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TOPICS:

US NEWS: Mass Immigrant Detention Facilities; US Federal Troops in US Cities

International news: Gaza

Nature News: cross-species listening

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Sources used to create this update:

Immigration & Mass Deportation

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/alligator-alcatraz-shut-down-closing-florida-lawsuit-rcna227949

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crl5ry3rgzro

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/22/florida-ice-indiana-louisiana-prison-immigration-detention

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-says-were-not-going-to-war-with-chicago-after-threatening-city-on-social-media

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/05/trump-ice-immigration-chicago-national-guard

https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d

DC:

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/washington-dc-turns-out-to-protest-trumps-occupation/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/thousands-protest-free-dc-fourth-week-federal-control-washington-rcna229566

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/washington-dc-mayor-trump-national-guard

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/thousands-protest-free-dc-fourth-week-federal-control-washington-rcna229566

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/night-patrol-washington-dc-occupation/

Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak https://apnews.com/article/trump-duffy-union-station-amtrak-management-8c1f5d00ab7591f3f021cf4a9ee8d8e2

https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d

https://time.com/7315444/trump-immigration-crackdown-ice-sanctuary-cities/

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/11/politics/police-washington-dc-trump-take-over

Gaza

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg47kvld8go

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-gaza-damage-assessment/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-starvation-analysis-1.7623862

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/04/g-s1-86841/gaza-aid-famine-hunger-israel

Nature News: Cross-species listening

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/24/science/moths-listen-understand-plant-noises

Other things:

If you want to read a bit about my experience living in another country, you can read some of my recent updates about it at groverwehmanbrown.substack.com.

Topics in this episode:

US News: Federal funding package (☠️)

Transnational News: US, Venezuela, El Salvador; Deportation, torture.

Gaza, Israel: Starvation

Nature News: Ecosystem resilience

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SOURCES USED TO CREATE THIS SUMMARY

US Funding Bill Will Increase Poverty and Inequality

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvjlj3n1vmo

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/

Work requirements don't work → https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/28/nx-s1-5466338/georgia-work-requirements-medicaid-pathways

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g-s1-59261/medicaid-cuts-long-term-care-caregivers

Deportation and torture:

https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-alligator-alcatraz-8607894cc7bab9c17bce30fdf541f0bc

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyrnrnxy7yo

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alligator-alcatraz-florida-detainees-conditions-fungus-mosquitoes-rcna220205

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-el-salvador-prison-swap-b2791843.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/venezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-returned-abuse-rcna220924

Rolling Stone: Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump's Deportation Machine

Mass forced starvation in Gaza

https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-more-1000-starving-people-reported-killed

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/22/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/malta-recognise-palestinian-state-september-2025-07-29/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/27/israel-announces-daily-military-pauses-as-fury-mounts-over-starvation-in-gaza

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/israeli-rights-groups-break-taboo-with-accusations-genocide-2025-07-30/

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-warns-israel-it-could-recognise-palestinian-state-gaza-starvation-2025-07-29/

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5477365/israel-gaza-aid-casualties

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-pause-fighting-humanitarian-aid-gaza/

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/25/world/video/israel-iran-war-protests-starvation-crisis-vrtc

https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-gaza-hunger-protest/

Nature News: Songbirds in Australia are about to eat

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-mass-blossoming-is-occurring-in-wake-of-floods-to-feed-honeyeater-birds-in-australia-where-just-300-remain/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-28/gum-trees-set-for-booming-blossom-after-rain-and-floods/105437310

Other things:

If you want to read a bit about my experience living in another country, you can read some of my recent updates about it at groverwehmanbrown.substack.com.

FULL EPISODE

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Sources used for this summary:

https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-war-nuclear-trump-bomber-news-06-22-2025-c2baca52babe915e033ae175ce8b2687

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/19/world/video/israel-iran-civilian-death-toll-investigation-digvid

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0w94yj68xo

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-23/israelis-move-to-bunkers-as-iranian-missiles-rain-down/105448642

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/23/israel-iran-live-updates-us-trump/

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-faces-man-made-drought-water-systems-collapse-unicef-says-2025-06-20/

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5361546-transgender-health-challenges-supreme-court/

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5433748/minnesota-shooting-suspect-vance-boelter-arrested-melissa-hortman-john-hoffman

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/no-kings-how-many-protesters-attended

News topics covered in today’s update:

Intro (no news yet)

US News: LA Protests + Executive office, immigration, travel ban

International News: Haiti, then Gaza, then South Korea

Nature news: Parrots, humans, and rebuilding

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SOURCES USED FOR THIS SUMMARY:

Immigration, LA and mass protests

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/first-thing-los-angeles-protests-arrests-newsom-trump

https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-protests-ice-national-guard-f39ba39287f628ce8c8be47c92ea6147

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-arrests-austin-aa726c826047f8d7eb4091acc8929b8e

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/la-los-angeles-police-mass-arrests-overnight-curfew

NO KINGS MASS DAY OF PROTEST

https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/map/

Travel ban

https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5425489:nx-s1-5485998-1

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/trump-travel-ban-myanmar-civil-war-visa-rcna211500

International News:

Haiti

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/record-number-people-displaced-by-violence-haiti-un-agency-says-2025-06-11/

Gaza

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/israel-set-deport-greta-thunberg-other-activists-ministry-says-2025-06-10/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/08/middleeast/freedom-flotilla-gaza-aid-ship-thunberg-intl-hnk

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-35-gaza-many-near-an-aid-site-medics-say-2025-06-11/

South Korea

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-election-da088cf36a61641e23795688df01ee01

Nature news: Parrots

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/back-to-the-skies-the-unlikely-comeback-of-one-of-brazils-rarest-parrots/

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News topics covered in this episode:

