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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Federal prosecutors have secured an indictment against New York Democratic Attorney General, Letitia James. The charges come after President Trump publicly pressured the Justice Department to prosecute James and other vocal critics. She calls the charges baseless and says they are a, quote, desperate weaponization of our

justice system. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports. New York Attorney General Letitia James has been

charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of false statements to a financial institution.

The indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia,

secured by the same interim U.S. attorney there who last month brought charges against another

prominent Trump critic, former FBI director James Comey.

As the Attorney General for New York State, James sued Trump and his company for

inflating the value of some of its assets.

James won that civil fraud case and a more than

$450 million judgment, although an appeals court later tossed the financial penalty.

Trump has long lashed out at James and publicly called for retribution, and last month

directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to go after James and other perceived political foes.

Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.

The United Nations says it plans to get hundreds of trucks a day into Gaza once the U.S.

brokered peace plan goes into effect.

The U.N. Secretary General calls this a glimmer of relief after two years of devastating war,

as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.

In the first phase of the agreement, Israel is to pull back and allow in-aid and Hamas is to release all of the Israeli hostages that remain in Gaza.

The UN's top humanitarian official, Tom Fletcher, says the UN is ready to deliver once the aid pipeline opens.

Famine must be reverted in areas where it has taken hold and prevented in others.

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