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Ryland Barton
See Terms Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is asking the Department of Justice to pay him roughly $230 million for past federal investigations into him. That's according to reporting from the New York Times. As npr' more reports, Trump has not explicitly confirmed the complaints.
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Elena Moore
NPR has not independently confirmed the report, but when asked about it by reporters, Trump stopped short of affirming it. But he did say the Justice Department, quote, probably owes me a lot of money and that he'd give any potential payment to charity or use it to keep restoring the White House. He also acknowledged the unusual nature of any potential payment from the doj.
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President Donald Trump
That decision would have to go across my desk, and it's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. In other words, did you ever have one of those cases where you have to decide how much you're paying yourself in damages? But I was damaged very greatly.
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Elena Moore
The report comes as critics of the White House have voiced concerns that Trump is using the agency for his own political and personal agenda. Elena Moore, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
Vice President J.D. vance says the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been going better than anticipated, but the truce is already proving shaky after deadly violence erupted over the weekend and Gaza still doesn't have a government. As NPR's Greg Myrie explains, peace is rarely easy in the Middle East.
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Greg Myrie
The ceasefire is certainly significant, and most everyone here is giving Trump credit, but you can see parallels to President George W. Bush and the Iraq war back in 2003. Just six weeks into that war, with the US in control of Iraq, Bush went aboard a US aircraft carrier and essentially declared the war over in front of this huge banner that read Mission Accomplished. Then an insurgency erupted and the US Fought for many years and was still fighting in Iraq during Trump's first term. That should be a cautionary tale for the Middle East. Yet at the ceasefire signing ceremony last week in Egypt, Trump stood in front of a huge banner that read Peace in the Middle East.
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Ryland Barton
NPR's Greg Myhre reporting. The Department of Interior plans to fire more than 2,000 employees. That includes more than 300 workers at the U.S. geological Survey. From member station KBIA Harshan Rattenpaul reports the cuts would upend environmental research.
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Harshawn Rattenpaul
Almost all of the employees at the Columbia Environmental Research center would be cut if the government's plan goes through. Scientists at the center help to repopulate endangered species and study how chemicals and invasive species impact ecosystems. Their research is used by decision makers in other parts of the government and the private sector. Don Tillet is a scientist who worked there for 30 years. He's been in contact with current employees.
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Local Resident
Most people that I know are numb because of the constant barrage of abusive type of behavior from this administration.
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Harshawn Rattenpaul
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Interior from enacting its plan. For NPR News, I'm Harshawn Rattenpaul in Columbia, Missouri.
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Ryland Barton
This is NPR News. A man pardoned by President Trump for storming the US Capitol has been arrested on a charge he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Police say Christopher Moynihan sent text messages, including death threats against Jeffries. He's been charged with felony count of making a terroristic threat. Priest says investigators apprehended a dangerous individual. The remnants of Typhoon Ha Long have displaced more than 1,000 people in Southwest Alaska and caused severe erosion in many communities. As Evan Erickson reports From member station KYUK, one coastal village lost as much as 60ft of its shoreline, including what remained of a Yupik archaeological site.
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Evan Erickson
Warren Jones of Quinhawk says he has never seen a storm like what hit his coastal community on October 12th.
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Local Resident
It doesn't look like our beach no more. Looks like a bomb hit it in Quinnehawk.
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Evan Erickson
The storm eroded as much as 60ft from the community's shoreline. At the nearby Nunakluk archaeological site, Yup' Ik artifacts dating back to the 16th century have been strewn across the beach. Archaeologist Rick Knecht leads the recovery effort there.
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Local Resident
It's like running into a library or museum that's on fire, and we're just running out with armloads of what we can save.
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Evan Erickson
Connect says thousands of pieces have been recovered from the beach. Thanks to local volunteers. For NPR News, I'm Evan Erickson in Bethel, Alaska.
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Ryland Barton
The NBA season opens today with a record 135 players born outside the US about a third of the league's active rosters. They come from 43 countries, with 71 players from Europe. The NBA is in talks to develop a new league in Europe, possibly by 2027. This is NPR News.
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