US News: Executive Office / authoritarianism, Supreme Court, Economy

US / Transnational News: Immigration & Deportation

Israel/Gaza/USA: Anti-Semitic attack in US, Gazans killed while seeking food aid

Nature and Science News: Plastic that leaves no trace

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Sources used to create this summary:

https://apnews.com/article/unemployment-benefits-jobless-claims-layoffs-labor-795ec07804ed3f35eb702af27c4983d0

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/05/elon-musk-donald-trump-recession-impeachment-00390762

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/trump-military-parade-washington-dc-streets

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/05/marcelo-gomes-da-silva-ice-conditions/84057203007/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/05/djibouti-deportations-migrants-ice-trump/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/05/first-deportee-returned-trump-guatemala/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/05/workplace-discrimination-supreme-court-decision/

THE LINK TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ACTION ON JUNE 14th:

https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/

https://apnews.com/article/boulder-terror-attack-colorado-8af1b11734cbbe75c9945820a9b6684c

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/boulder-colorado-attack

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/01/palestinians-gunned-down-while-trying-to-reach-food-aid-site-in-gaza-hospital-says

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-aid-israel-hamas-d9e205966fb08bdbba0a842e1762a322

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xg7rv9g4yo

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-aid-israel-hamas-d9e205966fb08bdbba0a842e1762a322

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/scientists-japan-develop-plastic-that-dissolves-seawater-within-hours-2025-06-04/

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Todays topics:

* US federal budget/spending/tax bill

* US immigration policy

* International news — Israel, Gaza; Migration between Africa & Europe

* Nature news: rewinding ghost woodlands

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Topics covered in today’s episode:

Intro (no news yet)

US News Headlines: Natural disasters, prison escapees, plantation burned

US FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION NEWS: Supreme Court rules on Immigration policy, Anti-Vax Rule Change

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Gaza, Isreael, international pressure

NATURE NEWS: Lemur-made tick repellent

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News sources used for this summary:

Headlines:

https://apnews.com/article/storms-tornadoes-damage-destruction-3f7207e36dc589e9635755a1f579e926

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-inmates-escape-update/

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/LA.html

https://people.com/largest-plantation-in-the-u-s-went-up-in-flames-video-11736429

https://www.theroot.com/the-10-most-hilarious-black-memes-from-the-nottoway-pla-1851781319

US Federal Administration

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/politics/supreme-court-protected-status-venezuelans.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/supreme-court-ruling-venezuela-tps-trump

https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-fda-kennedy-covid-shots-rfk-trump-bb4de15b6ff955d6cd0b406aaec3cdc5

Israel's bombing of Gaza

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-05-05-2025-d22caabfd2cf89e83fe06e649e6438ba

https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-israel-gaza-hamas-05-19-2025-da619d393510e0dde9650adbd39cbf0b

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3d4kz8p00eo

Nature News

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0l6j87r/lemur-mum-has-ingenious-idea-to-save-newborn-from-ticks

Topics:

* US Executive office, immigration, & resistance

* International News: India & Pakistan; Gaza; Mali

* Nature News: Flamingo water tornadoes

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News Sources used to create this summary:

US News: Migration & Civil rights

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-back-in-boston-after-release-from-louisiana-detention-center

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/episcopal-church-white-south-africans-trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/massachusetts-police-hold-girls-face-ground-ice-arrests-mother-video-s-rcna205798

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/ice-arrest-deportation-police-worcester-massachusetts/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5292918-newark-mayor-detained-ice-facility/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-arrested-ice-protest-detention-center

International News: India, Pakistan

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/12/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-ceasefire-intl-hnk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/12/israel-hamas-edan-alexander-release-trump/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/13/gaza-hospital-israel-strike/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqglvlwzx5o

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/12/gaza-famine-report-looting/

https://apnews.com/article/mali-political-parties-dissolve-military-b9a97cc673cc11a804e023250fbecaea

Nature News:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/science/flamingo-vortex-beaks-water.html

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TOPICS COVERED IN TODAY’s EPISODE:

US News: Fascism watch (homelessness, trans & queer rights, funding for libraries)

International news: Gaza

International News: Kashmir

Nature News: Bonobo Coalitions

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NEWS SOURCES USED TO CREATE THIS SUMMARY

US News: Fascism watch

Housing Housing and Homelessness:

https://apnews.com/article/national-forest-homeless-eviction-bend-oregon-4fa6faf1a3f1f6e29d1a8a680f00e926

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/homeless-evicted-forest-service-oregon-deschutes

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/realestate/homeless-encampment-removal-forest-oregon.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/06/section-8-cuts-trump-budget-proposal/

https://www.them.us/story/maine-janet-mills-school-lunch-funding-trump-administration-feud

https://www.them.us/story/ptown-pittsburgh-lgbtq-bar-police-raid-amanda-lepore

https://www.them.us/story/liberty-hotel-queer-couple-bathroom-kicked-out

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5388902/library-funding-cuts-trump-injunction

https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-republicans-public-broadcasting-f0e3e1acb96986732a0211833165bf84

International News: Gaza, Pakistan, India

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/hamas-israel-hunger-war-in-gaza?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwyneele13qt

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/world/asia/india-pakistan-attacks.html

Nature News:

https://apnews.com/article/female-bonobos-congo-901bf579296ee5a3dfbff6f68b1fe91f

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Today’s news topics include:

May Day Protests around the world

US Immigration, attacks on families

International News: Canadian Elections, Gaza humanitarian aid crisis

Nature news: Future of mushroom homes

Sources used to create this summary:

May Day Protests

https://apnews.com/article/may-day-workers-labor-unions-rallies-marches-trump-46de8196d7f01d7458c3d77ccd5e0e54

Immigration

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-deport-child-cancer-us-citizen-1235325778/

