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Live from NPR News. I'm Lakshmi Singh. A federal court's dismissed the criminal indictments against two of President Trump's most prominent critics, New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey. On Instagram, Comey says he thinks Trump will come after him again, but he's not afraid.
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The message has to be sent that the president of the United States cannot use the Department of Justice to target his political enemies. I don't care what your politics are. You have to see that as fundamentally un American and a threat to the rule of law that keeps all of us free.
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NPR's Kerry Johnson reports. The cases were dismissed after the federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan, a U.S. attorney in Virginia that brought the indictments, was unlawfully appointed.
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The Trump administration installed Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney in Virginia in late September, soon after the prosecutor already in that job expressed doubts about moving forward with charges against prominent critics of President Trump. Now a federal judge has found Halligan's appointment defective under the Constitution. The ruling means that indictments Halligan won against the former FBI director and the sitting New York attorney general are dismissed. For now, the Justice Department has the option to appeal and could try to revive both cases. Lawyers for Jim Comey and Tish James are challenging the indictments on several other grounds. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
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On FOX News, White House press secretary Caroline Levitt says the Justice Department plans to appeal the decision in, quote, short order, adding, quote, maybe James Comey should pump the brakes on his victory lap, end quote. President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China spoke this morning. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports. The two spoke about trade, Taiwan and Ukraine.
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The two leaders met in person last month in South Korea, where they announced a breakthrough agreement on trade. According to a readout of the call from China's state news agency, Xi said Taiwan's return to China is an important part of the post war international order. The conversation follows comments by the Japanese prime minister saying that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be an existential threat. In the statement, China argued both the US And China should uphold an attitude of quality, respect and mutual benefit towards one another and work to reduce their list of issues. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
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The Associated Press's First Amendment related dispute with the administration was back in court today. This time, the U.S. district Court of Appeals. A three judge panel heard arguments on an appeal of a lower federal court ruling that President Trump improperly retaliated against a news outlet. The dispute began last winter when Trump announced he had renamed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, but the Associated Press had not altered its style. From Washington, this is NPR News. Grammy winning artist Jimmy Cliff has died. His wife posted on Instagram that he'd suffered a seizure and pneumonia. Cliff is being remembered as a giant of reggae. The artists who hailed from Jamaica, gained a cult following starring in the 1972 movie the Harder They Come, with a soundtrack that expanded his fan base with songs such as you Can get it if youf really Want.
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It's always good to revisit the past to know where we are today.
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In 2010, Cliff played the song during a Tiny Desk concert at npr. You can get it if you really want. You can get it if you really want. Jimmy Cliff was 81 years old. The United Nations Climate conference in Brazil concluded over the weekend without a final agreement that addresses the main driver of climate change. NPR's Julia Simon has an update.
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The final agreement had no mention of fossil fuels, even though they drive about 70% of emissions heating the planet. But one of the most important things to happen at the COP30 conference was the announcement of a new conference specifically dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels. Colombia and the Netherlands will co host. Sophie Hermans, climate minister of the Netherlands, says it will help countries achieve the climate goals they agreed to 10 years ago.
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We all said, okay, we have this ambition.
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But after you have said you have.
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The ambition, you also have to to come to action.
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And that's what we are doing now.
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The new conference will take place in Colombia next spring. Julia Simon, NPR News, Brazil.
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