Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What recent actions has President Trump taken regarding Venezuela?
President Trump is turning up the pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro as tensions rise in the Caribbean. Trump is defending a series of deadly strikes on alleged drug smuggling votes. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports as the president ramps up the aggression, questions are mounting about what the actual endgame is.
Trump didn't answer when the journalist asked what his endgame was, what happens if Maduro does fall. And I have to say it was reminiscent of moments 20-some years ago when people were asking what the endgame plan was for Iraq post-invasion. Trump also defended the lethal attacks on these small boats the U.S. says are carrying drugs. We're now at over two dozen of those strikes.
They've killed over 100 people. There was another one announced just last night, killed one more person. And now we're talking about bigger boats, not the battleships, but massive oil tankers.
That's NPR's Quill Lawrence reporting. A group of 21 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. NPR's Rafael Nam reports the lawsuit seeks to address an unusual stance the agency is adopting.
The latest legal fight is about the CFPB's refusal to accept funding for the agency. Under the law that established the CFPB, the agency is supposed to be funded by the combined earnings at the Federal Reserve. But under Acting Director Russell Vogt, the CFPB is defining that to mean profits, and arguing that since the Fed is losing money, the agency cannot request the funding.
The states, however, say that's an unlawful definition, and combined earnings really means the wider money coming into the Fed. Therefore, the states say the CFPB has to accept the funding, because otherwise it's on course to run out of money in January. Rafael Nam, NPR News.
Israel's parliament approved the law allowing the government to shut down foreign news outlets, extending a temporary wartime measure. Reporter Etai Stern says its first target was Al Jazeera.
The law authorizes the government to close a foreign broadcaster's offices, block its website, and prevent its satellite transmissions if the prime minister determines that the media outlet poses a threat to national security. The law will remain in effect for two years before it's up for a vote again. Netanyahu's government is also fighting Israeli outlets.
Just Monday, the government moved to shut down Israel's military radio station, a public broadcaster that has operated for 75 years. The army radio operates under the responsibility of the military, yet maintains journalistic independence and also criticizes the Israeli army. For NPR News, I'm Itay Estern in Tel Aviv.
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