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On the ground in El Salvador with the men deported there by the U.S.
And what did he engage in that constitutes terrorist activity? I mean, Michelle, having watched it on TV, it's pretty clear. No, it isn't. Well, explain it to those of us who have not, or perhaps others have not. What exactly did he do?
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On the ground in El Salvador with the men deported there by the U.S.
Are you telling us that you're not aware? You don't know what he did? No, I find it interesting that you're not aware. I think you could explain it to us. I think others would like to know exactly what the offenses are.
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2025)
Okay, so that's why NPR will be looking at how consumers are navigating this whole new world of cannabis use. Sydney, thank you. Thank you. And that's a first for this Monday, February 3rd. I'm Steve Inskeep. And I'm Michelle Martin. Make your next listen consider this. The team behind NPR's All Things Considered goes deep into a single news story in just 15 minutes.
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Elon Musk claims he has the president's approval to close it. Can he legally do that? I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News.
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Overnight, USAID employees received an email stating the Washington headquarters is closed and telling them to stay home and work remotely today.
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Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2025)
White House correspondent Franco Ordonez has been following all this, and he's with us now to tell us what he knows. Good morning, Franco.
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So the president said something to reporters about this last night. What did he have to say?
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Did he give any evidence that this agency, as he said, is run by radical lunatics?
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A few hours after Trump spoke, Elon Musk, the tech mogul who is running this Department of Government Efficiency, spoke on X, which he owns, about his plans.
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Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2025)
Are there concerns that this new entity that this administration created, Doge, is exceeding its authority?
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The website has disappeared and funding has been halted at the U.S. 's main foreign aid agency, USAID.
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2025)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, D.C. today.
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Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2025)
And does this tie in with other changes happening under this administration, or if so, how?
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That is White House correspondent Franco Ordonez. Franco, thank you.
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Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2025)
President Trump announced 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, launching a trade war. And the top U.S. diplomat has followed up on the president's demand to take over the Panama Canal. Panama has controlled the U.S.-built canal for decades. The president began talking of retaking it as part of a new expansionist agenda, which appeared after his election.
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Panama's president says this is not up for discussion, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent yesterday discussing it.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, D.C.
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To talk more about all of this, we're joined by NPR's Kat Lonsdorf in Tel Aviv. Kat, good morning.
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Tell us what we know about Netanyahu's visit to the White House. What can we expect?
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And what about the process for all this? Like, what does that look like?
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Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2025)
Fifteen percent of Americans report that they smoke cannabis, according to a recent Gallup poll.
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NPR Pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lubkin is here to start things off. Good morning, Sydney. Good morning. Just to be clear, are there health risks associated with marijuana? No.
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2025)
So if somebody does choose to buy legal cannabis products, is there something that can go wrong when it comes to quality?
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You know, Sydney, NPR has reported that the black market for marijuana is still booming. So how does that complicate things for consumers?
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Day 34: The Passover Instituted (2025)
So are consumers safer if they buy legal, regulated cannabis product?
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Trump Remaking Government, RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearings, US Education Report Card
The president issued a sweeping order to pause trillions of dollars in payments. Just as that was supposed to go into effect, a federal judge temporarily blocked it. And the administration added another proposal offering millions of federal employees a chance to quit.
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Trump Remaking Government, RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearings, US Education Report Card
I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. Confirmation hearings begin today for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. What are senators thinking about his views of medicine and vaccines?
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Trump Remaking Government, RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearings, US Education Report Card
The Trump administration offered millions of federal employees an opportunity to resign.
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Trump Remaking Government, RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearings, US Education Report Card
The Pentagon is moving to remove the security detail for retired Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley, who is under threat from Iran. The military is also revoking Milley's security clearance. And the defense secretary is directing the Pentagon's inspector general to conduct an inquiry into General Milley's conduct that could lead to a reduction in rank.
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Trump Remaking Government, RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearings, US Education Report Card
It is a consequential job. It oversees all of America's health agencies, including Medicare, the Food and Drug Administration. the National Institutes of Health, and more. It has an annual budget of $1.7 trillion, which is about the size of Australia's GDP.
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It comes from the nation's report card, that's what it's called. The latest results are out today and have a lot to say nearly five years after the pandemic first closed schools.
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I'm Steve Inskeep. And I'm Michelle Martin. Remember, you can listen to this podcast sponsor-free while financially supporting public media with Up First Plus. Learn more at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
Will Democrats get the investigation they want? I'm Michelle Martin here with Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News.
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
So what did the director of national intelligence and the CIA director have to say about this yesterday when they appeared before lawmakers?
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
Trump's intelligence officials got a grilling on Capitol Hill over sensitive war plans shared in a group chat.
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
So what happens next with this?
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
So let me just mention here that Catherine Marr, who is the CEO of NPR, chairs the board of the Nonprofit Signal Foundation. And that is NPR's Ryan Lucas. Ryan, thank you.
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
Earlier this month, a Department of Agriculture employee who works remotely was told they'd soon have to start reporting to an office.
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
NPR's Shannon Bond spoke to that worker and other federal employees who have been ordered back to the office and who say they are dealing with challenging conditions. And she's with us now. Good morning, Shannon. Good morning, Michelle. So, Shannon, a storage unit? What's going on there?
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And the U.S. brokered a deal between Russia and Ukraine to allow safe passage through the Black Sea, but Moscow wants sanctions relief first.
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Can you give us a sense of how many people were teleworking or working remotely at least part of the time until now?
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We're looking at all of them. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. The Trump administration is in damage control mode after the revelation this week that top national security officials shared secret war plans in a group chat that included a journalist. President Trump was asked about it yesterday.
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Seems like some of these goals are at cross purposes. So that is NPR's Shannon Bond. Shannon, thank you. Thanks so much. After three days of negotiations in Saudi Arabia, the White House announced new progress toward its goal of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
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Joining us to fill in the details is NPR's Charles Maines in Moscow. Charles, welcome.
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
So what does this deal do, at least according to the White House?
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What would those conditions be?
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
So, look, if I hear you correctly, we're talking sanctions relief for Russia. And that would be a huge concession, wouldn't it?
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But meanwhile, the fighting does go on in Ukraine.
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That is NPR's Charles Mains in Moscow. Charles, thank you.
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And that's Up First for Wednesday, March 26th.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukaninov, Brett Neely, Ryland Barton, Arizu Rizvani, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Nisha Hainas, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
NPR Justice Correspondent Ryan Lucas is covering this, and he's with us now with more. Good morning, Ryan.
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
So Democrats really pushed Gabbard and Ratcliffe on this group chat revelation yesterday. Just remind us, what are the security concerns here?
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
Prosecutors in New York City used that word as they wrote out the charges against Luigi Mangione. He was indicted yesterday for murder after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Federal Reserve considers one last cut in interest rates for the year.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
Charges in the murder of a health care CEO include the word terrorism.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
Many people will be watching the Fed in the months ahead. President-elect Trump has talked of policies that economists associate with inflation.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
Yes, the Federal Reserve is holding its last meeting of the year. and policymakers are expected to lower their benchmark interest rate. The move comes at a time of declining but still sticky inflation and uncertainty about the incoming Trump administration.
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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
And that's because of her gender. Police say the person responsible was a 15-year-old girl. She shot and killed two people and then herself.
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And that's Up First for this Wednesday, December 18th. I'm Steve Inske. And I'm Michelle Martin. You can listen to this podcast sponsor-free while financially supporting public media with Up First Plus. Learn more at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org. That's a lot of spelling.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Good morning, Layla.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Well, we're not quite past the danger yet. The wind gusts up in the hills are still predicted to pick up around sunrise Pacific time and then go throughout the morning. But the night was calmer than had been initially feared. And there's some optimism here because the fire crews have had a relatively calm time for the last couple of days that gave them a
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chance to reinforce their work on the two biggest fires here. They've used the time to layer on the fire retardant, especially in steep areas where they can't climb up to with aerial drops. And they're hoping that those big fires will not grow outside their current footprints. But this red flag warning situation right now is still in effect, at least for most of the day.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Yeah, they are. And in fact, I'd say they're more locked down now than they were a few days ago. Yesterday, I was out in the Palisades fire area There were police from around the city had been posted up there at key intersections. The entrance checkpoints have been beefed up with the National Guard. And that's creating some frustration, especially when people come up to that dividing line.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
They can see their house just up the street past the line. There's no nearby signs of active fire, and they wonder why they can't just go up there and check on things. But authorities say they're not done yet with house-to-house assessments of damage, checking for unsafe structures and hazards.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
And the authorities are also saying that they have to kind of make a point of securing things to prevent looting.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Well, people are concerned about that. There have been some credible reports of opportunistic thefts, especially in those first few days. On Monday, the district attorney here made a big point of announcing felony charges against people accused of burglary and related crimes. There have been a few more arrests, but it's not clear that this is still going on now at large scale, especially in
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with these reinforced checkpoints. Yesterday, I was talking to James King III. He lives with his family right on the line between Pasadena and Altadena. It's outside the mandatory evacuation zone. And his house survived, but others around him burned.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
He describes things on the street as kind of dark and spooky, but he says people are not, as he puts it, walking around carrying torches and pitchforks.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Well, the big job right now is figuring out how to shelter so many people who've lost their homes. The rental market here was already super expensive, and we're hearing reports of rent increases that qualify as price gouging under state law. The city attorney is going to be on the lookout for that, she says.
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Smooth Sailing For Trump's Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested
Mayor Karen Bass said the city is trying to make 1,200 more units of housing available in the next week or so. They want to streamline permitting for faster rebuilding, but it's a massive effort looming ahead of this region. Right now, I'd say the near-term hope is a forecast of maybe slightly better weather this weekend and maybe even the hope of a touch of moisture.
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NPR's Martin Cassidy. Thank you, Martin.
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You're welcome.
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Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, Education Department Layoffs, Spending Bill
I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Education Department is slashing nearly half of its staff.
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Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, Education Department Layoffs, Spending Bill
Ukraine agrees to terms for a 30-day ceasefire, and the U.S. is back to sending weapons and intelligence.
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Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, Education Department Layoffs, Spending Bill
Shortly after, many of those employees started receiving emails letting them know they would soon be losing their jobs.
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Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, Education Department Layoffs, Spending Bill
What happens when the agency meant to support quality and fairness in education loses so many of its workers?
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Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, Education Department Layoffs, Spending Bill
Leaving the Senate with less than 72 hours to pass a stopgap spending plan. The Republican plan passed the House yesterday. Here is Speaker Mike Johnson after the vote.
