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--:-- Amy Held: Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has arrived in the Northern Caribbean. Some 4,000 sailors are on board, joining thousands of U.S. service members already there. Military exercises are scheduled.
--:-- Amy Held: The Trump administration says it is fighting criminal organizations and countering narco-terrorism. U.S. strikes have killed dozens aboard alleged drug-smuggling boats. It is not clear whether the military will be used against Venezuela.
--:-- Amy Held: Still, Venezuela's leader Nicolás Maduro is readying his military and rallying supporters, accusing the U.S. of pursuing a criminal war. He put his message to music at a rally this weekend, calling for peace and singing John Lennon's Imagine.
--:-- Amy Held: The U.S. has long pushed for regime change in Venezuela, offering a million-dollar award for Maduro's arrest.
--:-- Amy Held: This week the House will vote whether to order the Justice Department to release documents about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
--:-- Mara Liason: NPR's Mara Liason reports.
--:-- Mara Liason: House Speaker Mike Johnson tried for months to avoid this vote, but he failed when four Republicans joined Democrats to sign a discharge petition.
--:-- Mara Liason: That's a tool that allows rank-and-file House members to circumvent leadership and bring bills to the floor.
--:-- Mara Liason: Last week, the House Oversight Committee released documents that show President Trump may have known more about Epstein than he has said he did.
--:-- Mara Liason: Trump has lashed out at Republicans who've demanded the documents be released, and he's ordered his attorney general to investigate Epstein's ties to Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton.
--:-- Mara Liason: Even if the bill passes the House, it faces an uncertain future in the Senate and a potential veto from the president.
--:-- Jerry Clayton: In an unusual move, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the State Higher Education Coordination Board.
--:-- Jerry Clayton: Texas Public Radio's Jerry Clayton has more.
--:-- Jerry Clayton: The suit argues that three state work programs violate the First Amendment. The programs, the Texas College Work Study Program, the Works Internship Program, and the Innovative Adult Career Education Grant Program, bar participants from engaging in sectarian activities or enrolling in seminary studies.
--:-- Jerry Clayton: Paxton says the restrictions amount to unconstitutional discrimination against religious students and exclude religious organizations that offer only sectarian work opportunities.
--:-- Jerry Clayton: Paxton called the rules, quote, anti-Christian.
--:-- Jerry Clayton: The programs provide more than $8 million in state funding to financially disadvantaged college students with jobs both on and off campus.
--:-- Jerry Clayton: I'm Jerry Clayton in San Antonio.
--:-- Amy Held: The latest federal immigration operation in a Democrat-led city enters its second day in Charlotte, North Carolina.
--:-- Amy Held: Sometimes masked, Border Patrol agents have made multiple arrests. The Department of Homeland Security calling it Operation Charlotte's Web and says it's surging agents to ensure safety.
--:-- Amy Held: Brazil's vice president says Brazilian goods like coffee, beef, and fruits will still face a 40 percent tariff in the U.S. and is calling for more rollbacks.
--:-- Amy Held: This after Trump announced Friday he was removing import taxes on a long list of products, including some grocery items.
--:-- Amy Held: This summer Trump imposed that additional 40 percent tariff on Brazil partly due to the trial of his ally former President Jair Bolsonaro.
--:-- Ryan Haas: Todd Snyder, a singer whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic stoner songwriting made him a beloved figure in American roots music, has died.
--:-- Ryan Haas: He was 59.
--:-- Ryan Haas: The Nashville-based musician was best known for his influence on the alternative country music scene.
--:-- Ryan Haas: Snyder was prolific and spent much of his life on the road performing.
--:-- Ryan Haas: He was hospitalized in recent days due to pneumonia, according to his family.
--:-- Ryan Haas: Following his death, fans praised Snyder's lyrical prowess and wit.
--:-- Ryan Haas: On news of his death, Snyder's record label encouraged fans to celebrate his life by turning on one of his records, quote, loud enough to wake up all of your neighbors.
--:-- Ryan Haas: For NPR News, I'm Ryan Haas.
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