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NPR News: 05-18-2026 5PM EDT

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. President Trump has moved to abandon his

0:07.2

$10 billion case against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns years ago. NPR's Kerry

0:13.2

Johnson reports the settlement creates a path for the president's allies to recover money from

0:18.4

taxpayers. The Justice Department says the president will receive an apology,

0:22.1

but no direct financial payments. Instead, DOJ will create an anti-weaponization fund, some $1.7 billion,

0:30.1

to compensate people who were targeted by the Biden administration. Acting Attorney General

0:35.0

Todd Blanche says the machinery of government should never be weaponized against Americans.

0:40.0

Nearly 100 Democrats in Congress are trying to block the move.

0:43.7

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts says the new pool of money is, quote, corruption on steroids, a slush fund to reward MAGA allies.

0:52.2

Watchdogs warn the new fund could be used to reward people who riot at the

0:55.7

U.S. Capitol nearly five years ago. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

1:01.0

An American doctor is among the newly confirmed cases in an outbreak of Ebola in East Central Africa.

1:07.2

Dr. Satish Palai with the Centers for Disease and Prevention, says the doctor was working in the area.

1:13.5

I can now confirm that there's one case of Ebola in an American who's exposed as part of their work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

1:21.4

The doctor developed symptoms over the weekend and tested positive late Sunday.

1:25.9

Polai says he has been moved to Germany for treatment.

1:28.8

The World Health Organization is calling the Ebola outbreak in the DNC and Uganda a public health

1:34.2

emergency of international concern. So far, there are 300 suspected cases with more than 118 deaths.

1:42.1

The variant of Ebola is rare with no approved vaccines. A jury in California

1:47.9

today ruled that Elon Musk waited too long to file claims against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman,

1:55.1

in a case that pitted two of the tech world's biggest personalities against each other. But as NPR's

2:00.4

John Rewich reports,

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