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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News. I'm Dale Willman. The top federal prosecutor in Delaware is resigning as questions about how the Trump administration is installing U.S. attorneys continue. NPR's Kerry Johnson reports that courts across the country are considering challenges to those prosecutors on the grounds that they were not lawfully appointed.
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Kerry Johnson
Julianne Murray says she's leaving her job as U.S. attorney in Delaware because she doesn't want the office to become a political football. A federal appeals court recently invalidated the appointment of a Trump prosecutor in New Jersey, and the same reasoning could apply in Delaware, too. Murray's a former leader of the state's Republican Party. She says she will continue to serve the Justice Department in a different role. Delaware's two Democratic senators would not support Murray for the job, so any nomination for her to serve permanently was going nowhere on Capitol Hill. Carrie Johnson, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released two rounds of photos Friday that came from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump was asked later about the photos. He described them as no big deal.
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President Donald Trump
Well, I haven't seen it, but I mean, everybody knew this man. He was all over Palm Beach. He has photos with everybody. I mean, almost there are hundreds and hundreds of people that have photos with him.
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Dale Willman
The photos were a small part of more than 95,000 photos released to Congress by the estate. The Trump administration, meanwhile, faces a deadline of next week to release the Epstein case files being held by the Justice Departments. Iran has arrested one of that country's most prominent activists who's a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She was among several activists and lawyers detained during a memorial Service on Friday. NPR's Jackie Northam has more.
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Jackie Northam
53 year old Najez Mohammadi is widely known for her fight for women's rights and democracy in Iran. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while she was incarcerated at Iran's notorious Evan prison. A year ago, the Iranian authorities granted Mohammadi temporary leave from her 13 year sentence for health reasons. She suffered multiple heart attacks in the past. Mohammadi continued with her activism while out. Her supporters say Mohammadi was at a memorial for a human rights lawyer when police re arrested her. It's unclear whether she will be returned to prison. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
The union representing TSA screeners at airports says a new effort by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to end their union contract is illegal. The they say it violates a preliminary injunction issued by a judge the first time Noem tried to end the contract. The deal was scheduled to end in 2031. Noem says the screeners are involved in national security, so should not have union representation. Stocks finished down across the board on Wall Street Friday. The dow was down 245 points. The NASDAQ down 398 points. This is NPR News. Millions of Americans will see another round of extreme cold over the coming days. As NPR's Matt Bloom reports, a mass of Arctic air is forecast to move south from Canada.
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Matt Bloom
A deep pool of frigid air currently building over northern Canada is set to surge into large portions of the central and eastern United States this weekend, bringing some of the coldest temperatures of the season so far. Meteorologists say this motherload of Arctic air could drive daytime highs into the single digits across parts of the midw and overnight lows well below zero with dangerously low wind chills. Forecasters warn that more than 200 million people could experience below average temperatures with a 12 punch of Arctic blasts tracking from the Northern Plains into the Northeast. Matt Bloom, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Russian athletes say they've obtained visas that will allow them to compete in a World cup luge race taking place in Lake Placid next weekend. They have not competed in a World cup race since Russia invaded Ukraine almost four years ago. Ukrainian athletes say allowing Russian athletes to compete is unfair, even though they would do so under a neutral flag. Each sports federation controls the Olympic qualifying events. Lindsay Vaughan is back. The queen of downhill skiing got her 44th career win Friday at the World cup downhills in the Saint Moritz. After trailing by 61 seconds after the first two time checks, she finished on top, beating a Magdalene Egger by 0.98 seconds. Mirham Puchner of Austria took third. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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