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And I'm Michelle Martin. For your next listen, how about trying Consider This from NPR? We at Up First give you the three big stories of the day. Our Consider This colleagues take a different approach. They dive into a single news story and what it means to you. Learn about a big story of the day in less than 15 minutes. Listen now on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, Education Department Layoffs, Spending Bill
This comes less than two weeks after a string of harsh words by President Trump directed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky culminated in an Oval Office blowup between the two and the impression that the new administration was taking Russia's side. Now, though, the pressure is on Russia to accept the American-Ukrainian deal.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
It's been four days since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled the country.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
And perhaps Ruth Sherlock is in Damascus, and she's here to tell us more. Good morning, Ruth. Good morning. So what's the situation there like now?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
People in Syria are slowly settling into a new reality. The fall of the Assad regime offers new opportunities, but also creates big challenges. What's the priority for Syrians going forward?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
So we've mentioned earlier that the city seems to be quieting down. What are you hearing about people's main priorities right now?
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There's some really disturbing pictures coming from there. So, Ruth, under the old regime, there was a lot of foreign involvement in Syria, mainly from Russia and Iran, but even the U.S. had troops there. What is the latest with all these different players?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Ruth, as always, thank you. Thanks, Michelle. Here's some of what we know about Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare last week on a Manhattan sidewalk.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
And the proposed merger between two grocery giants hangs in the balance. Yesterday, two separate judges in two separate cases blocked Kroger and Albertsons from joining forces. Is the merger dead? Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
NPR's Odette Youssef covers domestic extremism, and she's here with us now to tell us more. Good morning, Odette.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
So you've looked at some of Mancini's social media, and you've spoken with others who have as well. What did you learn?
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
You know, according to the police, he was found with a handwritten note. NPR has not obtained a copy, but other news outlets say they have, and they've printed it or portions of it. From what you've seen, does it fill in some of those gaps?
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Can you say more about that? What does that look like?
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That's NPR's Odette Youssef. Odette, thank you. Thank you.
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And that's Up First for Wednesday, December 11th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Syria's New Reality, Shooting Suspect's Ideology, Judges Block Grocery Merger
Today's episode of Up First was edited by James Heider, Andrew Sussman, Emily Kopp, H.J. Mai, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Ziad Bach, Nia Dumas, and Ben Abrams. We get engineering support from Nisha Hynes, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Facebook And MAGA, Winter Virus Season, LA Palisades Fire
I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. It's the season when people are hit by one winter virus after another.
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Facebook And MAGA, Winter Virus Season, LA Palisades Fire
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who once banned President-elect Donald Trump from Facebook for his role in the January 6th attack, now says he favors more free speech. And he's ending a fact-checking feature that was designed to slow down the spread of false information. Meta's move comes as Republicans on their way into power talk of a crackdown on tech companies.
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Facebook and Instagram abandoned the use of fact-checkers tasked with keeping falsehoods off the sites.
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The winter holidays are behind us.
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NPR health correspondent Rob Stein is with us now to tell us more. Good morning, Rob.
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All right, give it to me straight. How bad is it? It's pretty bad out there right now.
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So how bad is it going to get this winter?
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Ron, before I let you go, what is this other virus that I've been hearing about?
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That is NPR health correspondent Rob Stein. Rob, thank you.
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Facebook And MAGA, Winter Virus Season, LA Palisades Fire
At least three wildfires are burning out of control in Metro Los Angeles. The flames are driven by a regular feature of life in the region, the Santa Ana winds, but tens of thousands of people have now evacuated.
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I'm Steve Inskeep. And I'm Michelle Martin. Remember, you can listen to this podcast sponsor-free while financially supporting public media with Up First Plus. Learn more at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.
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Facebook And MAGA, Winter Virus Season, LA Palisades Fire
She might make a different choice. You never know. She might have a different opinion about it. I know this correction. Carly called in sick. Carly called out. Carly quit. Or she was just over it. Yeah, I'm done. She's like, I just had it with you people. I'm coming in at 9 a.m. Thank you. Exactly.
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What Trump Said Last Night, Trump On Immigration, China Tariff Confidence
President Trump addressed Congress promising new waves of tariffs on products Americans buy and criticizing Democrats for not smiling or applauding. What did the speech reveal about the administration's next moves? I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. The president also talked up a plan to let rich foreigners buy U.S. residency for $5 million.
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What Trump Said Last Night, Trump On Immigration, China Tariff Confidence
He also spoke of current migrants as terrorists. Every last one will be rounded up and forcibly removed from our country. His homeland security czar says they are short of resources, so what's the president's need from Congress?
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What Trump Said Last Night, Trump On Immigration, China Tariff Confidence
Another big issue in last year's election was immigration, and the president spoke last night of rounding up migrants that he described as terrorists.
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What Trump Said Last Night, Trump On Immigration, China Tariff Confidence
Yes, Chinese Premier Li Qiyang delivered an annual government work report on the first day of the annual session of China's parliament. It's a State of the Union type address, and it gives us an idea of what's on the minds of the leaders of the world's number two economy.
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What Trump Said Last Night, Trump On Immigration, China Tariff Confidence
For more than 90 minutes, he talked of securing the border, slashing government and imposing tariffs. And he said he did not expect much support from Democrats.
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And I'm Michelle Martin. There is an easy way to stay connected to news and podcasts from the NPR network, the NPR app. Hear community coverage from your local station, stories from around the world, and podcast suggestions based on what you like. Download the NPR app in your app store.
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What Trump Said Last Night, Trump On Immigration, China Tariff Confidence
I know, it's almost baseball season.
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What Trump Said Last Night, Trump On Immigration, China Tariff Confidence
They won't do it, no matter what. The opposition party did spend most of his speech stony-faced, seated, or protesting.
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War Plans Group Chat, Alien Enemies Act, U.S. Greenland Visit
Why were sensitive plans to strike Yemen shared on an unsecured messaging app? I'm Michelle Martin, that's Leila Fadl, and this is Up First from NPR News. A federal judge says the Trump administration did not give appropriate due process to hundreds of Venezuelan migrants when it deported them under a wartime law. Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemy Act than has happened here.
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War Plans Group Chat, Alien Enemies Act, U.S. Greenland Visit
U.S. military plans were discussed in a group chat that included, apparently by accident, a journalist.
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War Plans Group Chat, Alien Enemies Act, U.S. Greenland Visit
It is the latest episode in a broader legal debate about the Alien Enemies Act. And last night, the Trump administration said it is invoking the state secrets privilege in a standoff with another federal judge over deportation flights that may have defied his orders. NPR's Joel Rose has been following that debate, and he joins us now.
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What is the administration's argument?
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War Plans Group Chat, Alien Enemies Act, U.S. Greenland Visit
It's in a strategic location and it is rich in critical minerals used in technology. Here's Trump speaking at a cabinet meeting yesterday.
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But leaders in Greenland and Denmark have repeatedly rejected these advances, saying Greenland is not for sale. So an announcement this week that second lady Usha Vance is traveling there raised some eyebrows. NPR White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram joins us now to talk it through.
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War Plans Group Chat, Alien Enemies Act, U.S. Greenland Visit
airstrikes on Yemen. Now, two important points about this. First, the group chat was on Signal, not a secure U.S. government network. And second, the group included a journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of The Atlantic magazine, apparently by accident. For more, we're joined by NPR national security correspondent Greg Myrie.
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I'm Leila Faldin. And I'm Michelle Martin. Thanks for listening to Up First. You can find more in-depth coverage of the stories we talked about today and lots more on NPR's Morning Edition, the radio show that Leila Fadal, Steve Inskeep, A. Martinez, and I host. Find Morning Edition on your local NPR station at stations.npr.org.
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Federal Worker Email Confusion, UN On Ukraine, Colorado River, France Surgeon Trial
Yeah, because the resolution didn't recognize the reality that Russia started this war, nor did it even call for a just peace based on the U.N. charter, which Russia is violating. British Ambassador Barbara Woodward told the council that no one wants peace more than Ukraine, but the terms matter.
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And while the U.S. says this is just a first step to support a peace process that will eventually include everyone, there's just a lot of concern about how the Trump administration is going about this. President Trump himself doesn't seem to agree to the reality that Putin started the war and is the aggressor.
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Yeah, I mean, this whole thing started because the Ukraine and its European allies wanted the UN to mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion by voting on a much longer statement, one that called on Russia to pull out, to stop targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, to return civilians to
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including Ukrainian children who were forcibly deported to Russia during the course of this war. Now, the Trump administration did not like that. And that's why they drafted their own resolution, you know, challenging anyone to say we don't support peace. And in the end, Ninety three countries supported Ukraine's version in the General Assembly.
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And it was amazing to look at the board to see the names of the 18 countries that voted no on that. The U.S. was in league with Russia, Belarus, North Korea, just to name a few. Wow.
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Well, it's mostly symbolic, I mean, because the resolution that the U.S. drafted didn't actually demand anything of anyone. It just called the conflict awful and implores a swift end to it. It didn't even call for a ceasefire or anything, you know, concrete. But what all of this kind of diplomatic theater did show is how far the Trump administration has come to embrace Vladimir Putin and
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and how at odds that is with America's allies in Europe. I mean, the allies are still trying to influence him. The French president was at the White House yesterday, and the British prime minister is meeting Trump later this week.
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Thank you.
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Yeah, I mean, they tried several times to get in to install a new president, and they finally made it in at the end of the day. The White House says Moose was fired last week, along with most of the board members. Moose is challenging that, and he was holed up in his office for a while yesterday after he says Doge broke in, but police caught up with him and escorted him out.
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He called it a sad day, and he talked about the work that he and his colleagues do there.
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He says it's a mission that should be in line with the Trump administration. You know, they try to come up with ideas to resolve conflicts and promote peace. Moose, like many of the employees at USIP, is a retired diplomat. He seems really shocked by the way that the Trump administration has been dismantling parts of America's soft power, starting with the lead U.S.
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aid agency and now coming to the U.S. Institute of Peace.
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Yeah. I mean, Doge says that D.C. police escorted in his replacement after Moose refused to let in the replacement. A White House official called Moose a, quote, career bureaucrat who wants to be unaccountable to the American people. But a lawyer for USIP said, says that all of this is being done illegally, that President Trump, you know, he can fire board members, but only for cause.
