Gaza Aid Violence, Harvard On Trial, Congress Redistricting
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🗓️ 21 July 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Palestinians say Israeli fire killed people as they tried to grab sacks of flour. |
| 0:07.3 | Local officials count more than 100 dead in multiple incidents, a number that Israel disputes. |
| 0:12.8 | So what are the facts? |
| 0:13.9 | I'm Sasha Pfeiffer with Stevenson, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.9 | Lawyers for Harvard are in court today as they sue the Trump administration. |
| 0:24.7 | Other universities are watching. |
| 0:26.3 | There is nothing different about Harvard University than there is about some Midwestern, |
| 0:33.0 | smaller private college. |
| 0:35.1 | The same things would apply, right? |
| 0:36.7 | What is Harvard asking a judge to do? |
| 0:38.5 | Also, the Texas legislature meets in special session. |
| 0:41.4 | Republicans are considering an explicit plan to skew the next election in their favor. |
| 0:46.0 | So how would it work? |
| 0:47.5 | Stay with us. |
| 0:48.2 | We've got the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:57.6 | This story underlines how desperate people in Gaza have become for food. |
| 1:01.9 | People continue trying to pick up flour and other supplies at designated locations, |
| 1:07.0 | even though many are being killed. In multiple incidents Sunday, Palestinians say Israelis opened fire. |
| 1:13.3 | They count more than 100 dead. That's the deadliest day yet for people attempting to collect |
| 1:18.3 | basic supplies. Israelis dispute the number and contend a fired, quote, warning shots at people. |
| 1:24.7 | NPR's Daniel Estrin is on the line from Tel Aviv. He's been covering |
| 1:27.6 | this whole war from the beginning. Daniel, welcome. Thank you, Steve. How did the day unfold? |
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