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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. |
| 0:05.3 | Attorney General Pam Bondi met with city officials in Washington, D.C. today. |
| 0:10.4 | Alex Coma from member station WAMU reports it marks her first day in control of D.C. police since President Trump moved to take over the department. |
| 0:20.7 | Bondi described the meeting with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and police chief Pamela Smith as president. police since President Trump moved to take over the department. |
| 0:24.0 | Bondi described the meeting with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and police chief Pamela Smith as productive and emphasized that she would seek to work closely with D.C. |
| 0:28.0 | police. Smith stressed that she remains in charge of operational decisions for the department. |
| 0:32.6 | Let us not have any controversy with that, okay? Because I know people want to build upon and create division. |
| 0:38.2 | We're here to work together with our federal partners, and that's what we're going to do. |
| 0:41.9 | The White House says it sent hundreds of federal officers, agents, and National Guard troops into D.C. |
| 0:47.5 | For NPR News, I'm Alex Koma in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:50.8 | After months of delays, the State Department has released a slim-down version of the |
| 0:55.9 | annual human rights report. Officials say it reflects the values of the Trump administration. |
| 1:02.3 | Critics say the congressionally mandated report has been politicized, as MPRs Michelle Kellerman |
| 1:07.7 | explains. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce says the new version is more readable and captures |
| 1:13.9 | some of the things the Trump administration cares about. |
| 1:16.9 | We weren't going to release something compiled and written by the previous administration. |
| 1:21.9 | It needed to change based on the point of view and the vision of the Trump administration. |
| 1:28.0 | And so those changes were made. |
| 1:29.6 | It no longer covers LGBTQ rights, but does cover what the Trump administration sees as the suppression |
| 1:35.7 | of conservative voices in Europe. |
| 1:37.8 | It criticizes Brazil for the case against former president, J.R. Bolsonaro, a Trump ally. |
| 1:43.4 | And it criticizes South Africa for its |
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