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And the lawyer, George Foote, also explains that USIP is not a government agency. It has a bit of a different legal status, and it also owns the building. He spoke to me outside the building yesterday.
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Yeah, I mean, Foote told me that Doge is using their usual playbook here, but he's convinced that the law is on USIP's side. We'll have to see, though, what the courts decide and see if USIP employees believe can get back to their building and regain access to their computers. It'll also be interesting, Layla, to see if anyone in Congress steps in. After all, Congress created the U.S.
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Institute of Peace and funds it.
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President-elect Donald Trump has been holding court from his home in Palm Beach, Florida.
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NPR senior national political correspondent Mara Liason was watching, and she's with us now. Good morning, Mara. Good morning. So the president, Alex, says everybody's trying to be his friend. Sounds about right. Yeah, it does.
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He talked about various dinners he's having with the CEOs. What stood out to you there?
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CEOs and foreign leaders have been visiting Mar-a-Lago. Some kept their distance from President Trump in his first term, but are now trying to get close enough to persuade him. What did he say about his visitors and other things in a post-election news conference?
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Well, and he also invited reporters into his home for a press conference. I think this is the first one since the election. Just say more about that. How did it go?
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That is NPR's Mara Lyons. Mara, thank you. You're welcome. An all-too-familiar ritual took place at a church outside of Madison, Wisconsin last night, a vigil for the victims and the survivors of a school shooting yesterday at Abundant Life Christian School.
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And a gene-edited pig kidney has, for the first time, been transplanted into a human.
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Sarah Lear of Wisconsin Public Radio has been following the story, and she's with us now. Good morning, Sarah. Hello. So what do we know now about what happened inside the school?
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So as we just heard, we know that the shooting occurred at the school late yesterday morning. I know that the police spoke to the public several times throughout the day. And finally, last night, the police chief, Sean Barnes, as you just told us, he told us some details about the shooter. Could you just remind us of what he said?
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What does this mean for people desperately waiting for an organ? Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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Sarah, obviously there are some things we still want to know, and the chief among them is why, like why? But what else are the authorities saying that they're still investigating?
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So are the authorities saying they're going to share more as they know more?
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That is Sarah Lear of Wisconsin Public Radio. Sarah, thank you so much. Thank you for having me.
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Surgeons have implanted a new kind of engineered pig kidney into a living person.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Cheryl Corley, Scott Hensley, H.J. Mai, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Zia Budge, Nia Dumas, and Katie Klein. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott, and our technical director is Carly Strange, and we hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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NPR international affairs correspondent Jackie Northam has been following Trudeau's rise and fall over the years. And she's with us now to tell us more about it. Good morning, Jackie. Good morning, Michelle. Jackie, there have been calls for months now for Trudeau to resign, even from members of his own Liberal Party. What happened?
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This is quite a fall for somebody who, you know, more than nine years ago had a landslide victory during his first run as prime minister. Just tell us more about him.
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So a progressive agenda that the public seemed to embrace at the time that he was elected and seemed to warmly embrace it. What happened? Why has he become so unpopular?
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And this decision to resign comes just as President-elect Donald Trump is due to head back to the White House in the U.S. The two leaders have not had the best relationship. So what is the next Canadian leader going to have to deal with?
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Thank you. The number of people being held at the U.S. military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been cut nearly in half.
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And major changes are coming to the Minneapolis Police Department almost five years after the murder of George Floyd.
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NPR's Sasha Pfeiffer has been covering Guantanamo for years, and she's with us now to tell us more about it. Good morning, Sasha. Good morning, Michelle.
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You know, Democrats have been trying to close this facility for years. And the Biden administration had four years to do this. Tell us about this last minute flurry of transfers weeks before leaving office. How did this all come together? Yeah.
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Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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Well, as you've been reporting for all this time, a very complicated kind of moral, political and legal issue.
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Sasha, before we let you go, could you remind us of the history of the Guantanamo prison and how many people have been held there over the years?
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You're welcome. The Minneapolis City Council has voted unanimously to enter an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to reform the city's police department.
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Minnesota Public Radio's Estelle Timor-Wilcox is with us now to talk about the agreement and what it proposes to do. Good morning, Estelle. Good morning, Michelle. So the Justice Department began its scrutiny of the Minneapolis Police Department just after George Floyd was killed. What did they find that led to this consent decree?
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The mayor, Jacob Fry, said the agreement set a clear path forward for police in the community. What's in it?
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You know, I want to mention here that this agreement is the 16th policing settlement that the Justice Department is currently enforcing. That's according to Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clark. Do these agreements work well?
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We have to have this agreement.
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And the city council, as you were noting, voted unanimously to enact this consent decree. And what happens now?
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That is Minnesota Public Radio's Estelle Timar Wilcox. Estelle, thank you so much for joining us. You're welcome. And that's Up First for Tuesday, January 7th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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After a landslide victory during his first run as Prime Minister, how did he become so unpopular?
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Nick Spicer, Barry Hardiman, Cheryl Corley, Jenea Williams, and Ellis Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Ben Abrams. We get engineering support from David Greenberg, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Joanna, do we know what this pause will affect, what kinds of weaponry, et cetera, it will cover?
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Do you have a sense of whether this was a surprise in Ukraine?
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Do you have a sense of what kind of impact pulling this aid will have, recognizing, like you just said, that we're not exactly sure what it covers? But do you have a sense even now of what kind of impact this is going to have?
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You know, I think people might remember that Ukraine already has some experience with the U.S. holding back military aid. In 2023, Trump directed Republicans in Congress to stall a multibillion-dollar package which had been proposed by the Biden administration. Can you just remind us what happened then?
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So, Joanna, before we let you go, what are Ukraine's options?
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That is NPR's Joanna Kakisis in Kiev. Thanks, Joanna.
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President Trump will deliver a major speech to a joint session of Congress tonight.
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For more on what we might expect, we have White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben here with us. Good morning, Danielle. Good morning, Michelle. Has the White House said anything about what the president will talk about tonight?
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And Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China are rattling markets and sparking retaliation.
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Danielle, thinking about my time as a White House correspondent, and my recollection is that the presidents usually ask Congress to do something. So I recognize what you said, that there hasn't been the kind of preview we were used to getting. But do we have a sense of what kind of legislation President Trump might be looking for?
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Canada and China are already hitting back with tariffs of their own, raising fears of an all-out trade war. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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And the speech is also coming on the heels of that just remarkable, you know, contentious meeting last week with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, you know, that fight in the Oval Office that we've talked so much about. Do you have a sense of whether Trump is going to address that in these remarks tonight?
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So, you know, one of the things that I think a lot of people look for, including, you know, not the political professionals, but just people in the audience, is what's the mood in the room? What are the theatrics of the speech? Any sense of what we might expect there?
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That is NPR's Danielle Kerslap. And, Danielle, thank you.
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President Trump's trade war is escalating. U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico took effect at midnight, and tariffs on Chinese imports were doubled to 20%. In response, this morning, Beijing announced tariffs of up to 15% on an array of U.S. products, including wheat, corn, cotton, and chicken.
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The stock markets have already reacted to this news, taking an early hit on Monday. But so too have relations between the U.S. and its neighbors. And NPR's international affairs correspondent Jackie Northam has been following all this. She's with us now. Good morning, Jackie. Good morning, Michelle. So President Trump has been warning that he's going to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
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He had delayed them by a month, thinking, you know, leading to speculation he might be open to compromise. Any sense of why go ahead now?
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So whatever happens to these tariffs, whether they hold or not, has this action had an effect on U.S.-Canadian relationships?
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The White House says it will pause military aid to Ukraine as the country continues to defend itself from Russian attacks.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Miguel Macias, Roberta Rampton, Tara Neal, Alice Wolfley, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Zia Budge, Nia Dumas, and Chris Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent and our technical directors, Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Don't leave us here by ourselves. Do not think about it.
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What is the White House trying to pressure Ukraine to do by holding back weapons?
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Joining us now to talk about all this is NPR's Ukraine correspondent, Joanna Kakissis. Joanna, good morning.
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I'm Michelle Martin, that's Stephen Skipp, and this is Up First from NPR News. An ethics watchdog who criticized the first Trump administration now watches the second.
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A liquor store worker in Canada was just about to yank American bourbon off the shelf.
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Sources tell NPR that President Trump is getting ready to issue an executive action that would do two things. Move quickly to make relatively small staff and program cuts and... Call on Congress to close the department entirely. This comes as several dozen of the department's 4,400 workers have already been placed on paid leave. NPR's Corey Turner joins us now.
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What is Elon Musk's authority for accessing Treasury Department records of almost everybody?
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Which is not actually a department. It's more like an ad hoc group. But whatever you call it, it's been an agent of chaos and confusion led by the unelected advisor to the president, Elon Musk.
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And I'm Michelle Martin. Make your next listen. Consider this. The team behind NPR's All Things Considered goes deep into a single news story in just 15 minutes. Listen now on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Trump administration imposed 10% taxes on U.S. imports from China. China responded with 15% taxes on U.S. goods. China also put export controls on vital metals like tungsten.
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It is the most expensive court race in American history, with billionaire Elon Musk and other out-of-state donors spending millions to decide the next justice of the court. Here's Musk over the weekend with a last-minute pitch for the conservative candidate and for what he says are the stakes for President Trump's agenda.
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I'm Michelle Martin-Dencey-Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Democrats think they have a shot at flipping congressional seats in two Florida special elections.
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A state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin is the most expensive judicial race in American history.
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Will President Trump's support help or hurt the Republican candidate's chances?
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In both contests, the Democratic candidates have raised far more money than the Republicans. And the central issue is, once again, President Trump and his agenda.
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Investors are bracing for more turbulence as President Trump prepares to unveil the next phase in his trade war, what he's calling Liberation Day. Trump has said he will impose reciprocal tariffs to match the duties other countries place on American goods.
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First responders are searching for survivors in the frigid Potomac River this morning. after a collision in the skies over Washington, D.C.
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NPR's Joel Rose has been following developments through a long night, and he is with us now. Good morning, Joel.
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What do we know about what happened?
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So we know that search and rescue efforts have been ongoing. What can you tell us about this?
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Joel, is there any word about any survivors?
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Now, of course, the focus here is on trying to find survivors and, you know, perhaps other remains. But is there any indication at this point about what could have caused this collision?
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That is NPR's Joel Rose. Joel, thanks so much after such a long night. Thank you for your reporting.
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President Trump says he plans to use a migrant holding facility at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house up to 30,000 migrants deported from the United States.
