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NPR News: 12-12-2025 6PM EST

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The top federal prosecutor in Delaware is

0:24.6

resigning amid questions about how the Trump administration is installing U.S. attorneys. NPR's

0:30.0

Kerry Johnson reports courts across the country are considering challenges to those prosecutors

0:34.5

on the grounds that they were not lawfully appointed. Julianne Murray says she's leaving her job as U.S. attorney in Delaware because she doesn't

0:41.9

want the office to become a, quote, political football. A federal appeals court recently

0:47.2

invalidated the appointment of a Trump prosecutor in New Jersey and the same reasoning could

0:52.2

apply in Delaware, too. Murray's a former leader of the

0:55.7

state's Republican Party. She says she will continue to serve the Justice Department in a

1:00.6

different role. Delaware's two Democratic senators would not support Murray for the job, so any

1:06.4

nomination for her to serve permanently was going nowhere on Capitol Hill.

1:11.5

Carrie Johnson, NPR News.

1:13.2

The Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, is investigating Boston for alleged

1:18.1

housing discrimination. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports it's the latest in the shake-up of

1:22.6

fair housing.

1:23.3

HUD essentially accuses Boston of discriminating against white people when it comes to buying or renting affordable housing,

1:30.8

citing programs that target black and Latinx families. In a statement, HUD's secretary Scott Turner calls this a, quote,

1:37.7

ideological commitment to DEI rather than merit or need. And in a letter to Boston's mayor,

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