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Defense Secretary Pete Heckseth jeopardized the safety of U.S. troops by using a messaging app to share information on U.S.

airstrikes in Yemen. And Pierce Deirdre Walsh has more on the Pentagon Inspector General's findings.

A classified IG report delivered to Capitol Hill found that Secretary Hegseth risked potential compromise of information that could have endangered the safety of U.S.

personnel and the mission by using the messaging app Signal. That's according to a source briefed on the report, who was not authorized to speak publicly.

If intercepted by a foreign adversary, it could have led to harm. Hagseth did not agree to an interview with investigators, but submitted written responses.

He noted he has the authority to declassify material, but there was no indication he did before he shared it. An unredacted version of the report is expected to be released on Thursday.

Deirdre Walsh, NPR News. NPR CEO Catherine Marr chairs the board of the Signal Foundation.
The Somali-American community in Minnesota is on edge amid an immigration sweep that targets them.

Matt Sepic of Minnesota Public Radio has more. President Donald Trump this week called people of Somali descent, quote, garbage, and said he doesn't want them in the United States.

Somali American leaders are urging community members to know and assert their constitutional rights if immigration authorities confront them.

The Minnesota Somali community numbers around 80,000 and the vast majority are U.S. citizens.

NPR is Matt Sepic reporting. Billionaire private astronaut Jarek Eichsickman was back on Capitol Hill today for a second Senate hearing.

President Trump initially picked him to head NASA but pulled the nomination shortly before confirmation. NPR's Nell Greenfield voice reports on his re-nomination.

Jared Isaacman said he wouldn't speculate about why the president re-nominated him.

One senator asked about donations to Trump's super PAC, but Isaacman said it shouldn't be surprising that he supported the Republican Party and that he donated far more to charitable causes.

Pressed on his connections to SpaceX and Elon Musk, he said he was independent.

In a world where everybody has a phone with a camera on it, there are no pictures of us at dinner, at a bar, on an airplane, or on a yacht because they don't exist.

He stressed the urgency of returning Americans to the moon before a rival, China, gets there. Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.

Ukraine and the European Union are accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of wasting time and pretending to want peace.

Meanwhile, Putin is accusing European negotiators of sabotaging the U.S.-led peace effort for Ukraine. U.S.

envoys spent several hours with Russian negotiators at the Kremlin, but the talks ended early Wednesday without a deal.

A senior advisor to Putin says the talks were constructive, but that more work is needed. This is NPR.

President Trump has pardoned Congressman Henry Queyar and his wife Imelda of bribery, money laundering, and conspiracy charges.

Trump claims without evidence that the Texas Democrat and his wife were being persecuted for criticizing Biden administration immigration policies.

Trump has also pardoned former sports entertainment executive Timothy Liwecki of alleged trade violations. The landmark law that created the current U.S.

system for special education was signed into law 50 years ago. NPR Scorey Turner reports on the impact of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA,

and concerns about its future. In 1970, public schools educated just one in five children with a disability.
Ed Martin, now 94, helped write the law that changed that.

There was one mother who told us a story about the school bus stopping at the foot of her driveway

and her daughter standing in the window crying, saying, why can't I go with the other kids? IDEA requires schools to provide accommodations for kids with disabilities.

The Trump administration has made cuts at the Department of Education, including staff who oversee IDEA, saying it wants to end bureaucracy and empower states.

But critics warn federal oversight is an important safeguard for families who depend on the landmark law. Corey Turner, NPR News.
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