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This message comes from Carvana Finance. And buy your next vehicle with Carvana. Shop a huge selection, customize terms to fit your budget and buy completely online. No hassle, no pressure. Get the car you love, the easy way with Carvana. Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a pivotal voice for African Americans and the poor, has died, according to a statement from Jackson's family and the organization that he founded, the Rainbow Push coalition. He was 80, 84 years old. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports. Jackson lived a life that bridged civil rights activism and politics.
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I am.
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I am somebody.
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NPR Reporter Cheryl Corley
Throughout his life, Jesse Jackson inspired and encouraged millions with his trademark chant, I am Somebody. He made a mark as a young aide to civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. He'd go on to push for a greater share of economic and political power for blacks and others with his Rainbow Push Coalition. Jackson ran for president in 1984, and in 1980, 1988, on his 75th birthday, Jackson took note of his long career.
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I endured as a long distance runner. I served and I never surrendered my spirit to the forces of negation.
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NPR Reporter Cheryl Corley
Cheryl Corley, NPR News.
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The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is affecting the country's top disaster response agency. NPR's Rebecca Hersher reports. FEMA is part of DHS.
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FEMA supports state and local governments when hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters happen. With its parent agency shut down, FEMA will still be able to respond to emergencies because there's still a pot of money for immediate disaster response. But places that got hit by wildfires or floods in the last few years and are waiting for FEMA reimbursements may have to wait even longer. FEMA leaders warn that's because there won't be money to pay all of FEMA's workers. Such delays will not be new, however. Unrelated to this shutdown, the Trump administration has withheld billions of dollars of disaster related grants for states and is currently moving to cut thousands of jobs at the agency. Rebecca Hersher, NPR News.
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The Trump administration has dispatched envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president's son in law, to Geneva, the site of diplomatic negotiations seeking resolution to multiple global conflicts. One involves the Russia Ukraine war, which marks four years next week. Here's NPR's Greg.
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NPR Reporter Greg Myhre
The Trump administration has met many times with each side separ, and they have reached the point where now the Russians and Ukrainians are at the same table talking to each other. But there's no sense that a deal is close. Trump is still leaning much more heavily on Ukrainians to make concessions, while Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Russians aren't serious about peace. Now, in the past, we've seen the Russians and Ukrainians reach some limited agreements on things like prisoner swaps, but no movement toward ending the war.
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NPR's Greg Myhre reporting. President Trump hosts his new International Board of Peace in Washington. Washington, D.C. on Thursday. The focus will be Gaza. U.S. stocks are trading lower this hour. The Dow's down more than 70 points. It's NPR News. A federal judge has ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot take custody again of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. He is the Maryland resident whom the Trump administration admitted it had mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in his native El Salvador last year. Today, the judge said Garcia could not be re detained because a 90 day detention period had expired. Garcia has been fighting the administration's attempt to deport him to a country where he has never been. Late night host Stephen Colbert was blocked by CBS from interviewing a Democratic Senate candidate yesterday. Colbert told viewers. CBS lawyers cited possible changes in how the nation's chief broadcast regulator enforces rules giving equal time to other candidates. NPR's David Folkenflick reports. CBS's parent company is bidding for Warner Brothers discovery, which would require approval from federal officials.
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NPR Reporter David Folkenflick
Anytime a radio or broadcast TV outlet has on a political candidate, it has to give equal time to all opponents. News interviews are exempted, including on talk shows. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr says he's considering doing away with the exemption for late night shows. He says they're partisan. James Tallarico is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. senate in Texas. Colbert said CBS wouldn't even let him show a picture of Talarico. Meanwhile, Anderson Cooper has left CBS's 60 Minutes. He said he wanted to spend more time with his children. David Folkenflick, NPR News.
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The Dow's fallen 35 points. S&P is off 9, and the Nasdaq is down 52 points. It's NPR.
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NPR Reporter David Folkenflick
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