NPR News: 05-23-2026 4PM EDT
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom. Ukrainian drones targeted another Russian oil |
| 0:07.0 | terminal this weekend, sparking a fire and injuring two people. NPR's Joanna Kikisis reports |
| 0:13.4 | Ukraine is targeting oil depots and refineries to weaken Russia's war machine. |
| 0:19.0 | Ukrainian defense forces said they hit one of Russia's largest oil terminals on the Black Sea, |
| 0:24.8 | as well as logistics and ammunition hubs in occupied Ukraine. |
| 0:29.4 | Ukraine has been using its own long-range drones in these strikes. |
| 0:35.1 | NPR recently joined a military team that launches them. A member of the unit who uses |
| 0:41.6 | the military call sign Yuki said this is how Ukraine is imposing its own sanctions on Russia to |
| 0:48.0 | force it into a just and lasting peace. The Trump administration is focused on its war on Iran and has loosened some sanctions on |
| 0:56.9 | Russian oil. Joanna Kikisis, NPR News, Kiev. Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil are asking the Supreme |
| 1:03.6 | Court to hear his case. They say the Trump administration targeted him for deportation because of his |
| 1:09.7 | pro-Palestinian views. NPR's Kerry Johnson has more. |
| 1:13.4 | Immigration authorities arrested Kalil last year the first of several actions against international |
| 1:18.5 | students who spoke out about the conflict in Gaza. Lawyers eventually won his release, but the |
| 1:24.7 | Trump administration is trying to remove him from the U.S. by claiming he |
| 1:28.9 | misrepresented his work history. Colleen has accused the government of misconduct. His complex |
| 1:35.2 | legal problems are playing out in three separate courts. Now his lawyers say they will petition |
| 1:40.3 | the Supreme Court to review the case. The ACLU says if he can be arrested for his speech, |
| 1:46.1 | the administration can do the same to anyone with an unpopular opinion. Carrie Johnson, NPR News. |
| 1:53.0 | The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about |
| 1:58.1 | criminal cases related to the January 6th riot. |
| 2:01.7 | It says the information about arrests and convictions is partisan propaganda. |
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