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article305336021.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/us/children-us-citizens-deported-honduras/index.html

https://kfor.com/news/local/were-citizens-oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-after-ice-raids-home-but-they-werent-suspects/

https://www.newsweek.com/migrant-dies-ice-detention-florida-what-know-2066017

https://newrepublic.com/post/194557/ice-invades-wrong-home-oklahoma-girls-underwear-life-savings

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/mohsen-mahdawi-released-immigration-detention

https://apnews.com/article/milwaukee-judge-arrested-supreme-court-suspended-49f25ea7702d3211719f926f8cfc90b7

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/25/wisconsin-judge-arrest-fbi-ice-immigration-enforcement/

International news:

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/world-food-programme-food-stocks-depleted-gaza-rcna203183

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/01/israel-gaza-buffers-evacuation-orders/

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/federal/2025/results/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/canada-election-results-prime-minister-carney-poilievre-rcna203321

Nature News:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/science/fungi-bacteria-home-building-sustainable

I’ll be back with the regular news update next week. Until next time, be well.

News Sources for these updates:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/japan-weasel-shoe-thief-kindergarten-gosho-kodomo-en-fukuoka

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/science/iguanas-fiji-pacific-ocean-vegetation-rafts/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/06/evolution-species-adapt-response-humanity-tuskless-elephants-natural-world-wildlife-aoe

Topics in today’s podcast:

US Tariffs US News: US Executive Office snatching our neighbors

Transnational news: Trans and LGBQ Rights

International News: Sudan

Nature News: Milky Seas

Links to sources used to create this summary:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/15/kilmar-abrego-garcias-deportation-case-trump-administration/

https://time.com/7276642/kilmar-albrego-garcia-error-deportation-el-salvador-prison-supreme-court-return-ms-13/

https://newrepublic.com/post/193669/donald-trump-target-mass-deportations-us-citizens

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-el-salvador-us-citizens-denaturalization-1235315975/

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/trump-americans-el-salvador-prison-bukele

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/mahmoud-khalil-deportation-ruling-immigration

https://apnews.com/article/international-student-f1-visa-revoked-college-f12320b435b6bf9cf723f1e8eb8c67ae

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/international-students-revoked-visas-reasons-why-rcna200313

Tariffs:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/trump-backs-down-on-tariffs/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/business/hong-kong-suspends-postal-service-to-us-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/retaliation-tweet

https://time.com/7276293/trump-tariffs-reversal-world-leaders-countries-responses-uncertainty-trade-war/

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ivory-coast-threatens-more-expensive-cocoa-response-us-tariffs-2025-04-10/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_%E2%80%93_Part_2

Trans Rights:

https://apnews.com/article/maine-education-department-transgender-athletes-pam-bondi-5b5c8d0022233fae5ec60efc9fa5394f

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/16/critics-of-trans-rights-win-uk-supreme-court-case-over-definition-of-woman

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/trump-trans-denationalizing.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/19/mahmoud-khalil-statement

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/03/10/trans-trump-passport-hunter-schafer/

https://transequality.org/documents/know-your-rights-passports

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/europe/hungary-lgbtq-law-intl-latam/index.html

International News: Sudan

https://apnews.com/article/un-sudan-darfur-war-anniversary-paramilitary-government-dbfff6244d935f595fb7649a87a6e073

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly57p6d9ezo

Nature News: Milky Seas

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/science/milky-sea-ocean-glow-mystery-database/index.html

And with that, let's hear some news.

TOPICS:

Resistance in the US

US Executive News: ICE, IRS, Education

Transnational News: Tariffs

International news: South Korea, Impeachment

Nature News: Antibiotics

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SOURCES USED TO CREATE THIS SUMMARY:

Resistance:

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/7/hands_off_protest

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/8/2315433/-The-Sackets-Harbor-protest-and-others-a-brief-note-on-civil-unrest-in-Northern-NY-State

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5354933/sackets-harbor-family-detained

Immigration and IRS:

https://apnews.com/article/irs-ice-immigration-enforcement-trump-d2ac6f7ac0a1f60e907cd3b52d0db34d

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/08/irs-dhs-tax-data-immigrants/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/08/trump-international-student-visas-revoked/82989535007/

Stock market & Tariffs:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/09/donald-trump-unleashes-new-wave-of-tariffs-against-dozens-of-countries-china

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/08/business/trump-tariffs-china-stock-market

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354927/recession-trump-tariffs

South Korea:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/south-korea-yoon-suk-yeol-impeachment-ruling-court-seoul-protests-4999836

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-impeached-president-yoon-faces-court-ruling-decide-his-fate-2025-04-03/

Nature news:

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TOPICS IN TODAY’S SUMMARY:

US News: Coordinated Resistance

US News: Fascism Watch (Deportations, mass layoffs, DOGE)

International News: Myanmar Earthquake

International News: Turkey, Democracy

International News: Gaza

Nature News: Carbon Capture

Sources used to create this summary:

US News, Coordinated Resistance

Tesla Takedown https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-tesla-doge-protests-a07cb5f20d65d0fb4dcb3547e2b7879c

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/business/tesla-takedown-elon-musk-doge/index.html

Hands Off Action

https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/map/

Booker Filibuster:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/cory-booker-senate-speech-trump

https://time.com/7273556/cory-booker-filibuster-speech-takeaways/

US NEws: Fascism watch

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/doge-musk-federal-payroll-system

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-running-third-term-reactions

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-begins-mass-layoffs-health-agencies-sources-say-2025-04-01/

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5339698/green-card-holders-detained-border-crackdown

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/2/trump_deportations_el_salvador_immigrants

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/headlines/ice_detains_iranian_phd_student_in_alabama_and_farmworker_union_leader_in_washington

International news:

