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Today is NPR's first day ever without the support of public funding. Thanks to everyone who has donated to your local stations. It means the world. Today, the NPR shop also re-launched with a bunch of swag to help support us, too. I've always been partial to the 70s logo, myself.
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JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."
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Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."
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Trump on the next chapter of “American military legends and lore. That’s L-O-R-E”
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Trump praises Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague
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Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'
The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.
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It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know. Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work:
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These comments are in keeping with Trump's track record on far-right extremism, including g telling the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" in 2020; issuing mass pardons to Jan. 6 rioters, even the most violent; and hiring at DOJ a Jan. 6 defendant who urged rioters to "kill" police.
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The man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while wearing a "CAMP AUSCHWITZ" sweatshirt is facing new criminal charges. The allegations against him stem from a dog biting incident, in which four people were hospitalized with injuries, per 13NewsNow.
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Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."
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Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust
Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”
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JD Vance: "WE'RE in the very early stages of an ongoing investigation into John Bolton... WE are investigating Amb. Bolton..."
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Vance denies the FBI is investigating John Bolton because he's a Trump critic
Vance told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in an exclusive interview Friday that the FBI would be "careful" in its investigation.
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Meet attorney Jonathan Gross. He recently joined the Trump DOJ after representing multiple Jan. 6 defendants. He is now working with Ed Martin’s “Weaponization Working Group.” In January, he compared the Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust.
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Not really that unusual for D.C. to go seven consecutive days w/o a homicide. Happened in May and March (16 days, actually), last September, last August, last April, last March, last January. Plenty of 6-day stretches in there too. No homicides between 7/12 and 7/19 this year.
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Meet attorney Jonathan Gross. He recently joined the Trump DOJ after representing multiple Jan. 6 defendants. He is now working with Ed Martin’s “Weaponization Working Group.” In January, he compared the Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust.
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“It is reprehensible to hear (
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Louisville mayor’s spokesperson lambasts local reporter
The mayor’s spokesperson recently lashed out at a local reporter for asking questions. Press freedom experts say it’s part of a growing trend.
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Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."
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Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust
Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."
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NEW: A member of the Trump DOJ’s “Weaponization Working Group” is a lawyer who compared the Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust. “These prosecutors are evil people," said Jonathan Gross. "They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."
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Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust
Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/22/nx-s1-5507078/trump-holocaust-doj-jonathan-gross-jan-6
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The musical “Parade,” about the antisemitic lynching of Leo Frank in 1915, comes to the Kennedy Center tonight amid a rise in antisemitic hate. Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon Press Secretary, has called Frank a rapist and murderer, echoing language used by neo-Nazis.
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Parade, the Tony award-winning musical about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man, begins its run in Washington, D.C. amid an antisemitic backlash against the show's subject.
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A musical about bigotry arrives at a Kennedy Center transformed by Trump
Parade, the Tony award-winning musical about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man, begins its run in Washington, D.C. amid an antisemitic backlash against the show's subject.
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The musical “Parade,” about the antisemitic lynching of Leo Frank in 1915, comes to the Kennedy Center tonight amid a rise in antisemitic hate. Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon Press Secretary, has called Frank a rapist and murderer, echoing language used by neo-Nazis.
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NEW: Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was bystander outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says
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Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was bystander outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says
The White House said E.J. Antoni was in town for meetings unrelated to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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Jared Wise was caught on video yelling "Kill 'em, kill 'em" as Jan. 6 rioters skirmished with the police. He called officers Nazis and the "Gestapo." He's now "a valued member of the Justice Department," a spokesman said.
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Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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On Jan. 6, Jared Wise urged rioters to "kill" cops. "You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo," Wise yelled. Trump dismissed Wise's Jan. 6 case, and the DOJ hired him as a senior adviser. We got the bodycam video showing Wise on Jan. 6.
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Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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His name is Mohammad Al-Motawaq. He is 18 months old. And he is starving in Gaza
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His name is Mohammad Al-Motawaq. He is 18 months old. And he is starving in Gaza
Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.
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BREAKING: President Trump is dropping his lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer. Selzer's attorney tells me there has been no settlement.
