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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to step down from the Bureau in January. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
NPR Reporter Ryan Lucas (0:26)
In his message, Dan Bongino thanked President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel Hotel for the opportunity to serve with purpose. Bongino was an unusual pick for the number two job at the FBI. He had previously served as a Secret Service agent, but never at the bureau. He made his name over the past decade as a pro Trump far right podcaster who pushed conspiracy theories, including some involving the FBI. His tenure at the bureau was at times tumultuous, including a clash with Justice Department leadership over the administration's handling of the Epstein files. But it also involved the arrest of a suspect in the case of the January 6th pipe bomber, which had gone unsolved for nearly five years. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
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With the search for the Brown University shooter in its fifth day, the city of Providence is on edge. Investigators are showing no signs that they're close to figuring out who was behind the attack that killed two students and wounded nine others. In an interview with NPR's All Things Considered, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley expressed concerns that the shooter's trail is getting cold.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley (1:31)
Certainly, it's frustrating. That investigation continues to take time, and I, along with all of my fellow residents, would, would love to have a suspect in custody and charges pressed. But the investigation is progressing. We're communicating that progress to the community. We're showing new video evidence, new photos. As we start to piece together the.
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Events of Saturday, officials in Rhode island are asking the public to review any security or phone footage from the week before the shooting. A person officials are trying to identify was masked or had their head turn. In videos released by authorities so far, the White House is vowing to dismantle the national center for Atmospheric Research, or ncar, a federally funded research hub headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. Sam Brash of Colorado Public Radio has more.
NPR Reporter Sam Brash (2:19)
NCAR was founded in 1960 to improve weather predictions and better understand Earth's atmosphere. It now employs more than 800 people. But in a post on X this week, White House budget Director Russ Vogt promised to break it up, saying the center is now a major source of, quote, climate alarmism. Dan Powers leads colabs, a group supporting federal research in Colorado. He says the news has left scientists frustrated and disillusioned.