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Blanche, says anyone who applies for money from a huge new compensation fund will have their conduct in the case reviewed."
“This week, he said President Trump was settling his lawsuit against the IRS, in exchange.”
He will create a nearly $1.8 billion fund.
This is for people who claim they were targeted by the Justice Department. Critics say that could include January 6th rioters. Blanche says commissioners of the fund who have not yet been named would review each applicant's claim. The agreement makes plain that the commissioners have a bunch of factors they have to consider,
expenses, how much money they want, what the claimant did, the claimant's conduct. And so that's something that we will pick good commissioners, and that's something that they will take into account." He spoke to CNN, two police officers who helped defend the U.S. capital when it was attacked, are suing to block payouts to anyone involved in the riot.
The United States is threatening to revoke the visa of the Palestinian ambassador to the
U.N. that's unless he withdraws his run for a leadership role at the U.N. that's according
to a U.S. State Department cable obtained by NPR's Daniel Estrin. Palestinian U.N. ambassador, Riyadh Mansour, is known for his emotional speeches last year during the Gaza war. A State Department cable this week says his run for a vice president role at the U.N. General Assembly would fuel tension.
The U.S. is threatening to revoke his delegations visas if he doesn't withdraw.
“Had the emmer a former U.S. official unPalestinian affairs?”
Using visa restrictions is extremely rare. Generally, it's counterproductive because you need diplomats to work out problems between governments. The State Department said it would not comment on specific visa cases. Daniel Estrin NPR news, Tel Aviv.
NATO and the European Union are rejecting Russia's claims that the Baltic states are letting
Ukraine use their airspace for drone attacks. Baltic leaders say Russia is redirecting these Ukrainian drones into their territory. Terry Shultz has more from Brussels. A day after NATO jets scrambled and shot down a Ukrainian drone that had flown into Estonian airspace, Lithuania put its capital on high alert for another one, sending people into
air-range shelters. These are just the most recent incidents of Ukrainian drones flying off course, which Baltic leaders blame on Russian electronic warfare. While Moscow accuses the front-line states of becoming participants in the conflict, a claim
“is flatly dismissed by NATO chief, Mark Rutte.”
European Union leaders also issued sharp warnings to Russia and its ally Belarus, that they bear full responsibility for any consequences to public safety caused by redirecting the drones. For NPR news, I'm Terry Shultz and Brussels. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has departed China after a two-day state visit. He went to Beijing for meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping only a few days after President Trump was there. However, there's no word on whether Putin and Xi agreed on a major gas pipeline between their countries the project has been stalled.
Despite a historically unaffordable housing market, more Gen Zers in their 20s are managing to buy a home. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports their outpacing millennials at the same age. In Milwaukee, 27-year-old Francisco Vazquez manages a fast food restaurant and just bought a three-bedroom home that cost half the national media in price.
He saved up aggressively for the down payment, partly while living with his parents. Most of my paycheck, probably like 70% into just broad index stock. Compared to millennials, Gen Z home buyers last year were less likely to have student loan debt or get help from parents that's according to the National Association of Realtors. They were more likely to tap down payment assistance and to be single buyers.
Jennifer Ludden and Pair News. A federal judge's rule defense attorneys for the man accused of starting the deadly palisades fire in the Los Angeles area cannot use information suggesting the LA Fire Department was negligent. The lawyers wanted to use information suggesting the fire department left a blaze smoldering
before the big palisades fired broke out on New Year's Day in 2025 that blaze killed 12 people. I'm Core of a Coleman NPR News in Washington. Two shows, new music, new movies, keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like a full-time job.
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