NPR News: 12-12-2025 1AM EST
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. Lawmakers in Indiana have rejected a plan to redraw the state's congressional districts. It's a rebuff of President Trump's request to create more GOP seats ahead of next year's midterm elections. More from NPR's Tamara Keith.
Trump has said he is worried about what would happen if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterms. So he's been trying to get GOP-run states to tilt the playing field in his party's favor.
What recent political developments occurred in Indiana regarding congressional districts?
Trump had intensely lobbied Indiana lawmakers. promising to campaign against them if they didn't support the gerrymandered maps. Groups backing Trump rallied in Indianapolis, but it didn't work, and now Trump is distancing himself.
I wasn't working on it very hard. It would have been nice. I think we would have picked up two seats if we did that.
And then Trump repeated his threats to primary state lawmakers who voted against the plan. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
A Navy report on Senator Mark Kelly has been sent to the Pentagon. This after Kelly and other lawmakers made a video reminding U.S. troops that they must refuse orders to commit crimes. More from NPR's Quill Lawrence.
Kelly is a former Navy combat pilot. After he and five other Democrats made the video, President Trump accused them of sedition punishable by death. Now a defense official who was not authorized to speak publicly confirmed that the Navy sent recommendations to the Department of Defense's general counsel about the highly unusual possibility of recalling Kelly to active duty in order to punish him. The official offered no further details. Senator Kelly's office told NPR that Kelly won't be intimidated and said, quote, Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump could do themselves a favor and learn about the country's history, the Constitution, and the rule of law. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
Tyler Robinson has made his first in-person court appearance. He is the 22-year-old suspect in the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk at the University of Utah. Martha Harris with member station KUER was at Thursday's hearing.
Tyler Robinson's family sat in the front row of the gallery. His mother wiped away tears as he was brought in court in handcuffs. The hearing dealt with the ongoing fight about public and media access in this high-profile case. Attorneys for news organizations are asking to be able to argue against any future restrictions to access. Defense attorney Stacey Visser said she had concerns about giving the media that status.
We don't want the chaos that is out in the media in this courtroom.
The defense also wants to ban cameras entirely in the courtroom. For NPR News, I'm Martha Harris in Provo, Utah.
Washington state is under a state of emergency from torrential rain. The governor there says flooding could reach historic levels. About 78,000 people live in the floodplain north of Seattle. This is NPR. The U.S. House has voted to restore collective bargaining rights for about a million federal workers. President Trump issued an executive order in March to end those rights. Twenty Republicans sided with Democrats on Thursday to repeal that order. A Myanmar airstrike on a hospital in the west of the country has reportedly killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens more. It was one of the last hospitals still operating in the province, which has been ravaged by civil war. Michael Sullivan has more from Chiang Rai in neighboring Thailand.
The hospital is in the western state of Rakhine in an area controlled by the rebel group the Arakan Army. The dead included patients and medical staff. A senior rescue official told the Associated Press that a jet dropped two bombs just after 9 p.m. Wednesday local time and that much of the hospital has been destroyed. Unverified photos and videos on social media show the extent of the damage. Myanmar's civil war began after the 2021 coup that ousted the democratically elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar's military has not commented on reports of the attack.
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