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--:-- Louise Schiavone: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: U.S. military officials tell NPR the world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, will arrive in the Northern Caribbean tomorrow amid increasing tensions with Venezuela. The U.S. has conducted multiple strikes on boats in the region, saying they were ferrying drugs trafficked from Venezuela.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: President Trump is cutting ties with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The president posting on social media announcing he's withdrawn support from the Georgia Republican and PR's Ava Pukac reports that Greene suspects The rift came from her support for the release of the Epstein files.
--:-- Ava Pukac: In his post, Trump called for conservatives to primary Green, saying, quote, if the right person runs, they will have my complete and unyielding support.
--:-- Ava Pukac: Green said in a post of her own that she had sent the president a text regarding the Epstein files, which she said quote sent him over the edge She said Trump is trying to make an example of her to scare other Republicans ahead of the House vote to force the release of the Epstein files
--:-- Ava Pukac: Green has been a longtime Trump ally and prominent MAGA figure, but she's been at odds with the president, notably in calling for the Justice Department to release the files about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: Ava Pugach, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Nick Della Canale: Border Patrol agents have begun carrying out an immigration enforcement operation in Charlotte, North Carolina. As I report, agents made arrests this morning in the city's immigrant corridor.
--:-- Nick Della Canale: Agents were filmed smashing a man's car window and pulling him from a vehicle in South Charlotte.
--:-- Nick Della Canale: On the city's east side, restaurants locked their doors as agents chased a man into a laundromat and tackled an employee at a nearby car repair shop.
--:-- Nick Della Canale: The shop's owner, who didn't want her name used for fear of retribution, said the man was her lead mechanic.
--:-- Nick Della Canale: The business depends on clients and workers. And if my workers are taken, I've got to close my business today.
--:-- Nick Della Canale: Just blocks away, a woman filmed agents who stopped her landscaping crew as they were putting up Christmas lights, then let them go after questioning.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canale in Charlotte.
--:-- Joanna Kikisis: A corruption probe in Ukraine says associates of President Zelensky plotted to skim millions from the country energy sector.
--:-- Joanna Kikisis: This probe is extensive It took 15 months used about 1 hours of wiretaps There were seven alleged participants, including Timur Mindich.
--:-- Joanna Kikisis: He's a close business associate of Zelensky's. Investigators say this group manipulated contracts at Enerho Atom, which is Ukraine's state nuclear energy company, and they got kickbacks laundering roughly $100 million.
--:-- Joanna Kikisis: The scandal has forced the resignation of two ministers in Zelensky's government so far, but Zelensky has not been implicated in this probe, and he is calling for the prosecution of those accused of committing crimes.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: NPR's Joanna Kikisis, this is NPR News.
--:-- Emily Watkins: In Southern California, an atmospheric river weather system has been inundating coastal areas at a rate of an inch per hour.
--:-- Emily Watkins: Land damaged by the Los Angeles fires is at high risk of landslides. flood warnings extended from the Ventura County coast through Malibu and into Los Angeles.
--:-- Emily Watkins: A Native American general who helped end the Civil War has been posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar.
--:-- Emily Watkins: Dealey Parker a Seneca chief was denied admittance to the bar in 1847 despite meeting the requirements because he was not considered a citizen
--:-- Emily Watkins: In the face of discrimination Parker went on to advocate for Native land rights, draft the final terms of surrender for the Civil War, become an Army General, and was then appointed the first Native American commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
--:-- Emily Watkins: On Friday, he again made history as the first Native American to be posthumously admitted to the bar, according to the Seneca Nation.
--:-- Emily Watkins: Only a few attorneys of color have been posthumously recognized this way.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: For NPR News, I'm Emily Watkins in Buffalo.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: President Trump has announced he scrapped tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits, and other commodities amid inflationary pressures.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: Brazil's vice president, though, says Brazilian goods like coffee, beef, and tropical fruits will still face a 40 percent tariff.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: He says some products like orange juice no longer face the tariffs and there should be further changes.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.