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NPR's Sasha Pfeiffer has been covering Guantanamo Bay for years, and she's here with us in our studios in Washington, D.C., to tell us more about this latest development. Good morning. Good morning, Michelle. So, Sasha, look, I think most people, when they hear Guantanamo, they think of a prison for suspected foreign terrorists. Like, this is where
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And an NPR investigation uncovers lengthy criminal records for dozens of January 6th defendants who received pardons from President Trump. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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The alleged 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is held. So are we talking about the same place?
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And before we let you go, holding prisoners at Guantanamo has been very expensive over the years. Do we know how much this would cost and where this money would come from?
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We are learning new information this morning about the lengthy criminal records of dozens of January 6th defendants who received pardons from President Trump.
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NPR investigative correspondent Tom Dreisbach has been digging into the court records. He's here to tell us more about this. Good morning, Tom.
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So what kinds of cases did you identify?
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So how did these criminal records or did these criminal records affect the January 6th cases?
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And I know that Trump has been asked about this. So what has he said about the decision to give clemency to all of the January 6th defendants?
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Now, Trump's pardons only apply to the January 6th charges. So are some people still facing some legal consequences for other cases?
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Tom, thank you.
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Here's an update on a story we told you yesterday. The White House has apparently backed off a plan to pause trillions of dollars in federal spending. The Trump administration rescinded a memo that ordered the money to stop while officials determined if it met the president's partisan priorities.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Russell Lewis, Monica Evstatieva, Barry Hardiman, Janae Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Budge, Nia Dumas, Claire Murashima, and Chris Thomas. We get engineering support from Nisha Hynes, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Intelligence Officials Testify, Trump's Auto Tariffs, DOGE Access
I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. President Trump slaps 25 percent tariffs on imported cars, saying it will boost U.S. manufacturing.
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A group chat among intelligence officials discussing Yemen war plans is now public.
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He says the money collected will boost government revenues and encourage automakers to build cars and parts in the U.S. rather than import them.
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But auto service providers like Cox Automotive estimate that that could add thousands of dollars to car prices if the tariffs go through. And stocks of automakers declined in the hours before the announcement, underscoring the uncertainty Trump's trade policy is having on markets.
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But only one person also has access to federal student loan data and the government's human resources files.
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But that doesn't mean this story is over. Democrats say they still have questions about how the Trump administration is handling national security. Republicans, meanwhile, say it's time to focus on what they are calling a successful bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen.
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Foreign Aid Terminated, Migrants At Guantánamo, Legal Challenges To Federal Firings
Hey, good morning.
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The move effectively guts the six-decade-old agency, which worked to prevent the spread of disease and eliminate poverty and other programs in more than 120 countries.
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You should have an LA one.
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This is my process, Michelle. I know. I'm totally into it. All right. We're ready. USAID has been effectively gutted. 90% of the agency's foreign aid programs have been halted and defunded.
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I'm doing my vocal exercises. Excellent. The brown cow needs. My mother mails me money. Unique New York. That's mine.
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That's what immigrants detained at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay say they experienced during the two weeks they were detained there earlier this month.
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They came and beat me, they threw me on the floor and forced me to put my feet in an X-shape.
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I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Two Venezuelan men who were detained at Guantanamo for weeks till NPR, they were denied access to lawyers and calls to family.
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It is one of the many legal challenges the administration is coming up against as it moves forward with plans to downsize the federal workforce.
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President Trump's promise to crack down on illegal immigration is moving forward on two more fronts this morning.
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NPR immigration policy reporter Ximena Bustillo has been following all this. And she's with us now in our studios in Washington, D.C. to tell us more about it. Good morning, Kamana.
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So let's start with the Lake and Riley Act. This will be the first immigration bill that President Trump will sign. What exactly will it do?
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You know, most Democrats oppose the bill, but some did support it. I mean, enough that it can credibly say it passed with bipartisan support. What does that say about the politics of immigration right now?
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So in terms of enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, will have to do a lot of heavy lifting here. How well will they be able to implement this? Do they have the resources to do all this?
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And have Republicans answered this? What have they said about this concern?
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It was pretty vague. It said that it's canceled, that they can't offer any further explanation at the time. How will this impact health research?
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Okay, let's turn back to those troops that are headed to the southern border. What do we know about what they're going to be doing there? What's their assignment?
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That is NPR's Germana Bustillo. Germana, thank you. Thank you. Turning now to science, researchers around the country are concerned after the National Institutes of Health canceled key meetings.
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NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin is here to tell us more. Good morning, Selena.
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So what do we know about what's behind these cancellations?
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And after two delays because of wildfires in the L.A. area, today Oscar nominations are finally announced. Who will make the list? Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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It was pretty vague. It said that it's canceled, that they can't offer any further explanation at the time, and it thanked us for our service to the NIH.
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Okay, this may be basic, too basic, Selena, but could they be rescheduled a little later on?
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Also this week, the Department of Health and Human Services put a freeze on external communication. Could that be the reason that these meetings were canceled or suspended or postponed?
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And all this is coming while the leadership at HHS is still in limbo. What do we know about what's next for Trump's nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ?
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That is NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin. Selena, thank you.
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After a series of delays due to the wildfires in Los Angeles, nominations for the 97th Oscars were announced this morning. Emilia Perez received 13 nominations, followed by Wicked and The Brutalist with 10 each. Here to tell us all about it is NPR pop culture correspondent Linda Holmes. Linda, good morning. Welcome back. Thank you so much.
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So let's start with Emilia Perez, one of the clear favorites heading into today.
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It's always, I don't know, surprising is the right word, but 10 pictures nominated for Best Picture, but only five nominees for Best Director. And so you're always wondering, okay, So you got Best Picture nominee, but not the director. Like for Nickel Boys, for example, he wasn't nominated, even though... Absolutely.
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That is Linda Holmes. She hosts NPR's podcast, Pop Culture. Happy hour. Thanks, Linda. Thank you, Michelle. And that's Up First for Thursday, January 23rd.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Jason Breslow, Diane Weber, Claire Lombardo, Olivia Hampton, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Chris Thomas, Milton Guevara, and Claire Murashima. We get engineering support from Zach Coleman, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordonez is here to tell us more about this. Good morning, Franco.
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So tell us more about these dictator comments. What's the backstory here?
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I'm so tired.
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He has to, yeah.
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Yeah.
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So, okay, it's over 50%. Okay. I think it would be helpful here to go back into the history, dating back to the first Trump administration. I'm talking about the history between these two men. Remind us of that. And how does this play into what's happening now?
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Really? How come? How? How'd you do it?
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How is Zelensky responding to these latest attacks?
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Trump called Zelensky a dictator. Zelensky accused Trump of spreading misinformation. They both agree the war in Ukraine should end, so why are they so far apart on how to get there?
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Franco, thank you.
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The Trump administration has posted a new online tracker that lists what it describes as the dollars saved by the Department of Government Efficiency.
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NPR's Stephen Fowler did the math. He is here with us now to tell us what he found. Good morning, Stephen. Good morning. Okay, so what does this online Doge document claim to track?
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Important to note here that Elon Musk, the tech mogul, and also I want to point out a government contractor who heads up this group, insists that the work is transparent. So two questions here. Is it transparent? And now that you've been reviewing these contracts, how do their numbers stack up with what you have found?
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Okay, that's a pretty big typo, Stephen. Okay, so what about the rest of the claims?
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Okay, so a purported $55 billion in savings shrinks to $16 billion, which upon further examination you found is just $2 billion. Well, one could argue that's still a lot of money, though.
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Whatever you can tell me.
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Quickly, Stephen, if meaningful savings have to be achieved through difficult conversations in Congress and the Doge effort isn't actually saving much money, what is the point?
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That is NPR's Stephen Fowler. Stephen, thank you.
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Hamas has released the bodies of what it says are four Israeli hostages back to Israel, including the body of a mother and her two young sons.
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For more, we're joined by NPR's Kat Lonsdorff in Tel Aviv. Good morning, Kat. It must be a difficult day there.
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Yeah, it is. It's pretty somber here. So what can you tell us about the remains that were released? Who were they?
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And Hamas released the bodies of four Israeli hostages today. What's known about them and the circumstances in which they died? Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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Do we know how they died?
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This is the first time that Hamas has handed over bodies during this war. The previous releases have been of hostages who were alive. So would you mind just describing the scene? Like, what was it like both in Gaza and in Israel? Was it different?
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So you've obviously been following the ceasefire deal very closely. What's expected to happen next in the coming days and in the ceasefire deal?
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Thank you, Kat. Thank you. And that's up first for Thursday, February 20th.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Dana Farrington, Padmananda Rama, Didi Skanki, Reena Advani, and Jenea Williams. It was produced by Ziad Budge, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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President Trump is escalating his personal attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him a dictator.
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And parents Bobby Allen is with us to talk about what this could mean. Good morning, Bobby.
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So why is the Supreme Court stepping in?
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TikTok's American future is now up to the Supreme Court. The Chinese-owned company wants the high court to stop a ban of the app from taking effect next month. What does this mean for the tens of millions of TikTok users?
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7,000 Syrian refugees have been living in a makeshift camp on the Jordanian border for the past nine years. Now, after the fall of the Assad regime, most of them want to go home, but what will wait for them there? And Pierce, Jane Araf is one of the first journalists to have visited the campsite.
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So it's TikTok's argument that this ban violates Americans' free speech rights?
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OK, so what could this mean for the tens of millions of Americans who use TikTok? I mean, some people use it every day.
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There's already a lot changing in Syria now that dictator Bashar al-Assad is gone.
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NPR's Jane Araf has been traveling the country, and she's with us on the line now from Damascus. Good morning, Jane. Good morning, Michelle. So as we said, you've been traveling around Syria this past week. Tell us some of what you found.
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Now, you've also been following what's happening with Syrian Kurdish forces and Syrian Arab forces. The U.S. has been trying to broker a truce there. What did you find out about this?
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No, conflict's still simmering, it seems like. Absolutely. That is NPR's Jane Raff talking with us from Damascus. Jane, thank you. Thank you. Verdicts this morning have been handed down in a high-profile rape trial in the south of France.
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And Paris Eleanor Beardsley is at the courthouse now. We're going to go to her in Avignon. Eleanor, good morning. Good morning, Michelle. Could you just start by reminding us who the accused are and, of course, tell us the verdicts?
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So tell us more. We can hear that there's a hubbub there. Tell us about the scene there at the courthouse.