Myanmar Earthquake

https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-thailand-earthquake-c4ccdcd3ff2e38c54046274ee039cbf7

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ygpplz72yo

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ydkvxdvno

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thailand-earthquake-bangkok-building-collapse-investigation-china-italy-firms/

Turkey:

https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-jailed-tayyip-erdogan-mayor-immamoglu-jail-crackdown-nato-democracy/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g3eer4737o

GAZA:

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347240/israel-ramps-up-military-campaign-in-gaza-as-it-presents-new-ceasefire-proposal

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/middleeast/israel-expands-military-operations-gaza-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/middleeast/bakeries-close-gaza-wfp-intl-latam/index.html

Nature News:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0kys7pd/this-machine-turns-carbon-dioxide-into-fuel

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/greener-simpler-way-to-create-syngas

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TOPICS THIS WEEK

US: Gun Laws

US News: Land Back

US News: Executive Office

International News: South Korea: Wildfires, Adoptees

Nature News: Sharktopus

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Sources Used to Create This Summary:

US Gun Laws

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ghost-guns-bf404db1d4ece56203c8748b2544dc02

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/26/ghost-guns-supreme-court-ruling/

US News: Land Back

https://apnews.com/article/potawatomi-illinois-treaty-reservation-805f5030d9abbac93ce3da3cec18a636

US News: Executive Office

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-atlantic-war-plans-signal-yemen-houthis-c0addd08c627ab01a37ea63621cb695e

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/trump-signal-group-chat-members

https://www.vox.com/on-the-right-newsletter/405758/signal-leak-trump-vance-hegseth-foreign-policy

International News: South Korea

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lp365pd1go

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-adoptions-responsibility-fraud-abuse-67970ea6e153e7cbb63d5b4bc29325f4

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyjryv1kpgo

Nature News: Sharktopus

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/octopus-shark-ride

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News topics for today:

US News: Eeducation

US News: Social Security

Transnational News: Deportees

Nature News: Iguanas.

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Sources used to create this news summary:

Education

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5330917/trump-schools-education-department-cuts-low-income

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/03/20/trump-signs-executive-order-to-end-education-department/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-education-department-executive-order-student-loan/

SOCIAL SECURITY

https://apnews.com/article/social-security-doge-fraud-services-35efe10cffa1ee40c1e9f12385b2cc35

https://apnews.com/article/social-security-fraud-waste-doge-elon-musk-212e3089951f731fd3f83443e104b315

https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/top-ten-facts-about-social-security

https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v77n2/v77n2p1.html (note this is a government link that could change at any moment)

International News: Deportation

https://apnews.com/article/panama-us-deportee-afghanistan-asylum-55a44916a12e6b13a3ad40711adf2305

Nature News:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/science/iguanas-fiji-pacific-ocean-vegetation-rafts/index.html

Topics covered in today’s episode:

US News: Storm Destruction

US News: Executive Office

International News: Gaza, Yemen, US, Israel

Nature News: Anti-trafficking rats

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Sources used to create this news summary:

US News: Massive Storm Damages

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/weather/storm-tornado-outbreak-fire-climate-hnk/index.html

US Executive Office:

Alien Act

https://link.vox.com/view/67c1e845556f7f99db0bf58cn8r2g.2nd8/b662491d

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy871w21d3vo

Peace Institute:

https://www.instagram.com/nbcwashington/reel/DHUhRiDPkjR/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/us-institute-of-peace-says-doge-has-broken-into-its-building-00234639

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/doge-us-institute-of-peace-trump-administration-overhaul-board/index.html

International News: Gaza

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g-s1-54418/up-first-newsletter-israel-air-strikes-gaza-deportation-justice-department-doge

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-ceasefire-hostages-netanyahu-ff48f081b069e484955a72bc68261364

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/18/yemen_us_strikes

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/15/world/yemen-strikes-houthi-rebels-iran-donald-trump/

Nature News:

https://news.mongabay.com/video/2025/02/giant-rats-sniffing-out-wildlife-crime-wild-targets/

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Topics covered today:

Updates: US executive office (courts, funding bill, protest)

International News: Eastern Europe

Nature News: New-to-us Marine Species

News Articles Sourced for these Summaries:

US Executive

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/federal-judge-temporarily-reinstates-probationary-workers/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325959/federal-employees-court-firing

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/us/mahmoud-khalil-protesters-arrested-trump-tower/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/12/house-spending-bill-dc-budget-cuts-explained/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/house-passes-bill-to-fund-federal-agencies-through-september

International News

https://www.politico.eu/article/armenia-azerbaijan-peace-treaty-jeyhun-bayramov/

https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protests-students-vucic-belgrade-novi-sad-a0387d7b015995f2307894b413e38813

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/anti-government-protesters-block-access-serbian-state-broadcasters-2025-03-11/

Nature News:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-marine-species-discovered-in-ocean/

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Topics covered today:

US Executive Office: Attempted deportation, student protester

US Economic News

International News: Gaza

Nature News about Ghost Particles

Links to article sources for this summary:

US Executive Office: Arrest and attempted deportation of student protest leader

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/demonstrators-take-nycs-federal-plaza-mahmoud-khalil-arrested-ice-rcna195602

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/trump-arrest-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/us/department-of-education-warning-universities-title-vi-antisemitism/index.html

US Economic News:

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/10/twitter-down-tesla-stock-musk

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/10/stocks-crater-2025

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmoore/2025/03/05/2025-recession-risk-is-increasing-according-to-multiple-indicators/

https://time.com/7265290/is-the-us-heading-into-a-recession-under-trump-what-to-know/

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/after-stanford-and-cornell-harvard-freezes-hiring-amid-trumps-federal-funding-cuts/articleshow/118859297.cms

