Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What congressional map changes were rejected in Indiana?
The Indiana Senate has rejected the state's new congressional map, which was designed to add Republican seats in the U.S. House. More than 20 Republicans sided with Democrats in voting to block the plan. U.S.
Chapter 3: What are the latest developments in the Tish James case?
House Speaker Mike Johnson remains optimistic that the GOP will retain its majority in his chamber.
I guess that's a disappointing outcome in Indiana, but there's about 14 states at some stage of the process now, either litigation or redistricting, so we shall see.
Texas and three other states have already heeded President Trump's call for Republican-led states to redraw their congressional districts. A federal grand jury is once again refusing to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges. NPR's Kerry Johnson has the story.
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.
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Chapter 4: How is Washington state responding to severe flooding?
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.
Severe flooding from persistent storms has forced Washington state to declare an emergency. KUOW's Natalie Akani-Newcomb reports from Seattle.
Rebecca Rowe and her husband live in an RV park for seniors in Sumner, Washington, along the Puyallup River. As soon as they heard the flood alerts, the couple started knocking on doors and helping people move out.
There was a couple of people that the water had come up to their floor, to their doors, But we got them out. Everyone's safe, and that's what matters.
Chapter 5: What health care cost bills were introduced in Congress?
But the couple has yet to evacuate, even though the water is in their driveway. Rebecca says they stayed to keep an eye out for looters. The couple plans on leaving once the water gets to the third step of their front door. They and their two dogs will go by canoe. For NPR News, I'm Natalie Akane-Newcomb in Seattle.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress have introduced competing bills to deal with health care costs for people enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans. The Senate defeated both measures Thursday.
Chapter 6: What are the implications of the ruling on Kilmore Obrego Garcia's deportation?
Democrats proposed a three-year extension of existing health care subsidies expiring in about two weeks. The Republican plan would have promised limited health savings accounts for select plans. Both parties are under pressure to address health care costs before federal subsidies expire. You're listening to NPR.
A Maryland man who's fighting deportation has been released from an immigration lockup in Pennsylvania. Kilmore Obrego Garcia was wrongfully sent to El Salvador in March and then returned to the U.S. under a judge's order and jailed without cause. A federal judge ordered his immediate release, saying the government cannot hold people indefinitely.
The Justice Department calls the ruling judicial activism. Ukraine is accusing Intel, Texas Instruments, and other U.S. companies of failing to keep their technologies out of Russian drones.
Chapter 7: How are U.S. companies implicated in the Ukraine conflict?
NPR's Belina Litvinova has more from Kyiv.
An American attorney filed the lawsuits on behalf of Ukrainians who were wounded or lost family members in Russian airstrikes. Lead attorney Michael Watts says that microchips and other electronic components made by U.S. companies were shipped to Iran, China, and other countries and later ended up in Russia.
Their decisions made in Texas and in California, inside the boardrooms, are directly killing innocent civilians in Ukraine.
Watts hopes to make American companies change their practices to make sure that Russia won't use their technologies in weapons against Ukraine. Polina Litvinova, NPR News.
Thailand's prime minister has dissolved parliament and called for early elections. In a post on Facebook, he says he wants to return power to the people. The call came after the People's Party prepared to call a no-confidence vote and three months after he took office. It follows days of deadly border clashes with Cambodia. This is NPR News.
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