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NPR News: 08-07-2025 7PM EDT

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. Senior FBI officials who had a role in investigating now President Trump are being forced out.

0:11.1

And Pierce Kerry Johnson reports the reasons aren't clear.

0:15.1

The highest profile departure at the FBI is Brian Driscoll. He briefly led the Bureau as acting director at a time when the White

0:22.8

House demanded a list of investigators who worked on cases related to the Capitol riot.

0:28.1

Driscoll ran a group that responded to critical incidents and had won several awards. He wrote

0:33.8

colleagues he didn't know why he was being fired. Also on the way out is Stephen Jensen, who led the Washington Field Office at the FBI.

0:42.5

The Agents Association says the men carried out their duties with integrity, and they followed the law.

0:48.3

The Association says firing FBI investigators without due process makes the country less safe.

0:55.7

Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

0:59.0

President Trump signed an executive order today that could open the door for 401K

1:04.7

retirement plans to include alternative investments like real estate and even digital assets.

1:12.1

And peers Daniel Kurtzleben reports Trump and his family have a growing business interest in crypto.

1:18.6

The executive order instructs cabinet officials and financial regulators to determine the next steps to change regulations.

1:24.9

The new types of assets, including private equity and cryptocurrency,

1:27.9

are considered riskier than traditional 401k investments than stocks and bonds.

1:32.8

Trump's family has a growing financial interest in cryptocurrency in particular.

1:36.9

They started a digital assets business, World Liberty Financial last year, and Trump's social

1:41.7

media company also announced earlier this year they were raising

1:44.5

billions to purchase Bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin jumped after news of the executive order broke.

1:50.2

Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News.

1:52.5

Indiana's governor is partnering with the Department of Homeland Security to house 1,000 migrants

1:58.7

facing deportation at a state prison.

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