Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. U.S. forces have launched a strike against ISIS fighters in northwest Nigeria, according to President Trump, who made the announcement in a social media post late this evening. NPR's Scott Newman has more.
Chapter 2: What recent military actions have been taken against ISIS in Nigeria?
Writing on Truth Social, Trump suggested that the attack on ISIS militants was in response to, quote, targeting and viciously killing of Christians in the country's northwest. The Pentagon confirmed the strike. which it said was carried out in Sokoto State at the request of Nigerian authorities.
Trump has accused Nigeria of failing to stop the persecution of Christians in the country, and last month he said he ordered the Pentagon to draw up plans for possible military action against ISIS there. Nigeria is roughly evenly divided between Christians and Muslims. The country's government says attacks by militant groups are less about religion and more about where the groups operate.
In his post, Trump wished a, quote, Merry Christmas to all, including the dead terrorists. Scott Newman, NPR News, Washington.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for New York City and the tri-state area. Bruce Kahnweiser has more.
It's expected to be a fast-moving storm. Snow is forecast to spread across the region late Friday afternoon. It should intensify overnight before heading out to sea by midday Saturday. Up to eight inches of snow could blanket the region, stretching from northeastern Pennsylvania across northern New Jersey, New York, Long Island, and into eastern Connecticut.
It would be the second significant snow to hit the region in the past two weeks, as much as six inches of snow coated a large swath of New Jersey earlier this month. For NPR News, I'm Bruce Kahnweiser in New York.
The congressional gerrymandering fight for next year's midterm election is continuing to play out in a number of states. As NPR's Hansi Lawang reports, much of that fight is now in the courts.
In California, a panel of federal judges is set to rule soon on whether to block a congressional map that could help Democrats pick up five more U.S. House seats. California voters approved that map to counter the new Texas map that President Trump pushed for to help Republicans. A New York lawsuit filed by a Democratic law firm is trying to force that state's congressional map to be redrawn.
A state judge is set to decide soon whether to throw out that case. Missouri's Republican-friendly map is still facing lawsuits and a referendum effort. Plus, another wave of congressional gerrymandering may be coming, depending on what and when the Supreme Court decides in a Louisiana case.
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