International news: Gaza

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-strikes-gaza-ahead-new-talks-ceasefire-hamas/

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-halt-food-aid-deliveries-worsens-gaza-conditions-2025-03-10/

Nature News: Ghost Particles:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/science/energetic-neutrino-particle-detection/index.html

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TOPICS:

Intro (no news yet)

Transnational News: Ukraine, USA, Russia, Europe

Transnational News: Tariffs

US ICE News: Deportation, Panama

Nature News: Walking Corals

Outro

Links to sources used to create this summary

Ukraine, Russia, US, and the Europe

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trump-and-vances-attacks-on-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/28/trump-ukraine-russia-zelensky/

https://apnews.com/article/un-russia-ukraine-war-resolution-trump-zelenskyy-cde221e5850196776525403e788c272c

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/02/europe/ukraine-russia-zelensky-starmer-summit-intl/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-britain-zelenskyy-europe-starmer-trump-russia-b980170ead74a1a7914c565f14ee6cc9

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/first-thing-us-suspends-military-aid-ukraine-trump-zelenskyy-row

People deported, detained in Panama

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/migrants-limbo-panama-jungle-camp-after-being-deported-us-2025-02-27/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/migrants-limbo-panama-jungle-camp-deported-us-rcna194159

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/trump-deportations-panama

https://apnews.com/article/panama-deportees-chinese-woman-hotel-2bc1239f680725d7a560f6a6c8b130e7

US, Canada, Mexico, China Tarrifs

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/economy/trade-mexico-canada-china-tariffs-trump-hnk-intl/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/04/donald-trump-congress-speech-ukraine-tariffs-democrats-federal-workers-us-politics-live-news

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg1jxdpq0qo

Nature News: Corals

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/science/walking-coral.html

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Topics Covered:

Iowa: Trans Rights

US news: Executive Office and the threat of authoritarian takeover, international health, homelessness

International (and US) News: Infectious Disease

Nature News: Birds and Bioflorescence

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News Sources Used to Create This Summary

Iowa, trans rights:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transgender-rights-protections-iowa-lawmakers/

US Executive, USAID

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/usaid-hiv-protest-trump-musk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/24/musk-doge-usaid-cuts-dc/

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/doge-elon-musk-donald-trump-marco-rubio.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/27/heres-where-trumps-government-layoffs-reportedly-are-as-usaid-employees-booted-from-offices/

Paypal Mafia:

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/209-front-burner/episode/16130733-trump-apartheid-and-the-paypal-mafia

US Executive, HUD

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hud-systems-access-ai-proptech-real-estate-mobile-home/

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-administration-slash-hud-workers-tackling-housing-crisis-119046960

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/02/27/hud-cuts-in-housing-crisis-devastate-communities/79445601007/

https://people.com/mom-of-2-kids-died-after-sleeping-in-van-gets-emotional-funeral-11681909

https://5calls.org/

Infectious Disease:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mystery-disease-congo-what-we-know/

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2025/02/28/texas-measles-outbreak-reaches-nearly-150-cases-state-health-department-says/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/trump-fired-bird-flu-hires-00206334

https://health.wyo.gov/wyomings-first-human-bird-flu-case-confirmed/

Birds:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/science/birds-of-paradise-biofluorescence-feathers/index.html

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Topics:

Intro (no news yet)

US News: Authoritarian Actions, free speech

US News: Executive Branch

Worker resistance to Executive Branch

Nature news: Mutuality between aardvarks and melons

Articles Sourced to Create this Summary

https://newrepublic.com/article/191908/gop-town-hall-idaho-lear

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-close-roosevelt-hotel-migrant-center-targeted-mus-rcna193433

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/upshot/doge-spending-cuts-changed.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/travel/upside-down-american-flag-firefall-yosemite/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-park-firings-elon-musk-d0cdc23fe5fac68e4dc8ef58f041ced4

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/doge-civil-service-employees-quit-musk.html

https://apnews.com/article/doge-elon-musk-federal-government-resignations-usds-6b7e9b7022e6d89d69305e9510f2a43c

Aardvarks & Melons https://news.mongabay.com/shorts/#/294999

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Topics Timestamp:

0:00 — Intro (no news yet)

0:42 — Native American Rights News

1:36 — US Executive News: Authoritarian consolidation & popular resistance

4:09 — International/US News — Deportations

4:52 — Nature News: Hummingbird cuddles

5:52 — Outro (no news)

News Sources Used to Create this Summary:

https://ictnews.org/news/ive-come-home-leonard-peltier-returns-to-north-dakota-homelands

https://apnews.com/article/leonard-peltier-release-fbi-killings-native-american-05c1d7c5429ce081f23311735f5120f6

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shuns-tradition-replaces-top-114831365.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/21/trump-joint-chiefs-of-staff-charles-brown-dan-caine/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/cq-brown-trump-fired-joint-chiefs-general-00205593

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5157509-elon-musk-private-security-detail/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/20/trump-justice-nlead-database-deleted/

https://wagingnonviolence.org/ipra/2025/02/tesla-takedown-musk-moving-from-protest-to-resistance/?ref=organizingmythoughts.org

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/02/tiktokers-are-hunting-cybertrucks-with-anti-elon-musk-messages/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/science/hummingbirds-living-in-a-hive-found-for-the-first-time.html

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Time Stamp of Topics0:00 — Intro (no news)

0:28 — US News: Flooding in Southeast

1:26 — US News: Executive Office

3:28 — International news: Egypt, Gaza, US

4:46 — Nature news: Beavers

5:59 — Outro (no news)

News Links Used to create this summary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/02/16/virginia-flash-floods-kentucky-tennessee-arkansas/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flooding-pikeville-kentucky-swift-water-rescues/

https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/co-conspirators/e-ky-mutual-aid/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/17/trump-fires-federal-workers-performance/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/climate/trump-nnsa-nuclear-staff-reinstated/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/climate/trump-nnsa-nuclear-staff-reinstated/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/17/nx-s1-5298684/national-park-ranger-trump-job-cuts-nps

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/17/doge-social-security-musk/

https://apnews.com/article/president-donald-trump-protest-c8796556fbf20e796f42167f61c3d942

https://apnews.com/article/egypt-gaza-reconstruction-plan-76941b11e6746078da113e36605ec462

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beaver-dam-czech-republic

Until next time, be well.

