Israel Strikes Gaza, Trump And The Courts, Takeover At US Institute Of Peace

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

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Hundreds of Palestinians were killed or injured in surprise Israeli strikes, threatening a tenuous ceasefire. A federal judge ordered the Department of Justice to explain why it ignored a ruling not to deport hundreds of Venezuelans, and the US Institute of Peace was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Trump administration's government efficiency group.

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0:00.0	Hundreds of Palestinians were killed or injured in surprise overnight attacks by Israel.
0:07.8	The punishing strikes on Gaza come in the midst of fraught ceasefire negotiations.
0:11.9	Does this mean the war is back on?
0:13.8	I'm May Martinez. That's Leila Faddle.
0:15.4	And this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.2	A judge is asking the Justice Department to explain why it ignored orders to stop the deportation
0:26.7	of hundreds of Venezuelans.
0:27.9	So what I see them doing so far is playing footsie with the notion of defying a court order
0:33.6	rather than actually defying a court order.
0:36.7	How far will the White House try to stretch its powers?
0:39.8	And the Department of Government Efficiency broke into the U.S. Institute of Peace offices
0:44.0	with the help of police.
0:46.0	D.C. police showed up at my office and said, it's time for you to go.
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1:27.1	It's called Denying a Freedom of Speech.
1:28.1	It's misinformation.
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