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| 0:00.0 | This message comes from The Economist. Introducing the Economist Insider, a new video offering with twice-weekly shows featuring in-depth analysis and expertise to make sense of an increasingly complex and dangerous world. More at Economist.com slash insider. |
| 0:17.7 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to strike down a lower court's order that blocked the White House from deploying the National Guard to Illinois. |
| 0:29.5 | Solicitor General John Sauer says the district court's order in Illinois interferes with the administration's ability to enforce federal law. |
| 0:37.1 | President Trump is signaling he's not ready to agree to sell Ukraine, the long-range |
| 0:41.5 | tomahawk missiles they say they desperately need to defend against Russia's invasion. |
| 0:46.1 | They're an amazing weapon. They're a very powerful weapon, but they're a very dangerous weapon. |
| 0:50.8 | And it could mean big escalation. It could mean a lot of bad things can happen. |
| 0:58.7 | Tomahawks are a big deal. Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House today. |
| 1:04.3 | The meeting came a day after Trump had a phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin. |
| 1:09.0 | Trump had initially shown openness to selling tomahawks to Ukraine, even as Putin warned against it. |
| 1:15.1 | Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of mishandling classified information. |
| 1:22.9 | Bolton entered his plea during his initial court appearance today in Maryland, NPR's Ryan Lucas reports. |
| 1:29.1 | Bolton is facing 18 criminal counts for allegedly transmitting and retaining national defense |
| 1:33.5 | information. Prosecutors say Bolton kept detailed notes that included classified information during |
| 1:39.1 | his time as Trump's national security advisor in 2018 and 2019. Bolton allegedly sent those diary-like entries on a |
| 1:46.5 | regular basis over his personal email and a messaging app to two family members who did not have |
| 1:52.4 | security clearances. The indictment says federal agents recovered copies of some of those documents, |
| 1:57.9 | including classified material, during his search of Bolton's home in August. |
| 2:02.2 | Bolton says in a statement that he looks forward to defending what he calls his, quote, |
| 2:06.1 | lawful conduct and exposing what he says is Trump's abuse of power. |
| 2:10.8 | Ryan Lucas NPR News, Washington. |
| 2:12.9 | OpenAI says it is blocking people from making videos of Martin Luther King Jr. |
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