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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Former FBI Director James Comey says he is not intimidated by the Trump administration's indictment, accusing him of lying to Congress, and the charges stem from Comey's 2020 testimony at a Senate hearing on the Russia investigation. Comey says his family cannot imagine not standing up to Donald Trump and refuses to live on their knees.
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My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system and I'm innocent. So let's have a trial.
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Comey is scheduled to be arraigned on October 9th. Several former finance officials are urging the Supreme Court to protect the Federal Reserve from political inter In a filing Thursday, the former treasury and central bank officials are also asking the justices to allow Fed Governor Lisa Cook to stay in her job. President Trump wants to fire Cook after an administration official made unproven claims that she committed mortgage fraud. President Trump has signed an executive order indicating his support for the proposed sale of TikTok to a group of U.S. investors. Details from NPR's John the executive order.
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Paves the way for a framework agreement on the sale of TikTok to be finalized. It would see TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divest to less than 20% ownership while US investors step in and take control. A law passed last year requires ByteDance to divest or see the app go dark in the United States. The law arose out of the fear that under Chinese ownership, TikTok could be used by the Chinese government to collect data on Americans or manipulate US Users with propaganda or disinformation. After Trump signed the executive order, Vice President J.D. vance said the deal values TikTok at around $14 billion. He said the deal safeguards U.S. users data and ensures that Americans are in control of TikTok' prized content recommendation algorithm. John Ruich, NPR News.
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Dozens of migrants gathered at a Dallas ICE facility Thursday, a day after three detainees were shot there, one fatally. As NPR's Sergio Martinez Bertrand reports, they were there for mandatory check ins that, if missed, could lead to detention and deportation.
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53 year old Nicaraguan migrant Benjamin Bellorin drove more than two hours to get to his appointment with ICE in Dallas, but he found police officers outside telling him that the facility was closed. No appointments today. Bjorin expressed he was worried, saying, yo keria de harpueja. I just wanted them to see that I showed up. He says he does not want to get in trouble. Bjorin did not know the appointments have been postponed. Authorities say the gunman who opened fire this week was targeting ICE agents, but the people he shot were all detainees. ICE has said this week's check ins have been moved to next week. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Dallas.
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U.S. futures are flat in after hours trading on Wall street following Thursday's losses. You're listening to npr. South Korea's military says it fired warning shots after a North Korean merchant ship briefly crossed into disputed waters on Friday. The area is a western sea boundary between the two nations and has been the scene of past skirmishes and attacks. It is unclear if North Korean forces returned fire. Israel has killed dozens of Houthi fighters after striking Yemen with a barrage of attacks one day after a Houthi drone wounded dozens in Israel. More from NPR's Emily Fang.
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Israel's defense minister Israel Katz, said the forces struck military camps, offices and weapons depots in Yemen from where the Houthis had been launching repeated rocket and drone attacks, usually to little effect on Israel. That is, until Wednesday, when a drone exploded in Eliya, Israel's southernmost city on the coast of the Red Sea, wounding more than 20 people. Israel immediately vowed payback. The defense minister Katz warned, quote, whoever harms us will be harmed sevenfold. Earlier this month, Israeli forces also bombed an office in Yemen, which housed multiple media outlets. The advocacy group Committee to Protect Journalists said The attack killed 31 journalists and media workers and wounded 22 more people. Israel said it was targeting Houthi militants. Emily Fang, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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A criminal court in Paris has sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in jail for conspiracy. Sarkozy was found not guilty of all other charges, including corruption. His charges stem from efforts by his aides to get Libyan funds to support Sarkozy's 2007 campaign. He calls the case politically motivated. This is NPR.
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