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Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. The ACLU and other rights groups are suing for the immediate release of a Justice Department memo justifying the Trump administration's lethal strikes on suspected drug bo. NPR's Ryan Lucas has more.
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NPR Reporter Ryan Lucas
The ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed their lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan. They want the administration to make public the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel's memo and other documents related to the Trump administration's lethal targeting of suspected drug boats. The lawsuit says disclosing these records is, quote, critically important to ensuring informed public debate about the US Military's unprecedented strikes, which the suit says are a clear violation of domestic and international law. The administration says the strikes are legal and aim to combat the illicit drug trade. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
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Senate Republicans are working on a health care proposal that could be voted on this week. Majority Leader John Thune says the GOP plan redirects money from health care subsidies and gives it directly to consumers to place in health savings accounts. Democrats are pressing for an extension of existing health care subsidies to keep insurance premiums from soaring for millions of enrollees next month. Former US Education Secretary Rod Page has died at the age of 92. As NPR's Giles Snyder reports, Page helped facilitate President Bush's signature education policy.
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NPR Reporter Giles Snyder
Former President George W. Bush announced Page's death in a statement, saying Page was a leader and a friend who was not satisfied with the status quo. Bush's statement did not provide further details. Bush chose Page to be his education secretary in 2001. His work as the superintendent of Houston schools influenced the Bush administration's no Child Left behind education policy.
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NPR's Giles Snyder. The EPA's website is downplaying the role that humans play in climate change. NPR's Jeff Brady reports that the site instead highlights natural processes that increase greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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NPR Reporter Jeff Brady
Until recently, an EPA website labeled Causes of Climate Change relayed the scientific consensus that humans burning fossil fuels have made the planet hotter. Now that same site focuses on things like volcanic activity and changes in the earth's rotation. EPA press Secretary Bridget Hirsch says in a statement that the Trump EPA is focused on protecting human health and the environment, not left wing political agendas. As such, this agency no longer takes marching orders from the climate cult.
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Trump has called climate change a hoax. The EPA says the old Web pages are still available to the public via archives. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
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The Federal Reserve could cut interest rates again this afternoon. It would be the central bank's final rate cut of the year. You're listening to npr.
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A gunman opened fire at Kentucky State University Tuesday, killing one student and critically injuring another. Authorities arrested a suspect identified as Jacob Lee Bard from Evansville, Indiana, about 150 miles west of the shooting in Frankfort. Police say Bard was not a student at the school. In Paris, employees at the Louvre museum plan to go on strike next week over pay and working conditions. Details from NPR's Chloe Veldman.
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NPR Reporter Chloe Veltman
Three unions representing museum staff sent a joint notice to Louvre management announcing the strike. Insufficient staffing, ever increasing workloads and the building's ageing condition are among the reasons cited by Le Monde and other French media for the walkout. NPR has reached out to the unions to obtain a copy of their notice. The proposed labour action follows several disasters at the museum this fall, including the theft of crown jewels worth more than $100 million, the sudden closure of a gallery due to weakened beams, and a water leak that damaged hundreds of rare books in the Louvre's Egyptian antiquities department. The Louvre did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comments about how it is handling the strike or the months of negative press. Chloe Veltman, NPR News.
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The trade publication Pollstar has released its list of the top 25 most popular artists of the millennium, and Coldplay comes in number one, with nearly 25 million tickets sold. Next is U2, followed by Ed Sheeran and the Dave Matthews Band. And rounding out the top five is Taylor Swift, with roughly 19 million tickets sold. This is NPR News.
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