0:00 — Intro

0:30 —Us executive

2:20 — Gaza Ceasefire, Ukraine, Russia

3:37 — European US ADF

4:41 — Japanese food security

5:15 — Molten core

6:25 — outro

Articles used to create this news summary:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-fired-trump-musk-take-ax-us-government-offices-2025-02-14/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-disease-detectives-doge-cuts-health-agencies/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/justice-department-officials-resign-eric-adams-charges

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-02-15-2025-22a2d731961eb766e6c7914cb84e3990

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/politics/us-european-relations-trump-putin-analysis/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04n622gzx7o

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9nmeyzkjo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/14/vance-munich-europe-security-ukraine/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Weidel#:~:text=Weidel%20is%20in%20a%20lesbian,and%20have%20two%20adopted%20children

https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/24/meet-the-lesbian-goldman-sachs-economist-who-just-lead-germanys-far-right-to-victory/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/14/japan-releases-200000-tonnes-of-emergency-rice-stockpile-as-prices-soar

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0:00 — Intro (no news)

1:04 — Department of Education

2:29 — US Executive Orders

4:38 — International News, Democratic Republic of Congo

5:42 — Nature news, black soldier flies

6:51 — Outro (no news)

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https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292444/trump-musk-education-department-schools-students-research-cuts

https://apnews.com/article/ies-musk-doge-education-cuts-4461d7bdbe9d55c5a411d8465999b011

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/doge-education-department-cuts-trump

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-journalism-first-amendment-8a83d8b506053249598e807f8e91e1ae

https://abcnews.go.com/US/google-maps-rename-gulf-mexico-denali-us-users/story?id=118177262

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/trump-unfreezing-federal-grants-judge-ruling.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c391ml9x878o

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew5q04q427o

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250130-the-little-bug-with-a-big-appetite-turning-organic-waste-into-sustainable-fertiliser

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0:00 — Intro (no news)

0:40 — March to protest deportations

2:31 — Transnational News about Tariffs

4:31 — Nature news about asteroids and the building blocks of life

5:50 — Outro (no news)

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https://apnews.com/article/immigration-ice-protests-los-angeles-california-dallas-ecf1afef642ffff40117f88641c8605f

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/immigrant-arrests-ice-raids-trump-first-week-second-term

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04ngq3lwl2o

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-demand-explanations-degrading-treatment-deportees-2025-01-26/

https://apnews.com/article/migration-rubio-panama-colombia-venezuela-237f06b7d4bdd9ff1396baf9c45a2c0b

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/01/tariff-mexico-canada-trump/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/03/mexico-tariff-retaliation-trump/

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c8d90v1m6qvt

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/03/trump-presidency-news/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/science/bennu-asteroid-sample-osiris-rex-science-newsletter-wt/index.html

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0:00 - Intro (no news yet)

0:33 - US Airline Crash

1:30 - Gaza Ceasfire; Greenland

2:45 - US Executive Office Directives

5:20 - Outro (no news)

Articles sourced for this summary:

https://apnews.com/article/ronald-reagan-national-airport-crash-62adba7fb1f546b4cf1716e42b86482b

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-01-30-2025-3cc7131495a60ce2bda73ca691abb7c8

https://www.reuters.com/world/poll-shows-85-greenlanders-do-not-want-be-part-us-2025-01-29/

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-6d41961940585544fa43a3f66550e7be

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/27/senior-usaid-staff-put-leave-amid-trumps-order-halting-foreign-aid/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/30/usaid-trump-purge-foreign-assistance-freeze/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dc-crash-victims-aboard-american-airlines-flight-5342/story?id=118250442

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0:47 - US News: Executive Office Spending Freeze

4:58 - Nature news: Electroperception

6:52 - Outro

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/28/trump-spending-freeze-upends-washington-triggering-legal-threats-delays/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/politics/refugee-benefits-afghans-halt-trump-administration/index.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/01/25/g-s1-44762/pepfar-trump-hiv-foreign-aid

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/28/trump-emails-workforce/

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5278604/federal-workers-resign-september-telework

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/science/hummingbirds-flower-mites-static-cling.html

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1:18: LA Fires

2:07 - Executive Orders on citizenship and sex markers

4:19 - Good News: disease eradication

5:34 - Outro (no news)

Articles sourced for the news summary:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/us/hughes-fire-los-angeles-county-thursday/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/24/g-s1-44529/progress-is-made-on-a-huge-fire-north-of-la-as-new-fires-erupt-in-southern-california

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/trump-rubio-x-gender-passport

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-order-s-trying-push-trans-people-back-closet-rcna189045

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/12/30/g-s1-39336/disease-eliminate-blindness-leprosy-sleeping-sickness?ref=fixthenews.com

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1:04: US News: Executive Orders on the First Day

4:55: US News: Social Media Moderation and Regulation

7:25: International News: Gaza Ceasefire Agreement

9:35: Nature News: Deep Sea Oxygen

11:29: Outro

Article Sources:

https://apnews.com/live/trump-inauguration-updates

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/20/trump-executive-orders-list/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-cbp-one-border-app-652854b5f2a4e6ccd6ee2ccc729cbb55

