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Nora Ramm (0:18)
News in Washington, I'm Nora Ram. The International Rescue Committee says it has suspended all its aid programs in Gaza City, that the Israeli offensive there has been has made it too dangerous. Bob Kitchen is the group's head of emergencies. He says until now they have delivered.
Bob Kitchen (0:36)
Vital aid across Gaza. We're distributing about 90,000 liters of clean water every day. We're screening malnourished kids and giving them ready to use therapeutic feeding to help them stay alive. And we're helping children and women who faced such obvious but such life changing trauma in Gaza City specifically. We've been doing all of those three things up until recently, he said.
Nora Ramm (1:02)
There are still half a million people in Gaza City who are trying desperately to cling to their lives. For the third time this month, the US Military has destroyed a boat the White House says was smuggling drugs from South America. Three people were killed. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports.
Quill Lawrence (1:21)
President Trump announced on social media that he had ordered a deadly strike on what he called a vessel affiliated with a designated terrorist organization conducting narco trafficking. Trump added in all caps, stop selling fentanyl narcotics and illegal drugs in America. U.S. southern Command referred all questions about the attack to the White House. In the two previous lethal strikes this month, the boats had left from Venezuela, a country where a small amount of mostly cocaine transits to the US the vast majority of fentanyl comes from Mexico. The White House has not provided detailed briefings to Congress on the subject. And some lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say these strikes amount to execution without trial. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
Nora Ramm (2:02)
The Pentagon is imposing new rules for reporters covering the military. Journalists must sign a pledge not to gather information, including unclassified documents that has not been authorized for release. It says those who don't comply will lose their press credentials. Tensions over an immigration blitz in Chicago boiled over at a federal facility near the city yesterday. Chip Mitchell from member station WBEZ reports from Chicago.
Chip Mitchell (2:35)
The feds say Chicago area immigration arrests have totaled around 550 since the operation began less than two weeks ago. Reverend David Black leads a South side Presbyterian congregation. He joined protesters at a suburban Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.