--:-- Rylan Barton: This message comes from NPR sponsor, FX's The Lowdown, starring Ethan Hawke. This new crime drama follows quirky journalist Lee Raybon, whose obsession with the truth always gets him into trouble. FX's The Lowdown, all new Tuesdays on FX. Stream on Hulu.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump is rapidly reshaping the Department of Justice. In recent months, he and his allies have ousted career prosecutors and other high-level employees. But the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey marks a turning point.
--:-- Mara Liason: As NPR's Mara Liason explains, Trump is ignoring the norms that governed previous presidents. It's really hard to figure out how to stop him. I mean, this is a president who believes, as he says, Article 2 gives me the right to do whatever I want. Article 2 is the article that set up the executive branch. This is his concept of the presidency. Some people think it's an authoritarian concept.
--:-- Mara Liason: But what, other than refusing to do what he tells you, quitting or allowing him to fire you, there's not that much that individual people in the Justice Department can do unless Congress is going to assert itself.
--:-- Rylan Barton: NPR Mara Liason reporting. The Supreme Court ruled President Trump can continue to freeze nearly four billion dollars in foreign aid handing him another victory in a dispute over presidential power.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The administration sought an emergency appeal after a lower court ruled that Trump's action was likely illegal and that only Congress could withhold funding.
--:-- Rylan Barton: President Trump says he will impose a 100 percent tariff on brand name pharmaceutical imports next week. That's unless foreign companies are building factories to make the medicines in the U.S.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: NPR's Sidney Lupkin has more. The president has been talking about imposing tariffs on drug companies for months, mentioning different percentages and dates. He took to Truth Social Thursday to post that the tariffs will begin next month.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: It's unclear how broadly the tariff will affect consumers. They won't apply to generics, about 90 percent of prescriptions filled in the U.S., only brand name drugs. And he's making an exception for companies that are expanding manufacturing in the U.S.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: Many brand-name drug makers have announced new U.S. factories in recent months, which could exempt them from the tariff.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Two major ABC affiliate groups, Sinclair and Nexstar, are putting Jimmy Kimmel Live back on the air.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: NPR Chloe Veltman reports the local TV giants initially held out after national broadcaster ABC reinstated Kimmel this week.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: In a statement Sinclair says its decision to restore Jimmy Kimmel show is the result of receiving feedback from viewers, advertisers, and community leaders.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: Nexar press release says discussions with ABC parent Disney prompted its change of heart.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: Sinclair and Nexar pulled Jimmy Kimmel live following comments the comedian had made during his September 15 broadcast about the suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: ABC restored the show on Tuesday after suspending it for nearly a week. The head of the Federal Communications Commission had publicly pressured Disney to punish Kimmel.
--:-- Chloe Veltman: Disney experienced enormous public blowback for caving in to the FCC's threats.
--:-- Rylan Barton: This is NPR News from Washington. Federal immigration agents detained the head of Des Moines Public Schools.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Superintendent Ian Roberts was born in Guyana. ICE agents say he was in the U.S. on an expired student visa and was given a final order of removal by an immigration judge last year, and officials say he tried to evade arrest.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Roberts has been superintendent of Des Moines schools since 2023.
--:-- Raoul Bally: Fort Gordon, near Augusta, Georgia, was originally named for a Confederate general, but the Biden administration changed it in the aftermath of protests for racial justice in 2020.
--:-- Raoul Bally: Now the Trump administration is changing it back but naming it after a different Gordon.
--:-- Raoul Bally: The original Fort Gordon was named after former Georgia governor and Confederate general John Gordon.
--:-- Raoul Bally: Now it is being named after Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon, who died in the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993.
--:-- Raoul Bally: His widow, Carmen Drake-Owen, spoke at Friday's dedication ceremony.
--:-- Raoul Bally: I believe that Gary would look at the naming of this post as a way to remember not just him, but every soldier that was involved in the Battle of Mogadishu.
--:-- Raoul Bally: Eighteen American soldiers died in the battle. It was eventually featured in the movie Black Hawk Down.
--:-- Rylan Barton: For NPR News, I'm Raoul Bally in Atlanta.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Australian scientists have tested bite-resistant wetsuits by letting sharks bite them at sea.
--:-- Rylan Barton: They say the suits can help keep swimmers safe. The materials don't prevent bites but can lessen injuries compared to standard wetsuits.
--:-- Rylan Barton: While fatal shark bites are rare, increased shark sightings have people looking for protection.
--:-- Rylan Barton: This is NPR News from Washington.
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