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80 years ago, Andrew Roth survived the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp. This month, he met Jack Moran, one of the American soldiers who liberated the camp. They spoke of what they both endured as teenagers in WWII. (Photos by Grace Widyatmadja)
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Elon Musk now agrees with a post saying Trump should be impeached and replaced with JD Vance
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Trump nominates official with ties to antisemitic extremists to lead ethics agency
President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces ethics law and protects whistleblowers, despite Ingrassia's links to extremists.
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The Anti-Defamation League issued a statement in response to Ingrassia’s nomination
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Trump is nominating Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Ingrassia has ties to multiple antisemitic extremists. He called for X to remove a ban on Nick Fuentes and was spotted at a Fuentes rally, and also appeared at events with an alleged Nazi sympathizer.
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Ed Martin, who is serving as the U.S. Pardon Attorney among other DOJ roles, posts, “No MAGA left behind.” This is in response to Trump’s pardon of Sheriff Scott Jenkins, who was convicted of federal bribery charges.
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Kingsley Wilson is set to become the Press Secretary for the Department of Defense. The American Jewish Committee and other Jewish civil rights groups heavily criticized Wilson for posting “antisemitic conspiracy theories lifted right out of the neo-Nazi playbook.”
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NEW: Two Jan. 6 defendants - including a man convicted of assaulting police - scored a White House tour on Sunday. They said they were invited by an administration official, whom they declined to name. Both also have criminal records aside from Jan. 6.
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A Jan 6 rioter convicted of assaulting police scored a visit to the White House
Two pardoned Jan. 6 rioters posted photos and videos of themselves visiting the White House. One of them was convicted of assaulting police and texted after the riot, "I have murder in my heart."
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NEW: Two Jan. 6 defendants - including a man convicted of assaulting police - scored a White House tour on Sunday. They said they were invited by an administration official, whom they declined to name. Both also have criminal records aside from Jan. 6.
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A Jan 6 rioter convicted of assaulting police scored a visit to the White House
Two pardoned Jan. 6 rioters posted photos and videos of themselves visiting the White House. One of them was convicted of assaulting police and texted after the riot, "I have murder in my heart."
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The white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes responded to our story with a new antisemitic conspiracy, saying “this is the Israel lobby flexing its muscle in the media.” (It is not.)
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NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
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Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
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Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
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Striking to see the owner of an American newspaper praise Mohammed bin Salman. Per U.S. Intelligence, "Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey, to capture or kill" journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in order to silence him.
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President Trump will replace his controversial pick, Ed Martin, for the role of top prosecutor in Washington, D.C. following bipartisan Senate opposition.
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Trump pulls controversial pick for U.S. Attorney for D.C.
President Trump will replace his controversial pick, Ed Martin, for the role of top prosecutor in Washington, D.C. following bipartisan Senate opposition
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Video: Trump indicates he is pulling his nomination of Ed Martin for U.S. Attorney for DC
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Trump on Ed Martin’s difficult confirmation to become U.S. Attorney for DC: “That’s really up to the senators”
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NEW: NPR's reporting – including a direct email exchange and a review of podcast interviews – casts doubt on the accuracy of US Attorney nominee Ed Martin's sworn testimony to the U.S. Senate, and his attempt to distance himself from an alleged "Nazi sympathizer."
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Trump nominee gives misleading testimony about ties to alleged 'Nazi sympathizer'
Ed Martin, President Trump's pick for U.S. attorney for D.C., is distancing himself from a Jan. 6 rioter known for antisemitic views. NPR's reporting raises questions about his ties to the rioter.
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Interim US Attorney Ed Martin posts about a meeting with Jewish leaders on antisemitism, as questions about his ties to a Jan. 6 rioter and alleged "Nazi sympathizer" have complicated his Senate confirmation.
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A DHS spokesperson confirms that Christopher Krebs is under investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies, and, as a result, has lost his Global Entry status for travel. “Chris Krebs is under active investigation by law enforcement agencies. That is a fact disqualifying him for global entry.”
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