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BRITTNEY MELTON
UP FIRST NEWSLETTER WRITER
NPR
President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to attend funeral services today for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. Their presence reflects their respect for Graham and recognition of the loss of a key ally in their relationships with Trump and Washington. Trump will meet with each world leader separately before the funeral. |
🎧 Graham was a tenacious advocate for Israel and Ukraine, and he will leave a void, as few political leaders can match his level of support, NPR's Franco Ordoñez tells Up First. Zelenskyy and Netanyahu will now need to make the case themselves to Trump that Graham once made for them. Zelenskyy is seeking to build support for Ukraine's cause against Russia, and says Russia is sharing satellite imagery of U.S. military sites in the Gulf. Richard Fontaine, who served in the White House under George W. Bush, tells Ordoñez that this is a scenario where the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The White House says that Trump and Netanyahu plan to discuss the Iran conflict and the U.S.-brokered plan for Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon. Netanyahu aims to mend the rocky relationship with Trump that has been brewing over recent months, even as their countries' goals regarding the conflicts in Iran and Lebanon differ. |
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Thousands of Haitians and Syrians in the United States could soon face deportation after the Supreme Court earlier this year permitted the Trump administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for those groups. To remain in the country, these immigrants will need to find other legal options. More than half of the nearly 30,000 Haitian immigrants in Columbus, Ohio, rely on TPS. In nearby Springfield, Ohio, where Trump and his allies made false accusations that Haitian immigrants were eating cats and dogs, around 12,000 are on TPS. |
🎧 Many immigrants in Ohio are feeling out of sorts as they await clarity on their legal status, says George Shillcock of NPR network station WOSU. Yola LaMarre from the Haitian Community Network tells him that many are organizing their affairs and seeking alternative legal avenues to remain in the U.S., where some have lived for more than a decade. The Department of Homeland Security tells Shillcock that conditions in Haiti have improved enough for Haitian nationals to return. The U.S. Secretary of State's Office considers the country unsafe for travel. Commercial flights from the U.S. to the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, are suspended, and the travel advisory highlights risks of crime, kidnapping, terrorism and limited healthcare. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has criticized the Supreme Court's ruling and has defended immigrants' positive contributions to the state's economy, specifically in the restaurant and healthcare sectors. |
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