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Louise Schiavone
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Having been out of town for more than 50 days, members of the House of Representatives returned to their desks this week voting to reopen the government with another short term spending bill. No resolution of the standoff over the Affordable Care Act. Moving to the top of the agenda in the coming week is a vote on the release of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Deirdre Walsh has the latest.
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Deirdre Walsh
Because of increasing calls from House Republicans to get these files out, the speaker decided to hold this vote next week. I mean, the politics for the party are really bad. The Republicans are divided. And this bill forcing the release of the Justice Department files is picking up more GOP votes each day, even at a time when the president and top Trump officials were pressuring some Republicans to block a bill from even getting a vote.
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Louise Schiavone
NPR's Deirdre Walsh reporting from Washington. Immigration lawyers in San Diego say they are seeing a sudden increase in arrests of clients at the offices of U.S. citizenship and Immigration Services, many applying for permanent status or naturalization. As NPR's Martin Costi reports, the attorneys say that this looks like an emerging new Trump administration approach to red.
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Martin Kosti
USCIS offices are bureaucratic places where detentions are rare, unlike immigration court. But lawyers in San Diego say that suddenly changed this week. Tessa Cabrera says she was with a client who didn't have legal status but was applying for a green card.
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Tessa Cabrera
To have two ICE officers storm into an office and immediately order my client to stand up and place him in handcuffs was just unlike anything I've ever experienced.
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Martin Kosti
USCIS would not say whether its arrest policy has changed. In a written statement, it says, quote, apprehens at USCIS offices may occur if individuals are identified as having outstanding warrants, being subject to removal orders or committing fraud crimes or other violations while in the United States. Martin Kosti, NPR News.
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Louise Schiavone
A major corruption probe in Ukraine is focusing on associates of President Volodymyr Zelensky and charging they were involved in a plot to skim $100 million from the country's energy sector. All of this as Russians have been pounding Ukraine's energy hubs. NPR's Joanna Kakissis has more.
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Joanna Kakissis
This probe is extensive. It took 15 months, used about 1,000 hours of wiretaps. There were seven alleged participants, including Timur Mindich. He's a close business associate of Zelensky's. Investigators say this group manipulated contracts at Enerho Adam, which is Ukraine's state nuclear energy company, and they got kickbacks laundering roughly $100 million. The scandal has forced the resignation of two ministers in Zelenskyy's government so far, but Zelenskyy has not been implicated, and he is calling for the prosecution of those accused of committing crimes.
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Louise Schiavone
NPR's Joanna Kakissis. This is NPR News. The Coast Guard says migrants were aboard a wooden skiff that capsized in stormy seas off San Diego late last night. At least four people died and four were hospitalized. Authorities say several of the survivors claimed Mexican nationality. Officials say that with land borders more heavily guarded now, migrants are increasingly turning to travel by sea aboard unstable, stable, open fishing boats, sometimes traveling hundreds of miles north in the dead of night. The American Psychological association has released an advisory about AI chatbots and mental health needs. NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports.
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Ritu Chatterjee
A recent U.S. survey found that nearly 50% of people with a mental health condition who use AI chatbots use them for psychological support. But the new advisory notes that most AI chatbots were not designed to treat psychological disorders, and so consumers should not use them to replace mental health care from a trained provider. AI apps and chatbots can create a false sense of therapeutic relationship with some chatbots falsely claiming that they are licensed therapists. The report also points out that several AI chatbots have engaged vulnerable youth in harmful interactions, encouraging them to self harm and even attempt suicide. Read the Chatterjee. NPR News.
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Louise Schiavone
Senator John Fetterman is home from the hospital two days after a fall related to a ventricular fibrillation flare up on social media. The Pennsylvania Democrat posted a photo of himself saying that after 20 stitches, he's fine. This is NPR News.
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