Comey Indictment, Hegseth Summons Military Leaders, Impending Shutdown

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Up First

2025-09-26

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Former FBI Director James Comey is indicted on obstruction and false statement charges after President Trump pressured the Justice Department to pursue a case. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders an unprecedented global meeting of top U.S. military commanders, raising questions about what changes are coming. And Democrats accuse the White House of “mafia-style blackmail” as the shutdown fight intensifies over health care funding and the threat of mass federal layoffs.  Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Krishnadev Calamur, Andrew Sussman, Kelsey Snell, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Lindsay TottyWe get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Former FBI Director James Comey says he's not afraid of the Justice Department,

  • which indicted him at the direction of President Trump.

  • What's the plan for a sudden meeting of hundreds of U.S. military officers?

  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned them from around the world to Virginia next week for a closed-door meeting.

  • Also,

  • Democrats are blasting the White House plan to fire federal workers

  • if a partial government shutdown hits.

  • This is nothing less than mafia style.

  • Blackmail?

  • Says one lawmaker, but what are Democrats planning to do about it?

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