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Say more, if you would, about the impact of this trial, which is, as Steve pointed out, has just, I mean, it's shaken the country to its core. And, I mean, it's attracted attention all over the world.
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Before we let you go, tell us a bit more about the victim or the survivor, I think we should say, Giselle Pellicot.
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Eleanor, thank you. Thank you, Michelle. And that's up first per Thursday, December 19th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Cara Platoni, Arzu Razvani, Rylan Barton, H.J. Mai, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Katie Klein. We get engineering support from Nisha Heinous and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Russia Mulls Ceasefire, EPA Rollbacks, Iran Rebuffs Trump
A top White House envoy is in Moscow today seeking Russia's response to the offer of a 30-day ceasefire. That's the same offer the U.S. brokered with Ukraine earlier this week. Under the proposal, the U.S. promised to restore military and intelligence support to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine promising an end to attacks on Russia. The question is, would Russia reciprocate?
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Early signs suggest Russia remains skeptical. Joining us to talk about this is NPR Russia correspondent Charles Mainz. Charles, good morning. Good morning. So what do we know about these talks and the Kremlin's position going into them?
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Okay, so look, it's a negotiation, but does this mean, does this, I don't know what you want to call this, sort of signaling mean that the ceasefire proposal has already failed, that the talks are over before they began?
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So is the message here, or is the message what he's trying to signal, is why bother negotiating over what you're winning anyway?
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Well, to that end, that Trump has been criticized so far for seeming to cut a deal almost exclusively on Moscow's terms. Has that changed?
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That is NPR Russia correspondent Charles Mains. Charles, thank you.
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The Trump administration is moving to dismantle decades of key environmental and climate rules and policies.
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Jeff Brady from NPR's Climate Desk is here to tell us more about this. Good morning, Jeff.
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So which regulations are being targeted?
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And the president sent a letter to Iran proposing nuclear talks. Can't let them have a nuclear weapon. But the Supreme Leader is not buying Trump's offer. He calls it a deception. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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What are some of the other regulations the EPA is reconsidering?
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And what about the oil industry? How's the oil industry responding to this EPA announcement?
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And Jeff, before we let you go, what are the next steps here?
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President Trump sent a letter to Iran about opening new talks over its nuclear program.
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Joining us now to explain Iran's response and what's at stake here is NPR international correspondent Aya Batraoui in Dubai. Aya, good morning to you.
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So let's start with this letter. Trump has said the letter to Iran would be proposing nuclear talks to avert military action. So what can you tell us about Iran's response so far?
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So he's referring here to what we call Trump's maximum pressure campaign on Iran in his first term. And it did ramp up tensions in the region where you are. So what can you tell us about how things are, where things stand right now?
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This as an American envoy is in Moscow to negotiate the plan Ukraine has already accepted. Will he seal the deal or will Russia press for more concessions?
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And what is the view there from the Gulf Arab states like the UAE, which is where you are?
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And that's Up First for Thursday, March 13th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Ryland Barton, Neela Banerjee, Kevin Drew, Alice Wolfley, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Nisha Hainas, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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So if India has high tariffs on U.S. imports and Trump, as you say, as he certainly says repeatedly, wants more fair, what he considers more fair trading relationships, what is the room for negotiation there?
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So Asma, before we let you go, are there other issues that you expect these two leaders to discuss?
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Donald Trump returned to the White House vowing to end the war in Ukraine, and yesterday he took action.
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We want to talk more about this, so we have here with us NPR's Russia correspondent, Charles Mainz. Charles, good morning.
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How did the leader of Ukraine respond? And will Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Education work herself out of a job?
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Let's start with that Putin call. What do we know?
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And of course, there's another key party here, which is Ukraine. What do we know about his conversation with President Zelensky?
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Senators question Linda McMahon later today. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with President Trump here in Washington, D.C. today.
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So, Charles, another issue here, Russia's release of Mark Fogel, an American schoolteacher who was serving a long sentence in Russia on charges he brought marijuana into the country illegally. Do we know more about the trade now, more details about this?
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That is NPR's Russia correspondent, Charles Mains. Charles, thank you.
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Linda McMahon's Senate confirmation hearing for Education Secretary today could be dramatic and unusual.
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NPR's Janaki Mehta has been following this story. Good morning, Janaki.
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Before we get to what we can expect on the Hill today, would you just start by telling us the latest at the Education Department?
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President Trump has made it clear that job one for McMahon will be dismantling the department. Will anything be left if she steps in to lead it?
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So what exactly are we expecting at the confirmation hearing today?
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Has McMahon shared anything about her own thoughts about where she stands on what should be done with the Department of Education?
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And now an update on a story we're following. The Trump administration's offer to let federal workers resign and continue to be paid until September is going ahead. On Wednesday, a federal judge in Boston declined to block the program. Labor unions had filed lawsuits arguing that the government's offer was rushed and overstepped its authority.
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Joining us now to talk more about this is NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid. Asma, good morning. Good morning. So let's start with trade. We've heard a lot in recent days about tariffs. How does India factor into that?
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but the judge said the complaint should have been brought to the independent agencies that settle labor disputes. The Office of Personal Management, which can now begin processing the resignations, said more than 65,000 people had accepted the offer, but some of them may not be eligible.
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Rich Couture is president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 215 and works for the Social Security Administration.
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He says many people may have opted to resign before being told they were exempt and that there's still a lot of confusion about the program. For more on this story, listen to Morning Edition or visit NPR.org. And that's Up First for Thursday, February 13th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Steve Drummond, Roberta Rampton, Rylan Barton, Alice Wolfley, and Allie Schweitzer. It was produced by Ziad Budge, Nia Dumas, and Chris Thomas. We get engineering support from Nisha Hynes, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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He and Prime Minister Modi will meet today in Washington. Will a dispute over trade drive a wedge in their close relationship?
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LA Wildfires, Carter's State Funeral, Trump's Agenda
Today, every school in Los Angeles is closed. It's one sign of the way that wildfires have affected the nation's second largest city.
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Could you just give us an overview of the kind of destruction that these fires are causing?
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I mean, it just sounds just like a horrific sort of scene there. Could you just, would you just describe more about what you saw?
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Adrian, to that point, we've been hearing about how there just don't seem to be enough resources to fight all these fires. What can you tell us about that?
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Adrienne, do you have any sense of when these fires may be under control?
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That is NPR's Adrian Florido in Los Angeles. Adrian, thank you.
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Today, all the living U.S. presidents will gather with hundreds of other dignitaries at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral.
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NPR senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith will be in the cathedral for the funeral, and she is with us now for a preview. Good morning, Tam. Good morning. So just start with telling us how history will remember Jimmy Carter.
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And President-elect Trump met with Senate Republicans to help chart a course for his second term. Stay with us. We've got news you need to start your day.
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As we said, all the living presence will be there, which is not something that often happens. What will you be watching for?
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OK, so potential for some subtext there. But what else stands out to you from the list of speakers?
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That is NPR's Tamara Keith. Tam, thank you. You're welcome. President-elect Donald Trump also visited Capitol Hill last night to pay his respects to former President Jimmy Carter.
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So here to tell us all about this is NPR congressional correspondent Barbara. Barbara, good morning to you. Good morning. So Barbara, he met with the senators, Republican senators. What were the senators hoping for in that meeting?
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Interesting. So that's what they wanted, that they get it.
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Why does it matter if Trump signs off on a strategy?
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That is NPR congressional correspondent Barbara Spratt. Barbara, thank you. Thank you.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Gigi Dupin, Roberta Ramson, Kelsey Snell, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Zia Budge, Nia Dumas, and Lily Quiroz. We get engineering support from Robert Rodriguez and David Greenberg, and our technical director is Zach Coleman, and we hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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I'm feeling kind of yanked around a little bit. I mean, it's good. I'm glad that like something is coming out that what happened wasn't correct and was potentially illegal.
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Will Trump's gamble on a trade war pay off? I'm Michelle Martin, that's Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. We also get reaction from markets and leaders around the world.
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Starting this weekend, Trump plans to charge a minimum 10% tax on virtually all foreign goods coming into the U.S., with imports from dozens of countries facing much higher levies. Speaking in the White House Rose Garden yesterday, Trump said the tariffs would help spark a rebirth of American industry.
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Early reaction to the president's move has been mostly negative. Stock futures fell sharply overnight. The European Union has threatened countermeasures. And other U.S. trading partners are expected to retaliate with tariffs of their own on U.S. exports.
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President Trump says tariffs will spark a rebirth of American industry, but U.S. exporters are bracing for the worst.
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We have more now on the international response to President Trump's sweeping new tariffs. It's been swift.
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For more on this, we turn to Beijing now with NPR's John Ruich. John, good morning. Good morning. How have global markets taken the news?
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And what about governments? How are governments around the world reacting?
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What about in China where you are? What's been the reaction there?
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Earlier this year, lawmakers passed a law banning the app, citing national security concerns, unless it sheds its China-based owner ByteDance. Following his inauguration, President Trump said he would not enforce the ban, which was still the law, and that he'd hold a public auction to sell TikTok over the coming months.
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Many bidders have lined up, including one from a YouTuber known as Mr. Beast and a separate offer from Amazon.
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The Long Shadow of Duterte's Drug War
It's not just here. It's also in our neighborhood. Especially in Tokhang.
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She said, look at this woman who was just killed. This could be you. Her husband had already narrowly avoided death.
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Chris Mel Sirioso had been out late and then gone out drinking at a bar in the neighborhood. A police car pulled up.
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Even if you say he's the worst criminal in the world, he still doesn't deserve to die.
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I mean, there was people dying around you, so you hoard things, you make walls, you know. So, like, somebody came through your door, they couldn't get to you, you know. I never in my life lived like that. I felt like no one was safe, not even me. I just kind of basically left, and I, like, camped out across the street. I was really scared.
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Yeah, so we're seeing a lot of cases. And it's tough, Ayesha, because the government in many cases is unwilling or unable to give us all the facts in the case. But what we're seeing is people with relatively minor visa issues. So let's say they're on a tourist visa and they're house-sitting for someone. Another example, someone who is a fiance of a U.S.
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citizen coming in on a tourist visa and border officials saying, wait a second, that's illegal. You should be on a fiance visa. You know, in the past, border officials would say, OK, there's a problem with your visa. You need to fix it and come back to us. Now people are being sent to detention centers. They're being deported over these really minor violations. And it's scary for people.
