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--:-- Ryland Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
--:-- Ryland Barton: President Trump is praising the announcement that former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: NPR's Franco Ordonez reports Trump has been increasing pressure on the Justice Department to take action against his political enemies.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: Minutes after the Justice Department announced the indictment, President Trump took to social media and declared justice in America. He went on to call Comey corrupt and one of the worst human beings this country has ever been exposed to.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: The charges against Comey come just days after Trump publicly pressed for the Justice Department to take action now on prosecutions against Comey and other political critics.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: It represents the latest escalation in a years-long war of words between Trump and Comey, who famously likened the president to a mob boss.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: Trump long blamed Comey for appointing a special prosecutor who investigated contacts between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: Comey responded to news of his indictment on Instagram posting a video saying he and his family knew there was a cost to standing up to President Trump.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I'm innocent. So let's have a trial.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: Shortly after the charges were announced, Comey's son-in-law, Troy Edwards, resigned from his job as a U.S. attorney.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: In a one-sentence resignation letter, he said he quit, quote, to uphold my oath to the Constitution and the country.
--:-- Ryland Barton: President Trump is putting import taxes of 100 percent on pharmaceutical drugs, 50 percent on kitchen cabinets, and 25 percent on heavy trucks starting on October 1st.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Trump posted on social media that foreign manufacturers of furniture and cabinetry were flooding the U.S. with their products and that tariffs must be applied, quote, for national security and other reasons.
--:-- Monica Nicholsberg: Amazon and the federal government have reached a settlement over the company's Prime membership program.
--:-- Monica Nicholsberg: From member station KUOW, Monica Nicholsberg reports the $2.5 billion settlement is one of the largest in Federal Trade Commission history.
--:-- Monica Nicholsberg: Amazon Prime members will get billion in payments under the settlement That looks like a maximum payment of automatically credited to customers who used Prime benefits during the period in which the government says Amazon broke the law
--:-- Monica Nicholsberg: The other billion is in civil penalties.
--:-- Monica Nicholsberg: The Federal Trade Commission says Amazon used manipulative web design to trick millions of people into signing up for Prime.
--:-- Monica Nicholsberg: And also claims Amazon made them jump through hoops to unsubscribe.
--:-- Monica Nicholsberg: A senior FTC official said after the testimony, Amazon's, quote, backs were against the wall.
--:-- Monica Nicholsberg: Amazon admits no wrongdoing under the settlement, and in a statement says the settlement allows the company to move forward.
--:-- Monica Nicholsberg: For NPR News, I'm Monica Nicholsberg in Seattle.
--:-- Ryland Barton: From Washington, this is NPR News.
--:-- Ryland Barton: A Paris court has sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy.
--:-- Ryland Barton: He was found guilty of attempting to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Sarkozy is 70 years old and will go to prison even if he appeals.
--:-- Ryland Barton: He denounced today's ruling as a scandalous injustice.
--:-- Alina Seljuk: Starbucks plans to cut hundreds of corporate jobs and close many stores as the coffee chain approaches the one-year mark of its turnaround plan.
--:-- Alina Seljuk: The chain has reported declining sales for six straight quarters, with shoppers either searching for a cheaper coffee option or upgrading to fancier coffee shops.
--:-- Alina Seljuk: NPR Alina Seljuk reports Starbucks plans to cut 900 corporate jobs which is the second wave of layoffs for the company following 1 job cuts earlier this year.
--:-- Alina Seljuk: CEO Brian Nichol has said the cost cuts are needed to redirect more money towards stores, which the company is trying to upgrade to keep people coming in more often and staying longer.
--:-- Alina Seljuk: The chain has been adding more baristas for busy hours, cutting back the menu options and revamping the ambiance.
--:-- Alina Seljuk: Nichols says the latest review found many stores where such upgrades are not feasible, and those stores will close.
--:-- Alina Seljuk: Starbucks didn't say exactly how many, but cited 1% of its North American fleet, which could be at least 200 locations.
--:-- Alina Seljuk: For NPR News, I'm Alina Seluch.
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--:-- Ryland Barton: From Washington, this is NPR News.
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