"Lie," from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi saying.
"Close Trump ally turn critic John Bolton has reached a plea deal that appears to resolve
“the Justice Department's criminal case against him.”
A person familiar with the matter says the president's former national security adviser during his first term. Plans to plea guilty to mishandling classified documents. Last October, Bolton was indicted on 18 counts. The source tells NPR that under this deal, he pleats guilty to one count of retaining
classified information and will be fine to an quarter million dollars."
President Trump says he intends to nominate his former personal lawyer to permanently take charge of the Justice Department. Todd Blanche has been the acting attorney general since his boss, Pambandi, was fired in April. His NPR's Frank ordonias.
"Blanche has been very aggressive since taking the role, including investigating former FBI director James Komey. Over a photo posted online that officials said was a threat to the president. And announcing the $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund that would have paid
“people the Trump administration decided were unjustly politically targeted.”
Franco, ordonias, NPR News." Well, Trump has named David Venturell as the acting director of Immigration and Customs and Forestmine was previously an executive with the private prison company GEO group, from NPR's Meg Anderson. About a third of Immigrant detainees are in a facility run by GEO group.
In 2025, GEO group's profits soared nearly 700 percent from the year before.
Scott Schughart was a top official at ICE under President Biden. He says the level of influence GEO group has in the detention industry is concerning. "When GEO comes in for a meeting, it feels like a fraternity reunion." He says that raises questions about potential conflicts of interest in a statement that Department of Homeland Security which oversees ICE told NPR that David Venturell is a
veteran government official who abides by all ethics requirements. Meg Anderson and Pyrenees. Under the threat of more cross-border missile and drone strikes with Ukraine, Russia is hosting a major economic form in St. Petersburg.
“NPR's Charles Means reports on how the United States is showing up given President Trump's”
repeated attempts to mediate negotiations for ending the year's Long War in Eastern Europe. The Trump administration is present in a way. I was just watching Rodney Cook, who's overseeing Trump's White House Ballroom Project and currently heads the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, take part in a cultural roundtable. Among all these official delegations from about 130 countries, you also find an American
far-right influencers. You also see representatives from Europe's far-right including Germany's AFD party. All this suggesting that Russia's making conservative alliances that go far beyond the politics of the current moment. That is NPR's Charles Means reporting from Washington.
This is NPR News. More students are going to college despite questions about value and affordability. NPR's Alyssa Netwarni reports the growth is driven largely by community colleges.
More than 18 million students were enrolled in some sort of higher education this spring.
According to data from the National Student Clearing House, Enrollment in Community Colleges, which includes trades and vocational degrees reached 5.8 million, more than 5% above spring 2021. The pandemic hit us really hard. Pedro Navarrete oversees admissions at Yakima Valley College, which mainly offers associates
and certificate degrees in Washington State. Since the 22-23 academic year, we've been on an enrollment recovery. He says as life gets more expensive, a cheaper degree at a community college is even more important. It's not all games, though.
The new National Data did show declines in master's degree programs and also among international students, especially in graduate school. Alyssa Netwarni and Pianis. The New York Knicks seem to be incapable of losing as Bruce Conbiser reports they won the first game of the NBA Finals extending a prodigious run.
Knicks captain and NBA All-Star Jalen Brunson led the charge with 30 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter. With a 105-95 win over the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night, the Knicks have now won 12 straight playoff games. They haven't lost a game since April 23rd, and they lost that one by just one point.
Wednesday night's win in Texas was the Knicks first championship game victory since 1999. Knicks haven't won an NBA title since 1973. It's N.P. on. Every episode if it's been a minute, N.P.R. is what's happening in culture podcast starts by asking three questions.
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