Memorandum Of Misunderstanding, Fatal ICE Shooting, Paramount Merger Suit
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🗓️ 14 July 2026
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Summary
For the second time in a week, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed an immigrant. A 26-year-old Colombian man was killed yesterday in Maine. Some Maine elected officials say the victim wasn't the target of an ICE warrant.
And a dozen states, led by California, are suing to block Paramount from buying Warner Bros. Discovery after the Justice Department cleared the deal.
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(0:00) Introduction
(1:50) Memorandum Of Misunderstanding
(5:26) Fatal ICE Shooting
(9:13) Paramount Merger Suit
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| 0:00.0 | The U.S. and Iran are attacking each other to prove who has control of the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:07.3 | The waterway was supposed to be open after they signed a memorandum of understanding. |
| 0:11.7 | Is vague language causing a misunderstanding? |
| 0:14.4 | I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.8 | An ICE officer shot and killed a person in Maine yesterday. |
| 0:24.1 | It's the second fatal shooting by an ICE agent in the past week where an agent shot someone in a moving vehicle. |
| 0:29.7 | Local officials have questions they want answered. |
| 0:32.4 | And a dozen states filed a lawsuit to prevent Paramount from merging with Warner Brothers' discovery. |
| 0:37.4 | The Justice Department previously cleared the deal. How much influence that President Trump have in that department? filed a lawsuit to prevent Paramount from merging with Warner Brothers Discovery, the Justice |
| 0:37.9 | Department previously cleared the deal, how much influence did President Trump have in that |
| 0:41.6 | decision? Stay with us. We've got news you need to start your day. |
| 0:48.1 | For a third night in a row, the U.S. and Iran attacked each other, fighting over who controls the straight-of-form moves. |
| 0:56.3 | President Trump said Monday the U.S. military will return to another act of war. |
| 1:01.1 | We're putting the blockade back, and it's a blockade not for anybody but Iran. |
| 1:05.0 | The military says that blockade will be going into effect later today. |
| 1:08.3 | This comes after a week of the U.S. and Iran trading heavy airstrikes |
| 1:12.2 | and a month after both sides signed a memorandum of understanding that was meant to end the conflict. |
| 1:17.4 | But that 14-point document has only caused more confusion over the status of the key waterway. |
| 1:22.5 | NPR's International Affairs correspondent, Jackie Northam, has been following all this. |
| 1:26.7 | Jackie, so another blockade and more fighting overnight over the straight. Right, and this is largely about control over |
| 1:32.5 | the Strait of Formuz. It's considered an international waterway, but since the start of the crisis, |
| 1:37.8 | Iran has claimed it's in control and has insisted ships get permission and follow approved |
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