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What recent events are impacting U.S. Coast Guard operations?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. The U.S. Coast Guard has been in pursuit of another sanctioned oil tanker in international waters off Venezuela. That's what one U.S. official has told NPR.
What new developments have emerged from the Justice Department regarding Jeffrey Epstein?
The status of the operation is unclear at this hour. The official says the vessel in question is flying a false flag under a judicial seizure order. The Justice Department has reposted one of the photographs it previously removed from its publicly accessible Epstein files involving the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. As NPR's Andrea Hsu reports, the photograph in question showed President Trump.
NPR reported on Saturday that more than a dozen files released by the Justice Department a day earlier had been taken down from the Epstein Files website. They included an image that showed a desk covered with photos, including at least one of President Trump.
How is the Republican Party responding to recent intra-party conflicts?
That led to questions about why the photos had been removed. On Sunday morning, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch told NBC's Meet the Press that the images were pulled down because a judge had told them to listen to concerns from victims and victim rights groups. Later, the Justice Department posted on X that it had reviewed the photo of the desk and found no evidence that any Epstein victims were depicted. It has been reposted without any alteration or redaction, the Post said. Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
Vice President J.D. Vance called for unity within the Republican Party when he addressed Turning Point USA's annual conference in Phoenix yesterday. As NPR's Elena Moore reports, this was the first national conference hosted by the organization since its founder, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed in Utah in September.
What are the latest weather updates affecting California and Washington state?
Vice President Vance used his speech as a call to action, alluding to recent intra-party rifts.
We have far more important work to do than canceling each other. We have got to build.
It comes after conservative commentator Ben Shapiro called out several right-wing media personalities for entertaining conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's death, and singled out Tucker Carlson for his recent interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Carlson later disputed those claims and said he's not anti-Semitic, but the pushback comes as leaders deal with a larger fight over spreading misinformation and amplifying people with anti-Semitic views. Elena Moore, NPR News, Phoenix.
Flood watches and warnings are in effect across nearly all of California this morning because of rains from an atmospheric river. Heavy snow was forecast in the Sierra Nevadas. In Washington state, Governor Bob Ferguson describes the flooding in his state this way.
What are the current standings in the college football playoffs?
This natural disaster that we are facing as a state and that we continue to go through is truly historic in nature.
This month's flooding in Washington state has killed at least one person and damaged thousands of homes. This is NPR News from Washington. They're down to the final eight teams in the college football playoffs. Tenth-ranked Miami will play second-ranked Ohio State on New Year's Eve. The other three quarterfinal games will be played on New Year's Day. No. 6 Ole Miss will play third-ranked Georgia. No. 5 Oregon faces fourth-ranked Texas Tech.
How did Texas A&M achieve their first national championship in women's volleyball?
And No. 9 Alabama will take on top-ranked Indiana. The championship game will be played January 19th in Miami. Texas A&M is celebrating its first national championship in women's volleyball. As Greg Eklund reports, the ninth-ranked Aggies upset second-ranked Kentucky.
The most outstanding player was Texas A&M sophomore Kendall Stowers. She didn't play volleyball last year because of four concussions within a year, but credits her teammates with helping her through the season.
I hadn't been a college athlete in a long time, and so a season gets long and I hadn't been through that, and so
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What recent events are impacting U.S. Coast Guard operations?
0:00–0:33
2
What new developments have emerged from the Justice Department regarding Jeffrey Epstein?
0:33–1:14
3
How is the Republican Party responding to recent intra-party conflicts?
1:14–2:05
4
What are the latest weather updates affecting California and Washington state?
2:05–3:00
5
What are the current standings in the college football playoffs?
3:00–3:37
6
How did Texas A&M achieve their first national championship in women's volleyball?
3:37–4:57