NPR News: 08-16-2026 10PM EDT
Summary
Attorney General Todd Blanche defends his independence from President Trump while the administration expands the 287G immigration enforcement program with local police. In international news, a deadly earthquake strikes eastern Indonesia, and U.S.-Canada trade talks intensify ahead of looming tariff deadlines. Domestically, a prayer vigil honors a teen killed in a Kentucky mass shooting, and the trial begins for the first person charged in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder.
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AG Todd Blanche on independence from Trump
Expansion of 287G immigration enforcement program
U.S.-Canada trade talks and tariff threats
Prayer vigil for Kentucky mass shooting victim
Tupac Shakur murder trial begins in Las Vegas
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