NPR News: 09-05-2025 7PM EDT
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🗓️ 5 September 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This message comes from Click Here. |
| 0:02.5 | Erased is a four-part investigation into how China is wiping Uyghur culture from existence. |
| 0:08.0 | Erased uncovers an authoritarian regime's campaign to delete a culture. |
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| 0:16.4 | Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Hurst. |
| 0:20.1 | President Trump has signed an executive order rebranding the Department of Defense. |
| 0:25.8 | And Pierce Quill Lawrence reports Trump will ask Congress to approve renaming it to the Department of War. |
| 0:33.1 | Last month, President Trump floated returning the department to its name before World War II, |
| 0:42.1 | when the U.S. Army was led by the Department of War. Now, speaking at the White House, Trump said that name sounds better, and he suggested the U.S. would have fared better in the war since |
| 0:46.5 | if the name hadn't changed. We could have won every war, but we really chose to be a very |
| 0:52.1 | politically correct or wokey. |
| 0:55.3 | By law, Congress would need to change the name, but Trump said he isn't sure that's necessary. |
| 0:59.9 | Trump also issued a warning after Venezuelan military planes flew close to U.S. warships off the Venezueling coast. |
| 1:05.8 | Trump told his top general, if it happens again to essentially fire at will. |
| 1:10.3 | Quill Lawrence NPR News. |
| 1:12.1 | U.S. immigration officials say nearly 500 people were detained during an immigration |
| 1:17.4 | raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles. |
| 1:25.3 | Stephen Shrank, special agent in charge of investigations for Homeland Security, |
| 1:29.6 | says the majority of those arrested are South Korean. This operation underscores our commitment |
| 1:35.9 | to protecting jobs for Georgians and Americans, ensuring a level playing field for businesses |
| 1:42.4 | that comply with the law. |
| 1:46.8 | No charges were immediately announced. |
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