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On the next through line from npr, the mother of Thanksgiving. If every state should join in Union Thanksgiving on the 24th of this month, would it not be a renewed pledge of love and loyalty to the Constitution of the United States? Listen to Throughline in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Pentagon's inspector general concluded that Defense Secretary Pete Heck Hexagseth could have put U.S. troops in harm's way by sharing information over Signal in March about a pending U.S. airstrikes in Yemen. NPR's Deirdre Walsh has more.
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A classified IG report delivered to Capitol Hill found that Secretary Hegseth risked potential compromise of information that could have endangered the safety of U.S. personnel in the mission by using the messaging app Signal. That's according to a source briefed on the report who was not authorized to speak publicly. If intercepted by a foreign adversary, it could have led to harm. Hegseth did not agree to an interview with investigators but submitted written responses. He noted he has the authority to declassify material, but there was no indication he did before he shared it. An unredacted version of the report is expected to be released on Thursday. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News.
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We should note Catherine Marr, the CEO of npr, chairs the board of the Signal Foundation. President Trump is rolling back Biden era fuel economy standards for the auto industry.
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We're officially terminating Joe Biden's ridiculously burdensome, horrible actually CAFE standards that imposed expensive restrictions and all sorts of problems, gave all sorts of problems to automakers.
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Under the Biden administration, carmakers were required to increase fuel efficiency of passenger vehicles and light trucks to about 50 miles per gallon by 2031. That would also encourage electric vehicle sales. Reuters reported that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed reducing the requirements from 2022 to 2031 model years to around 34 miles to the gallon. President Trump has pardoned Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case. On social media, Trump alleged that the couple was prosecuted because of the representative's criticism of former President Biden's immigration policies. New Orleans is the latest target of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. Mel Bridges with member station WWNO reports Customs and Border Patrol officers are arriving in the city.
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