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The reasons that people are being detained for much longer, not entirely clear to me, but often if you are going to be deported, it's something as simple as you need to buy a plane ticket and the government doesn't just let you buy any plane ticket. You have to buy an open plane ticket, which means they can put you on any flight and those can run
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you know, six, seven, eight thousand dollars, people don't often have that money. And so they're being detained longer so they can collect the money just to buy their plane ticket home.
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Yeah. So they are pointing to President Trump's executive order that orders extreme vetting. And they're proud of this. They're saying, you know, we're enforcing the laws on the books and we're catching attempted terrorists coming into the country. We're catching people who are breaking our laws. You know, this is not something that they are not proud of. Right.
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In our laws and in our precedent, we even as U.S. citizens have very few rights at the border. You and I were coming back into the country could have our phones searched online. And that's even more the case for people who are not U.S. citizens. It's totally legal for agents to search people's phones, to search people's social media accounts. They're using AI tools to find things on people.
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So it's a much deeper level of searching than people are aware of. And I think people are being even more scrutinized than they were just a few years ago because of these really recent advances in AI technology.
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I think you hear about it again because these are wealthier people who have more savvy about going to the media. You're right that people from generally from poorer countries have a much harder time even getting tourist visas. The denial rate is really high. And so I think a lot of cases people don't have access to the U.S. at all are being stopped sort of at that level.
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And so we don't even hear about it.
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It could end up being significant. You know, right now, the industry that I've seen that has been the most alarmed, I would say, are universities, research institutions, the type of places that rely a lot on international exchange. They have foreign professors, foreign students. But it could have a much broader impact. You know, tourism is one of our main industries here in the U.S.,
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But if people feel like they could face danger or long detention, it could deter some people from coming here.
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President Trump Third Term, Smithsonian Executive Order, Myanmar Earthquake
The Constitution says he cannot, so how would he get around that?
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Is there support for a third Trump term, as he says?
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Is there a political reason for Trump to be saying this?
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Before we let you go, in his conversation with NBC's Kristen Welker, Trump also made news on tariffs. Tell us what he said there, please.
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That is NPR's Tamara Keith. Tam, thank you. You're welcome.
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NPR Culture reporter Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento is with us now for more. Good morning, Isabella. Good morning. So the order is called Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History. Maybe start by telling us a bit more about what it says.
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What changes does the Trump administration want to make? And rescue workers in Myanmar are searching through rubble following Friday's earthquake. As the window to find survivors closes, the death toll is rising. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. Could President Trump get elected to a third term in office? The Constitution says no.
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There's also a section of the executive order focused on monuments. What does that say?
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Do we know what monuments could actually be put back up?
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So, you know, a lot of this executive order focuses on how the story of America is told. So what are historians saying about this?
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That's NPR culture reporter Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento. Isabella, thank you. Thank you. Myanmar's military authorities say the death toll from Friday's earthquake has risen to more than 1,700, with thousands more wounded. Numbers that are expected to rise as the window for finding survivors closes.
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Reporter Michael Sullivan has been following the relief effort from neighboring Thailand. Hello, Michael.
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So what do we know about the damage so far?
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What has been the military government's response? Have they reached out to other countries for help?
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And, you know, you've reminded us that this is just the latest problem for the people of Myanmar because they're in the midst of a civil war.
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There have been calls for a ceasefire from abroad and from some of the groups battling the military. So is the conflict on hold to deal with this tragedy?
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That is reporter Michael Sullivan in Thailand. Michael, thank you.
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And that's up first for Monday, March 31st. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Krishna Dev Kalamar, Claire Lombardo, Rylan Barton, Lisa Thompson, and Ellis Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Bunch, Nia Dumas, and Chris Thomas. We get engineering support from Nisha Hainas and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Joining us to talk about all this is NPR senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, who was traveling with the president this weekend. Good morning, Tam. Good morning. So Trump has talked about serving a third term many times. I think people assumed he was joking. And based on the plain language of the 22nd Amendment, that would not be constitutional. So what's going on here?
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Occupy Gaza Plan, Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, China Economy
Do these plans for Israel ruling Gaza have the support of the Trump administration?
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To that end, what are you hearing from Israelis about these plans for Gaza?
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That is Empire's Daniel Estrin in Tel Aviv. Daniel, thank you.
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Delegations from the United States and Ukraine have begun talks in Saudi Arabia to try to achieve a ceasefire in Russia's war with Ukraine.
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We're going to go now to NPR's Eleanor Beardsley, who is in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. Eleanor, hello. Good morning, Michelle. So you've been talking to people in Kyiv, people who are just trying to live their lives. Do the people that you've heard from think that these talks could produce a real ceasefire?
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And China is trying to rebalance its economy. Steve is in Beijing for China's annual conference for global business to find out how China is planning to deal with the U.S. trade war.
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Wow, that sounds terrible. What do Ukrainians say? What do they tell you about these ongoing attacks, even as the ceasefire talks are taking place?
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And remind us, what is Ukraine pushing for in these talks?
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Eleanor, thank you. You're welcome, Michelle. In recent weeks, we have followed the news of President Trump's tariffs on China. Today, we hear some of China's response because Steve is in Beijing.
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Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. We have new details about military plans Israel has drawn up for Gaza.
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And that's up first for Monday, March 24th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Alex Leff, Ryland Barton, Reena Advani, Jenea Williams, and Mohamed El-Bardisi. It was produced by Ziad Budge, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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NPR's Daniel Estrin is on the line with us now from Tel Aviv. Daniel, good morning.
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What can you tell us about these classified plans?
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But what would it take to hold the territory, and what does it mean for the Palestinians living there?
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Trump At The Superbowl, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Turmoil, Air Aid To Gaza
I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Employees at a U.S. agency set up to protect consumers from financial fraud have been told to stop doing any work.
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The Eagles dominated Kansas City to win Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans.
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What will it mean for Americans if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot function?
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Under President Biden, the agency issued and enforced rules to cap overdraft fees and to remove medical bills from credit reports. Now employees have been told to stay home this week.
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That has allowed more food and medicine to enter the Palestinian territory that's been devastated by more than a year of war. It's still not enough, according to aid officials. Jordan has begun helping out, delivering medical supplies via what it refers to as an air bridge. flying helicopters to land inside Gaza.
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The Kansas City Chiefs attempt at a Super Bowl III. Pete was picked apart by the Philadelphia Eagles in a 40-22 blowout.
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At least Kendrick Lamar's halftime show featuring SZA... Samuel L. Jackson and a dancing Serena Williams brought some life back into New Orleans Superdome.
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And the fans there had some mixed reaction to that. Some cheered, some booed. The game kept a whirlwind last few days for Trump, and he told reporters to expect another busy week.
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Ex-U.S. Capitol Police Officer Remembers Jan. 6, CNN Defamation Trial, Golden Globes
We are expecting a much different scene than four years ago today when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. About 140 police officers were injured. The FBI calls the attack an act of domestic terrorism. Trump has referred to January 6th as a, quote, day of love, and he's promised to pardon people charged for their role in the attack.
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I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. CNN is in court today defending itself against accusations of defamation. A security contractor who offered to help Afghans flee the Taliban said the network wrongly portrayed him as predatory. The trial comes as public perceptions of the media are increasingly negative.
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Donald Trump has said he will pardon the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. A retired Capitol Police officer says that feels like betrayal.
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Today, CNN is in court fighting a defamation lawsuit. A security contractor who had offered to evacuate people from Afghanistan says he sued CNN to clear his name.
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Netflix's Emilia Perez took home the most movie awards, including one for Best Musical or Comedy Film and one for co-star Zoe Saldana as supporting actress. Shogun led wins on the television side.
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When Ukraine's president visited the White House, it devolved into this.
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That's President Trump scolding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday.
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NPR's Lauren Frayer joins us now from London to discuss all this. Good morning, Lauren.
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Okay, has Friday's meltdown at the White House spurred Europeans into action?
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Europe must do more. So what more do the Europeans say they're going to do?
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And here's Lauren Frayer with The View from Europe. Thank you, Lauren. You're welcome. Israel has blocked all aid and supplies into Gaza. That includes food and medical supplies.
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And an NPR investigation finds major gaps in the system used to report misconduct in
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Good morning, Kat.
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Okay, so Israel says there's a new plan for the ceasefire. What do we know about where it came from and what is being proposed?
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And what are you hearing from Hamas? Are they on board with this plan?
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Okay. So Hamas is not embracing it, as you point out. And in response, Israel has blocked all aid into Gaza. What does that mean exactly? Yeah.
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OK, so does this mean the ceasefire is broken?
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Thank you, Kat.
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A new NPR investigation has found problems with the system for policing bad behavior by federal judges and a pervasive culture of fear about blowing the whistle.
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A warning, this investigation and Carrie's reporting mentions sexual assault. Carrie, thanks for being here. Thanks, Layla. Okay, so tell us a little bit more about the scope of what you found and when you started looking into this.
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Okay, bad experiences. That's pretty broad. I mean, what were the common themes you heard in talking with all sorts of people?
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Did you get some former clerks to share their stories? What stands out to you about them?
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So what are the federal courts saying about what you found in this investigation?
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But then you have a lot of these young clerks that you spoke to that feel unprotected. Are there any efforts to change the system?
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Thank you, Carrie. I'm sure we'll hear more of your reportings and your findings in the weeks and months ahead.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Miguel Macias, Didi Skanky, Krishnadev Kalamer, Alice Wolfley, and Mohamed El-Badisi. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Claire Morishima, and Chris Thomas. We get engineering support from Zach Coleman, and our technical director is David Greenberg. Join us again tomorrow.
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I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. The German parliament passed a motion to restrict immigration by turning back asylum seekers at the border. It narrowly passed with the support of the country's extremist far-right party. Lawmakers' cooperation with them broke a long-standing taboo against working with the far-right.
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We're starting to learn the identities of crew members on board the flights that collided just outside Washington, D.C.
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It has erupted into a fierce national debate over the degree to which the country should allow its most extreme political elements into mainstream politics. And at the center of this debate is the man who is the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor.
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What does it mean that these extremists are now participating in mainstream politics?
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Nuclear weapons testing might seem like a relic of the Cold War.
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As all this is happening, NPR's Jeff Brumfield got an extraordinary look inside America's program to maintain its nuclear weapons. And he's with us now to tell us more about it. Jeff, good morning. Good morning. So just start out by telling us where you went and what you saw.
