NPR News: 07-16-2026 12PM EDT

Lakshmi Singh· Host0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump is expected to address the nation tonight. About what? That is still not certain, but he suggested that elections and voting would be in the primetime speech, something that's historically been reserved for significant moments for the country. Asked about the possibility Trump will use the primetime address to once again assert the twenty twenty election he lost to President Joe Biden was rigged. Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota says he's not looking back.

John Thune· Soundbite0:33

That election, um, was a closed issue back in twenty twenty. The election in twenty twenty-six gives us an opportunity to, uh, take a run at and to win one of those seats in Georgia. And we're gonna do everything we can to do that. And, uh, so as I said before, I'm focused on twenty twenty-six.

Lakshmi Singh· Host0:51

Georgia was a pivotal state in Trump's loss in twenty twenty and remained a point of contention for the Republican leader after he was voted back into office. The ACLU has released a new study that documents widespread use of force among federal immigration officers. NPR's Meg Anderson reports recent fatal shootings in Texas and Maine have brought renewed scrutiny.

Meg Anderson1:13

The ACLU analyzed twelve hundred incidents involving ICE officers or law enforcement working with ICE across eight states in twenty twenty-five. Nearly a third of the immigration enforcement operations they studied involved the use of force, including hundreds in which officers used rubber bullets,