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/january-6-2021-capitol-riot-pardons-trump/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/nx-s1-5268701/trump-executive-order-tiktok-ban

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/tech/meta-censorship-moderation/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-new-hate-speech-rules-allow-users-call-lgbtq-people-mentally-ill-rcna186700

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5klgv5zv0o

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg750yzdr8o

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/science/dark-oxygen-research/index.html

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US News, LA Fires: 0:32

US News, International Relations: 3:28

International News, South African Miners: 6:43

Animal News, Magpies and Snails: 8:41

Outro, No News: 10:46

News Articles Used to Create The Summaries:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/14/los-angeles-fires-california-palisades-eaton-updates/

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cew52g8r8e7t

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/in-altadena-where-many-black-families-became-homeowners-displaced-residents-grapple-with-grief-and-uncertainty

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254122/inmate-firefighters-california-wildfires

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/11/nx-s1-5254106/an-army-of-community-volunteers-springs-into-action-as-la-fires-rage

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/12/la-wildfires-homeless-luxury-beachfront-homeowners-rich-poor-middle/77629191007/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fires-damage-aid-how-to-help/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/trump-want-greenland-response/

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/11/nx-s1-5253910/donald-trump-greenland-panama-canal-canada

https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-miners-trapped-explainer-53fb1226e9b5151a0a4ce2064168f84a

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/

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0:00: Intro (no news)

0:37: US News about Guantanamo Bay Prisoners

2:43: US News about mass violence

5:34: International News about South Korean Democracy

7:39: News about Nature: Biodiversity Preservation

9:15: Outro and updates

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-25-hnk/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-25-hnk/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-deadly-attack-new-years-victims/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-hotel-explosion-tesla-cybertruck-5c5a8fd13a50e2bcde46370ae926d427

https://apnews.com/article/cybertruck-explosion-trump-hotel-las-vegas-6c85af85255753db497f2cd344fb2ace

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/soldier-who-died-in-cybertruck-explosion-left-note-saying-it-was-a-wakeup-call-for-countrys-ills

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/03/us/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/us/politics/guantanamo-prisoners-oman.html

https://www.vox.com/world-politics/393403/korea-politics-yoon-park-impeachment-moon-insurrection-protest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/05/south-korea-protests-virginia-flag-gwangju/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/06/south-korea-president-yoon-arrest-democracy/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/asia/south-korea-president-yoon-suk-yeol-arrest-warrant-extended-intl/index.html

https://fixthenews.com/86-stories-progress-2024/#conservation

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1151806?ref=fixthenews.com

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TIME STAMP OF SECTIONS:

US Homelessness: 0:54

US Violence — Prisons, anti-Black violence: 4:24

Global Conflict — Russia, Europe: 6:21

Nature News — Widsom the Albatros: 7:52

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https://www.npr.org/2024/12/27/nx-s1-5241115/us-homeless-hud-housing-costs-migrants

https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahar/2024-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness-in-the-us.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/us/robert-brooks-beating-marcy-prison/index.html

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/30/robert-brooks-death-new-york-prison-death

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/31/nx-s1-5243302/finland-russia-severed-undersea-cable-shadow-fleet

https://apnews.com/article/denmark-nord-stream-pipeline-explosion-investigation-sweden-germany-8fe8be53ff1c10b11ec2d0ad1d8dd615

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5220094/shes-74-and-expecting-wisdom-the-albatross-astounds-once-again

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Sources Used:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/teacher-and-student-killed-in-wisconsin-school-shooting-suspect-also-dead-heres-what-we-know-so-far-235738231.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg13lz9zn4o

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463594/number-of-k-12-school-shootings-us/

https://www.cnn.com/us/school-shootings-fast-facts-dg/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/us/madison-wisconsin-school-shooting/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/school-shootings-database/

https://abcnews.go.com/International/gaza-schools-targeted-series-airstrikes-death-toll-passes/story?id=116824919

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/16/israel-golan-heights-syria-mayotte-cyclone-scholz-snap-elections/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-12-15-2024-b97bfffe851f87328ab24017da8d7a32

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/africa/mayotte-cyclone-chido-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/12/16/death-toll-mounts-could-reach-thousands-after-cyclone-chido-hits-french-territory-of-mayotte/

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/one-trillion-tonne-iceberg-breaks-free-in-southern-ocean/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4zve79z5ro

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241216-seven-quiet-breakthroughs-for-climate-and-nature-in-2024-you-might-have-missed

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US News: Violence against people experiencing homelessness

Global Conflict News: Syria

Global Democracy News: South Korea

Good Nature News: Lemurs and Tortoises

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News sources used to create today’s news summaries:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/daniel-penny-acquitted-in-nyc-subway-chokehold-case-over-jordan-neelys-death

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce313jn453zo

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/9/headlines/bashar_al_assad_ousted_as_syrian_leader_following_12_day_offensive

https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/08/syrian-rebels-take-the-capital-damascus-say-bashar-al-assad-has-fled-the-country

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrias-rebels-work-form-government-restore-order-after-assad-ouster-2024-12-10/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/03/south-korea-yoon-martial-law

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/03/1216842305/what-on-earth-is-happening-in-south-korea

South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know https://docs.google.com/document/d/13cZrLIFbanNpIFNPE8xRObf_Hhko8NMpriRAH7levQo/edit?tab=t.0

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/30/asia/thailand-endangered-animals-repatriated-madagascar-intl-hnk/index.html

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News Articles used for this summary:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/02/evangelicals-israel-trump-huckabee/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/30/politics/charles-kushner-france-ambassador-trump/index.html

https://19thnews.org/2024/11/pam-bondi-florida-trump-attorney-general-pick/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/would-you-survive-72-hours-germany-and-the-nordic-countries-prepare-citizens-for-possible-war