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Okay, he said subcritical experiments. Jeff, what does that mean?
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To that point, though, do we know what the Trump administration plans to do with regards to nuclear testing?
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The crash, which occurred over the Potomac River, killed 67 people. We're also beginning to learn the identities of some of the crew on those aircraft.
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That is NPR's Jeff Brumfield. Jeff, thank you. Thank you.
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And I'm Michelle Martin. And just a reminder, Up First airs on weekends, too. Ayesha Roscoe and Scott Simon will have the news. Look for it wherever you get your podcasts.
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Okay, so here's the critical question. Do we know if that op-ed is why immigration agents arrested her?
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And, of course, I think many people may remember that Mahmoud Khalil was arrested at Columbia University three weeks ago on similar accusations after the Secretary of State decided to revoke his green card. Now, let me remind here that he is a legal permanent resident, not a student visa holder, and he's married to an American citizen. Other students and scholars have also been pursued or arrested.
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So how wide is this dragnet?
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And what might be next for these students who have been targeted?
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That is NPR's Adrienne Florido. Adrienne, thank you.
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The Trump administration plans to restructure the Department of Health and Human Services and cut 20,000 employees.
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NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin has been reporting on these plans and what they mean, and she is with us now. Good morning. Good morning, Michelle. So, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this plan yesterday. What's he trying to do?
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Okay, so Selena, these plans were just announced, but what's been the reaction so far?
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And President Trump keeps House Republicans' slim majority intact by pulling Elise Stefanik's nomination for U.N. ambassador. Plus, Steve Inskeep is in China, where he's seeing how American tariffs are changing business in one of the world's largest trading hubs. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S.
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Do we know yet which agencies are going to be the most affected?
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So presumably some people do support these plans. So what do Kennedy's supporters or supporters of these plans say?
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That is NPR health correspondent, Selena Simmons-Devon. Selena, thank you.
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Republicans on Capitol Hill have worked quickly to confirm President Trump's cabinet nominees.
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Here to explain why is NPR political reporter Alina Moore. She's here with me in our studios. Good morning. Good morning. So Elise Stefanik's nomination was expected to be an easy vote. So what happened?
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OK, but Republicans have known about their razor thin majority as far back as November when Trump picked Stefanik. So why now?
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has revoked hundreds of visas as part of a crackdown on student activists who opposed Israel's war in Gaza.
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What's been the reaction on Capitol Hill?
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That is NPR political reporter Elena Moore. Elena, thank you. Thanks. Just about every day, we learn of new tariffs threatened or imposed by the United States. President Trump ordered tariffs on auto imports this week, sending the stock market falling. Next week, the administration promises new tariff numbers for every country based on a calculation of tariffs that they charge.
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20% tariffs are already in effect on goods from China. And Steve Inskeep has been talking with some of the sellers. Hello there, friend. Hi there, friend. So where have you been?
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Okay, Steve, sounds like a shopper's paradise, but what did you learn about tariffs?
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Well, that's what economists say will happen with tariffs, that it's a tax that Americans will pay.
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When immigrants are under attack, what do we do? Is the Trump administration targeting students just for criticizing Israel?
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That's Steve Inskeep speaking to us from Shanghai. Steve, thank you. You're welcome, Michelle. It's good to talk with you. What do Mudang, the pygmy hippo, social media sensation hawk to a girl and the president of the United States all have in common? They've all inspired meme coins, which are a valuable, highly volatile type of cryptocurrency.
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NPR's Adrian Florido has been tracking these developments, and he's with us now. Good morning, Adrian. Good morning, Michelle. So, Adrian, tell us more about Urmesa Ozturk and what happened to her.
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This Sunday on Up First, understanding the meme coin boom. How does it work? And who are the winners and losers in this gamble? Listen to the Sunday story right here on NPR's Up First podcast. And that's Up First for Friday, March 28th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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All right, we made it. It's Friday.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is here in this city today. He's expected to have his first meeting with President Trump since the inauguration.
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Joining us now to talk about all this is NPR's Joanna Kakissa. She's in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. Good morning, Joanna. Good morning, Michelle. So tell us about this critical raw materials agreement. What does it include and what does Ukraine get out of it?
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What is he hoping to get in return?
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Now, this raw materials agreement has gone through many drafts, and you've told us that Zelensky rejected early versions. Why is that?
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Joanna, I think people will remember that Trump called Zelensky a dictator last week, and now Trump has moved to warm relations with Russia, which invaded Ukraine. This is very difficult for Zelensky. So are Ukrainians expecting anything positive from this meeting?
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The stakes seem really high for this meeting, Joanna. Are Ukrainians worried it could go poorly?
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That is NPR's Joanna Kakisis in Kyiv. Joanna, thank you.
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Andrew and Tristan Tate, brothers who face charges in Romania for sexual abuse and human trafficking, are now in Florida.
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NPR's Greg Allen joins us now from Miami to tell us more about this. Good morning, Greg. Hi, Michelle. So just like A just said, why are we talking about Andrew Tate? He has a big following on TikTok and X, popular with some young men, where his sort of displays of masculinity and his extravagant lifestyle. So bring us up to date on what he's charged with.
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So for people who haven't been following this story, Greg, tell us again, who is Andrew Tate and how did he become so famous on social media?
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And foreign aid organizations haven't been paid for five weeks. Lawsuits seeking the release of funds from the Trump administration have just landed in the Supreme Court. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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Do we know whether the Trump administration did play a role in getting their travel restrictions relaxed so they could come to the U.S. ?
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That is NPR's Greg Allen in Miami. Greg, thank you.
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We've reported extensively on how President Trump has spent his first five weeks in office trying to expand executive power.
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NPR's Frank Langford has been tracking the matter. He's with us now. Good morning, Frank.
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So we've been covering these cases at NPR. They are about the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. Just remind us of the details.
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So those are the details. Everybody wants to get paid what they are owed. But are there bigger stakes here, and if so, what are they?
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What do legal analysts make of this case?
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So what is the government telling the court right now?
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That is NPR's Frank Langford. Frank, thank you.
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We are also following this story today. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued a challenge to the Justice Department to disclose if she's under investigation. The New York Democrat held an online seminar earlier this month encouraging constituents to know their rights. That attracted attention from President Trump's border czar.
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After the interview, Ocasio-Cortez sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, which she shared with NPR. The letter asks if Bondi had, quote, yielded to political pressure, unquote, to investigate elected officials for their speech. We've reached out to the Justice Department for comment, and we have not yet gotten a response. And that's Up First for Friday, February 28th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Ryland Barton, Russell Lewis, Catherine Laidlaw, Janae Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Ben Abrams, Christopher Thomas, and Paige Waterhouse. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Our executive producer is Kelly Dickens. Thank you for joining us.
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I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Trump is targeting the federal government's diversity programs. They got their start during the civil rights movement decades ago. And he also wants to get rid of efforts to investigate extremism in the military.
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Both communities are grappling with recovery from disasters, but there is some politics at play, too.
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President Trump is heading to two disaster zones for his first trip since returning to the White House.
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These programs were part of a civil rights movement stretching back decades, but the president has called these efforts, quote, dangerous, demeaning, or immoral, unquote. And he's also targeting efforts to investigate extremism in the military's ranks.
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How could all this change the ranks of the people charged with defending the country?
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I'm Michelle Martin with Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. Israeli authorities received four bodies yesterday from Hamas. Israel says they do not know the identity of one of the bodies. They also did not receive the body of a mother who was supposed to be delivered with her children. How might Israel respond?
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Among the four bodies handed over yesterday were supposed to be those of two young boys and their mother. But after forensic testing, Israeli officials said the mother's remains were not among the bodies of the returned hostages. NPR's Adil El-Shelchi has been following events.
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In addition to the firings, people involved tell NPR that FEMA is cutting back on its work to make homes and buildings safer before a disaster. This is also one of the agencies the president has talked of eliminating.
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The United States recently sent a group of migrants to the base. Now they've been sent away on the way to their eventual destination, their home country of Venezuela.
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And I'm Michelle Martin. Join Up First on Saturday.
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GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government
I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. Russia's army has lost thousands of soldiers trying to capture a single Ukrainian town. Ukraine's army has defended against superior numbers and swarms of drones. We will listen as one of those drones is shot down.
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It's been a busy week, but that didn't get done, so let's review. Lawmakers were on track for a bipartisan bill to manage the next few months, While a new administration takes charge, it added disaster assistance, farm subsidies, and some money for health care programs. Then, Elon Musk, the world's richest man, demanded that Congress kill the deal.
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President-elect Trump followed the lead of his close advisor, telling Republicans to turn against their plan. House Speaker Mike Johnson came up with a plan B, and that failed last night.
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The city is called Pokrovsk. It's not very large, but it's a transportation hub and a coal mining center. An independent estimate finds Russia's army has sacrificed more than 3,000 soldiers, killed and wounded, trying to capture it, so far without success.
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Yes, they've set up an interim government since Syria's military collapsed and President Bashar al-Assad fled. Many people celebrated Assad's defeat and then waited to see what the rebel group known as HTS would do differently. Their challenge is to govern a devastated country with many ethnic and religious groups.
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Justice Department Shakeup, Guantanamo Migrants Lawsuit, Immigration Crackdown Poll
I'm Michelle Martin, that's Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. Legal aid groups are demanding that migrants taken to Guantanamo Bay get access to attorneys.
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There are mass resignations at the U.S. Justice Department.
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NPR reporters have been hearing from people inside multiple agencies who were laid off. Their numbers include people in the Education Department who are working on student loans. and software engineers at the General Services Administration, more than 1,000 workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs were let go.
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And those numbers do not include people who are voluntarily resigning from the government following the so-called fork-in-the-road offer. About 3% of the federal workforce, some 75,000 people, have accepted that offer. But it may not result in the cost savings that Musk and the president say they want. Pay for federal workers made up just 3% of the total federal budget last year.
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At least 112 people have been flown there in about the past week. Now a group of immigrant rights and legal aid organizations led by the American Civil Liberties Union is demanding that the Trump administration give those migrants access to lawyers.
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That is the finding of a new NPR Ipsos poll out today. The poll shows growing support for stronger restrictions on immigration, but at the same time, many of the president's hardline policies are unpopular with big parts of the public.
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I'm Laila Faldin. And I'm Michelle Martin. And remember, Up First airs on Saturdays, too. Ayesha Roscoe and Scott Simon will have the news. Look for it wherever you get your podcasts.
