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Biden post-debate: After a shaky debate performance that sparked calls from some Democratic lawmakers to step back from his bid for a second term, Biden held a rare press conference to help quell fears about his candidacy. As NPR’s Deepa Shivaram and Tamara Keith report, the president made clear he’s determined to stay in the race. Biden notably said that he would take another neurological test if necessary and would consider dropping only if the polls were decisively not in his favor.
Iranian assassination plot: Masih Alinejad, a dissident and outspoken critic of the Iranian regime, was the target of an Iranian assassination plot in 2022. She’s lived in that threat’s shadow since; the FBI says that Iran is still actively targeting her. Read NPR’s Ryan Lucas interview with her.
AI weapons for Ukraine: He arrived on the scene as a teenager making Oculus headsets, but now he makes artificial intelligence (AI) weapons. Palmer Luckey has used his billion-dollar fortune to create a new company, Anduril -- making AI intelligence weapons like drones and submarines that get sent to Ukraine, among other places. NPR’s Greg Myre tells the story.
Republican Party 2024 platform: Ahead of its nominating convention next week, the Republican Party voted on its official policy platform, a document that leans into Trump’s preferred “America First” stances and steers away from traditional GOP social issues. It’s softer than expected on abortion and Project 2025. Here's more.
Nikki Haley releases delegates: Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley will release all 97 of her electoral delegates and will encourage them to vote to support former President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, a spokesperson told NPR’s Sarah McCammon. Haley hopes that the move will unify the Republican party for the upcoming presidential election.
ACLU mounts potential legal action against Trump: The American Civil Liberties Union released a memo this week detailing steps it plans to take against Trump if elected to a second term in office. NPR’s Carrie Johnson looks at how the organization is already seeking to challenge several of Trump’s proposed policies.
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Going Deeper: Project 2025 |
As NPR’s Franco Ordoñez describes, the 900-page plan, pulled together by the prominent conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, serves as a conservative guidebook to expand presidential powers and overhaul the federal workforce so that it can be replaced with partisan loyalists. Democrats have pounced on the plan as dangerous and disastrous for American democracy.
Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, but many former Trump advisers had a part in writing it. It’s not Trump’s plan, but it’s a plan made for Trump, who leaders have described as the “embodiment” of their efforts.
Read the story here.
-- Clayton Kincade, NPR Politics intern |
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Ukrainian artists are coming together to use their talents to support the war effort.
Some have used their efforts to graffiti vehicles to obscure the machines from snipers and artillery. Others have helped in other ways, like forming K-pop groups to encourage viewers to donate to the war cause.
Notably, music plays a particularly special role for Ukrainians. Some soldiers spend their breaks listening to musical performances organized by Cultural Forces, an initiative that brings Ukrainian artists and musicians together to perform and raise morale for fighters from the front lines to military hospitals.
See the story here.
-- Clayton Kincade, NPR Politics intern |
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