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NPR News: 04-18-2025 6PM EDT

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

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0:00.0

Am I a propagandist? A truth teller. An influencer? There's probably no more contested profession in the world today than mine, journalism. I'm Brian Reed, and on my show, Question Everything, we dive head first into the conflicts we're all facing over truth and who gets to tell it. Listen now to question everything, part of the NPR podcast network.

0:22.6

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiyvone. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man

0:28.1

mistakenly sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, where he expressed concerns for

0:33.2

his security, has been moved to a different facility. Senator Chris Van Hollen related the news to reporters

0:39.1

upon returning from a visit in El Salvador with Abrago Garcia. He called on the Trump administration

0:45.0

to return the man to the U.S. to receive due process. President Trump is backing up his Secretary

0:50.9

of State's comments on the U.S., potentially pulling away from peace talks between

0:55.8

Russia and Ukraine. NPR's deepest shiverum reports. President Trump says he hopes Russian leader

1:01.2

Vladimir Putin isn't stalling on a deal and reiterated that he wants to see a deal get done,

1:06.8

but he left the door open on the U.S. pulling out of helping secure a peace deal.

1:10.9

If for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're just going to say you're

1:17.7

foolish, you're fools, you're horrible people, and we're going to just take a pass.

1:22.3

But hopefully we won't have to do that.

1:25.0

If the U.S. isn't involved in negotiating an end to the war,

1:27.8

it's unclear if any other nation would be able to step in.

1:31.0

Diba Shiverham, NPR News.

1:33.0

The State Department annually releases human rights reports on every country around the world.

1:38.5

This year, those reports will look different.

1:41.0

NPR's Graham Smith has details.

1:43.0

Internal State Department documents reviewed by NPR

1:45.9

show the Trump administration is dropping multiple categories of human rights abuses from its annual

1:51.7

country reports. No longer will the U.S. call out governments for violations against the freedom

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