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Justice Department. Three senior prosecutors, along with three others, have quit after they were directed to drop a case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The episode amplifies concerns about whether politics is influencing decisions at the Trump Department of Justice.
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One of President Trump's many changes to the tariff rates on Chinese goods underlined the power held by a single person.
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NPR's Scott Horsley has been watching all these ups and downs, and he is with us now. Good morning, Scott.
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Well, you sure got that right. So the stock market regained a lot of its earlier losses on Wednesday when Trump backtracked on some of its tariffs. But then the air went out of the balloon pretty fast. What happened?
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The market is kind of like, ah! And the consumer's like, uh, and the Fed's job in that environment is to be the one to say, please remain seated with your seatbelt fastened until the pilot indicates it is time to move about the cabin.
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Yeah, and there was some good news on inflation yesterday, but that was largely drowned out by the tariff talk. Would you say more about that?
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And there is concern that progress on inflation could be stalled by the trade war. Isn't that right?
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If you start to see a recession coming, you should lower the rates. If you see prices rising and the inflation rate going up, you should raise the rates. If there's a lot of uncertainty, you should wait and do nothing.
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That is NPR's Scott Horsley. Scott, thank you.
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The Speaker of the House is starting his day on a win.
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And our congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh is with us now. Good morning, Deirdre. Good morning, Michelle. So as I understand it, House Speaker Mike Johnson didn't have the votes on Wednesday, but got it through yesterday. So what happened?
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And the Supreme Court says the Trump administration must return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.
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So about this $1.5 trillion in cuts, there's already discussion about a big chunk of those cuts coming from Medicaid, which is the health care program for low-income people, elderly people, and disabled people.
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Okay, so Republican leaders say they want to get the legislation with all the details to the president's desk by Memorial Day. Is that timeline doable?
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The Supreme Court says the Trump administration must, quote, facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
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The market is kind of like, ah! And the consumer is like, ah!
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NPR's Joel Rose covers immigration, and he's with us now. Good morning, Joel.
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So if you would just remind us who the man is at the center of this case.
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And what exactly did the Supreme Court decide last night?
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So when do we expect that judge to act?
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Has the White House said anything about this? Have they had any comment?
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Before we let you go, there's another closely watched immigration case that's back in court today in Louisiana. So what can you tell us about that?
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That is NPR's Joel Rose. Joel, thank you.
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The First Amendment is a cornerstone of American democracy. This week, our co-host Layla Fadl wanted to know how the right to free speech might be changing for different people under the Trump administration.
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They just sort of shut down the conversation by saying, I'm putting you on a list.
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This Sunday on Up First, who feels emboldened and who feels silenced? Listen to the Sunday story here on NPR's Up First podcast. And that's Up First for Friday, April 11th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Raphael Nam, Kelsey Snell, Julia Redpath, Jan Johnson, and Jenea Williams. It was produced by Ziad Bunch, Ben Abrams, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Nisha Hynes, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Our executive producer is Jay Shaler. We hope you'll join us again.
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On the Wildcard podcast, author John Green fights to be optimistic.
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I'm Rachel Martin. Join us for NPR's Wildcard Podcast, the show where cards control the conversation.
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That's Anne Applebaum, a staff writer for The Atlantic, talking about Trump's recent posturing towards Russia. She says Russia is a threat not only to Ukraine, but also to Europe.
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My co-host Leila Fadl spoke with her about the significance of the shift.
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So how are other world leaders as well as thought leaders making sense of these big changes? I'm Michelle Martin, and this is a special bonus episode of Up First from NPR News. A major shock has been President Trump's tilt toward Russia and its war on Ukraine.
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We also heard from Stephen Walt, a foreign policy expert at Harvard. He's concerned about the kinds of world leaders Trump seems comfortable with.
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President Trump has shaken up America's global alliances with policy reversals and moves toward realignments that are being felt around the world. I'm not aligned with anybody.
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Like Applebaum, Walt is concerned that this positioning should shake up how Democratic allies view the U.S.
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But Walt has been critical of U.S. foreign policy and what he views as an overcommitment to allies and the expansion of NATO without clear benefits to the U.S. So how does he think the U.S. should realign with allies?
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My co-host Steve Inskeep asked Victoria Coates, a former deputy national security advisor in the first Trump administration, if the president has already upended the world order and switched sides.
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Neither is it Europe. So what does she make of the president's approach to Russia's war in Ukraine?
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And in terms of how allies might be interpreting shifts in approach, Coates says visits to Washington from several European leaders, Prime Minister Keir Starmer from the U.K., President Emmanuel Macron of France, and President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, tell a different story.
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Another European leader who came to Washington is EU foreign policy chief Kaya Callas. My colleague A. Martinez spoke with her and started by asking about what President Trump said at his first cabinet meeting as he threatens 25 percent tariffs against the EU.
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What does that mean for future relations between the U.S. and its Democratic allies? It has so many implications that they're almost hard to think through. Stay with us. We've got news you need to make sense of it in this special bonus episode of Up First from NPR News. After years of U.S.
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President Trump, however, has said this about membership.
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But for Callas, NATO membership doesn't just benefit Ukraine. She says Ukraine has one of the strongest armies at the moment. So to have a strong NATO, that would mean having Ukraine as a member.
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Leila Faro spoke with Winston Lord, a former U.S. ambassador to China who was a close aide to the late foreign policymaker Henry Kissinger. Lord is the only surviving American witness of a landmark meeting in 1972 between President Richard Nixon and China's leader Mao Zedong.
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But what does Lorde think about this moment of closer ties between the U.S., Russia and China? Leila asked.
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policies aimed at isolating Russia, the Trump administration is working with Russia to try to make a deal to end the war. Critics say Trump is appeasing Putin, even that Trump has forged a new alliance with Putin. During a heated meeting in the White House with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump says that's not true.
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These are just some of the perspectives we've been hearing about how U.S. foreign policy is shifting under the Trump administration. And that's it for this bonus episode of Up First. We'll keep following this closely here at Up First and on Morning Edition, so keep listening for more news and analysis. This episode was edited by Lisa Thompson, Arezu Rezvani, Rina Edvani, and Olivia Hampton.
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It was produced by Claire Murashima, Nia Dumas, Chris Thomas, and Paige Waterhouse, with additional production from Adam Beeren, Milton Guevara, and Ana Perez. And don't forget, Up First airs on the weekend, too. Ayesha Roscoe and Scott Simon have the news. It will be here in this feed or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Europeans and others are worried because what happens in Ukraine could have broader implications. So what do the shifting alliances mean for America and its role in the world?
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NPR Justice Correspondent Ryan Lucas has been following this. Ryan, let's start with the new Attorney General Pam Bondi, sworn in this week in the Oval Office by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. So now that she's on the job, what has she done?
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Pam Bondi was sworn in this week as U.S. Attorney General. One of her early memos has workers at the Justice Department worried about the possibility of mass firings. Will those who investigated the president be singled out?
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Yeah, that's MPR's Ryan Lucas. Ryan, thanks for breaking it all down. Thank you. Some big companies are literally erasing diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI.
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NPR business correspondent Maria Aspin is the first to report this. Maria, tell us what you found.
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Is this the end of corporate DEI? Plus, it is respiratory virus season and the flu is peaking for a second time. But there's better news on the horizon about COVID.
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Ooh, all right. What do they tell you?
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Yeah, but not every company that's making these changes is a federal contractor. I mean, so what else is happening here?
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Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start your day.
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So is this the end of DEI?
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All right. That's MPR's Maria Aspin. Thanks a lot, Maria.
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Lots of people are feeling pretty crummy these days as the winter stew of respiratory viruses simmers.
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NPR health correspondent Rob Stein joins us now to explain. So, Rob, what's happening out there with all these viruses?
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Yeah, the flu. So tell us what's up with the flu.
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So, Rob, any idea why this is happening? I mean, I'm going to try and connect two things that might not have anything to do with each other. Could it have anything to do with the bird flu?
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This Sunday on Up First, tech companies are creating AI chatbots that seem human but are not.
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the danger of human-like chatbots on the next episode of The Sunday Story right here in the Up First podcast. And that's Up First for Friday, February 7th. I'm A. Martinez.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukoninoff, Rafael Nam, Scott Hensley, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was edited by Ben Adler. Today is Ben's last day with us, and we will definitely miss him dearly. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Dianne Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Patrick Murray and our technical director, Zach Coleman.
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This week, the Senate voted to confirm Pam Bondi as President Trump's new attorney general.
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
From Wall Street to Main Street, businesses are reeling from President Trump's expanded trade war.
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
We're going to talk this through with two of NPR's business correspondents, Scott Horsley and Alina Selyuk. Welcome to you both. Hello, hello.
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
So, Scott, I'm going to start with you. Judging by the stock market's reaction, a lot of investors have been really rattled by these tariffs. But, you know, Trump had been talking about this for weeks. So why are they so spooked?
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
Scott, how will these tariffs affect the economy more broadly?
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
And the president says he's also counting on these steps to raise a lot of money for the government, will they?
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
How are they thinking about their future? And several National Security Council staffers have been fired following a meeting between President Trump and far-right activist Laura Loomer.
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
So we're going to turn to Alina Selyuk now. Alina, you've been talking to small retailers, shopkeepers, and suppliers from around the country. What have you heard so far?
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
What do people like her plan to do?
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
You know, Alina, one of President Trump's arguments for these tariffs is that they would bring manufacturing back to the U.S. What about these businesses? Can they find suppliers here?
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
That is NPR business correspondents Alina Selyuk and Scott Horsley. Alina, thank you. Thank you. Scott, thank you.
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
The New York Times and The Washington Post are reporting that the firing is in connection to a meeting between President Trump and far-right activist Laura Loomer, during which she advocated for their dismissal. Now, I want to mention here that NPR has not independently verified this. A number of National Security Council staffers have also been fired, and President Trump is downplaying that move.
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
Here he is talking on Air Force One last night.
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
The crackdown on immigrants in the U.S. without legal status has left many unsure what to do. This weekend on The Sunday Story, how some immigrants are responding to the clear message that the Trump administration is sending. Leave now.
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
A look at the fear spreading in many immigrant communities. That's on the next Sunday Story from Up First.
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Tariffs Hit At Midnight, Small Business Reactions, National Security Firings
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Pallavi Gogoi, Lisa Thompson, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Damian Herring. Our technical director is Carly Strange. And our executive producer is Jay Shaler. We hope you'll join us again on Monday.