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/2/headlines/mass_protests_roil_georgia_amid_disputed_election_and_support_for_eu_membership

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/11/21/sarah-mcbride-nancy-mace-transgender-bathroom-congress/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/20/transgender-bathrooms-capitol-johnson/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/19/nancy-mace-transgender-bathroom-ban/

https://www.hrc.org/resources/state-maps/anti-transgender-bathroom-bans

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/would-you-survive-72-hours-germany-and-the-nordic-countries-prepare-citizens-for-possible-war

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/2/headlines/mass_protests_roil_georgia_amid_disputed_election_and_support_for_eu_membership

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7w9dglzzlo

https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-removed-3-influence-campaigns-during-romania-elections-european-parliament/

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/researcher-discovers-new-role-played-by-manatees-the-gardeners-of-the-amazon/

Today we have updates on:

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* Global conflicts, US arms trade with Israel

* Global fights for democracy from Hong Kong and Aotearoa/New Zealand

* A kindergarten classroom, some shoes, and a weasel

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Articles used as sources for this summary:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/trump-matt-gaetz-attorney-general

https://apnews.com/article/gabbard-trump-putin-intelligence-russia-syria-a798adaf9cd531a5d0c9329f7597f0f6 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/18/trump-military-mass-deportation

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-senate-consider-measures-blocking-some-weapons-sales-israel-2024-11-18/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/18/bernie-sanders-pushes-to-block-us-arms-sale-to-israel-all-you-need-to-know

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-senate-consider-measures-blocking-some-weapons-sales-israel-2024-11-18/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/18/bernie-sanders-pushes-to-block-us-arms-sale-to-israel-all-you-need-to-know

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/19/maori-treaty-bill-protest-new-zealand-parliament-wellington-live-updates

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/world/hong-kong-democracy-leaders-sentencing-intl-hnk/index.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/japan-weasel-shoe-thief-kindergarten-gosho-kodomo-en-fukuoka

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Articles summarized in this episode are listed below:

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/11/ruben-gallego-wins-arizona-senate-00188199

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/2024/11/05/house/

https://apnews.com/video/south-dakota-donald-trump-donald-trump-es-government-appointments-and-nominations-elon-musk-e638c7b02ef44def830871cb3a81f7f8

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/13/department-of-government-efficiency-musk-ramaswamy/ 

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-aid-us-48cd09c1c007cacd6d7a309589490320

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/12/aid-groups-accuse-israel-of-ignoring-us-ultimatum-on-apocalyptic-gaza-crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/13/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-aid-gaza-us-ultimatum-sanctions-lebanon

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-finds-that-israel-is-not-impeding-assistance-gaza-2024-11-12/ 

https://apnews.com/article/broker-fees-new-york-real-estate-f29cbc48fd52c10697e9cf2078d578b4

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/science/mystery-mollusk-glowing-sea-slug/index.html

The 2024 Congressional Elections 

The transition of the US Presidents

The upcoming US Supreme Court case about the rights of trans youth

Repairing river and fish habitats, a win of indigenous organizing

Articles used to source this news summary:

https://www.them.us/story/sarah-mcbride-election-2024-first-out-trans-congress-member

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-zooey-zephyr-transgender-legislator-censured-montana-wins/story?id=115525910

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/06/crypto-cash-helps-propel-trump-other-allies-2024-election-victory/ 

https://apnews.com/article/6747c6e64b0440978f59450b928f61d1 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/11/tom-homan-donald-trump-border-czar-immigration

https://www.thedailybeast.com/distrustful-trump-bypasses-state-department-procedures-to-call-world-leaders/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/10/trump-putin-phone-call-ukraine/ 

https://19thnews.org/2024/10/how-the-supreme-court-case-on-trans-youth-could-affect-health-care-for-all-americans/

https://19thnews.org/2024/11/election-lgbtq-youth-crisis-calls/ 

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/largest-dam-removal-ever-driven-by-tribes-kicks-off-klamath-river-recovery/ 

Would you like to hear a news update? Today we have news about the US Election, Global Conflicts, US Vaccine Politics, and Marmosets. A digest with the ability to listen to specific topics only is available by subscribing to Grover Reads the News on Substack. Subscribers also get the update in the morning, usually before 9am.

And with that, let's read the news. 

Here’s a list of news articles referenced in these summaries:

https://apnews.com/live/senate-house-election-updates-11-5-2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/11/06/trump-harris-presidential-election-live-updates/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/30/science/marmosets-call-names-study-scli-intl/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/30/politics/north-korea-russia-nuclear-technology-troops/index.html 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/2024/11/05/house/?itid=hp-ELX-house-senate_p003_f003

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/well/idaho-covid-vaccines.html

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-north-korea-troops-c8cf9599591e50caf1c48a98b6841fe4

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/well/idaho-covid-vaccines.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/30/science/marmosets-call-names-study-scli-intl/index.html

The news topics this day include:

 information about security preparations for voting in the US today

 a Global Conflicts update from Israel and Gaza

US Domestic news about draught

 news about ancient tadpoles

What we’re living through — as a nation and a world — is intense. And so many of us have survived and endured quite a lot of change, grief, and loss over the last five years. We are inundated with information and often overwhelmed. I believe we absolutely need to rest, take care of ourselves and focus on the people and commitments that are absolutely top priority for us. And I also believe that to live in a world with shared decision making and to be resilient personally, locally, and globally, we need to take in some of the context we are living through as it happens. We don’t have to face it alone. We can do it together.

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Articles summarized:

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/04/nx-s1-5178083/national-guard-police-election-security

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/03/israel-gaza-human-shields-palestinians-idf/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/05/israel-iran-war-news-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas-gaza/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/climate/united-states-record-drought.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/science/oldest-tadpole-fossil-giant.html