, NPR News.
A nonprofit group is suing President Trump and his administration, arguing his White House ballroom project hasn't gotten legally required approvals. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is asking for a temporary halt to construction activity.
The east wing of the White House was torn down to make way for President Trump's ballroom, and the work continues even as no plans have been submitted to the relevant oversight bodies. Carol Quillen is president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
We feel like we have no choice here.
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Chapter 2: What recent changes are happening with U.S. attorneys in Delaware?
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White House spokesman Davis Ingle says President Trump has full legal authority to beautify the White House, just as his predecessors did. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
Ukrainian and European representatives will be in Paris Saturday for more talks on ending Russia's war on Ukraine. President Trump, meanwhile, says the U.S. is still weighing whether to send negotiators. NPR's Jeronika Kicis reports from Kiev that the U.S. is pressing Ukraine to leave the eastern region of Donbass in Russia's hands.
Public opinion polls show that Ukrainians strongly oppose giving up territory to Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's exploring whether to hold a public referendum on the issue, though holding elections during wartime is against Ukraine's constitution. The Trump administration is favoring Moscow in negotiations. Lawmaker Ivana Klimpush-Tinsade says facing Russia without U.S.
support would be incredibly difficult. But... just to give in to the aggressor. That is not something that we can agree upon after what we have gone through. European leaders say they stand with Ukraine, but Europe's financial support to Ukraine has declined this year. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News, Kyiv.
Stocks finished down on Wall Street today and you're listening to NPR News. Floodwaters are finally dropping in Washington state, but authorities say water levels will remain high for several more days. Torrential rains in the northwestern U.S. have caused historic floods that washed over bridges and stranded some families on their rooftops.
National Guard troops went door-to-door in Burlington, north of Seattle, on Friday to evacuate people. One of the strongest meteor showers of the year will peak tomorrow night, going into early Sunday morning. But as NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports, you could also try looking out tonight.
The annual Geminid meteor shower happens when the Earth passes through a field of tiny particles left behind by an asteroid. That debris hits our atmosphere and produces bright streaks of light. Like the summertime Perseids, this meteor shower produces a good number of shooting stars. It just happens when it's a lot colder outside.
Still, if you can brave the cold, find a dark spot and give your eyes plenty of time to adjust. Then watch the sky and wait. Some of the best viewing will be late at night before the crescent moon rises. Or once the moon is up, you can keep your back to it so that its light won't swap out your view. Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.
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