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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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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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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.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, D.C. today.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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Trump Remaking Government, RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearings, US Education Report Card
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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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
Today marks the 600th day of Israel's war in Gaza in response to the October 7th attack. In the war since then, tens of thousands of people have been killed, including hundreds more from Israeli airstrikes in the past several days.
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
Joining us now to tell us what happened and more about this new plan is NPR correspondent Aya Batraoui in Dubai. Hello, Aya. Thanks for joining us once again.
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
Could you just start by telling us what happened in Gaza at this distribution site yesterday?
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
Israeli forces fired shots at a food distribution site in Gaza. People at risk of starvation had overrun the place. What does the incident say about a new U.S.-backed system to distribute aid?
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
Was there any system in place before the crowd swarmed this site?
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
And what's Israel saying about all this?
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
And so what do we know about the situation now? Are people getting food?
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
And thousands of children of ISIS fighters are stuck in Syrian detention camps. The U.S. government wants to get them out because officials think the longer they stay, the higher the chances of radicalization.
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
The federal government is no longer recommending that healthy pregnant women and healthy children routinely get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
NPR health correspondent Rob Stein is with us now with the details. Good morning, Rob. Good morning, Michelle. So this seems to represent a big change. Do we have any more details about this?
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So to this point, they didn't explain the decision at all?
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OK, we'll say more about that if you would. What are those concerns?
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
Okay, so let me ask you about that. Do healthy pregnant women and kids still need regular COVID boosters, and what if they want them?
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Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.
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That is NPR health correspondent Rob Stein. Rob, thank you.
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
Sasha Pfeiffer of NPR's investigations team has met two young boys who recently left the camps, and she's with us now to tell us more about all this. Sasha, good morning. Thanks for joining us. Thank you. Good morning, Michelle. So tell us about these camps and tell us what the conditions there are like.
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What does happen to people when they are able to leave the camps?
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
And Sasha, now I want to know what happened to the parents.
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
Sasha, thank you so much. You're welcome. And that's up first for Wednesday, May 28th.
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Gaza Food Distribution Chaos, New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines, Children Of ISIS
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Carrie Kahn, Rebecca Davis, Barry Hardiman, H.J. Mai, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Zia 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
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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Trump's intelligence officials got a grilling on Capitol Hill over sensitive war plans shared in a group chat.
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So what happens next with this?
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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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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
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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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
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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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
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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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
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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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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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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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
And that's Up First for Wednesday, March 26th.
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Intel Hearing On Group Chat, Return To Office Mandate, Black Sea Deal
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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Murder As An Act Of Terrorism, Fed's Rate Cut Decision, Female Mass Shooters
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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Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues
Gilmar Abrego-Garcia was detained and deported last month. His family sued the government to bring him back. The case has become one of the highest profile lawsuits against President Trump's efforts to increase deportations.
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Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues
The Trump administration says it can't force El Salvador to return a man they admit was deported there by mistake.
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Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues
I'm E. Martinez, that's Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. The president signed an executive action that aims to lower drug prices.
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Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues
President Trump signed executive action yesterday that aims to lower drug prices for Americans.
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NPR's pharmaceuticals correspondent Sidney Lupkin is here to tell us all about it. So Sidney, how would this proposal help consumers?
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Does the executive order go beyond Medicare?
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So how much of this executive order is building off of that first try?
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Sure, I can understand that. So will this executive action then lower the price of prescription drugs?
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But executive orders can only do so much. Will it work?
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NPR Pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lepkin, thanks a lot.
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Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues
The president threatened yesterday to revoke the school's tax-exempt status a day after cutting over $2 billion in federal funding and grants. Harvard's president had refused to implement the government's demands, which include overseeing academic departments and limiting student and faculty power.
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Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues
Virginia Democratic Congressman Jerry Connolly called it, quote, technological malfeasance and wants an investigation. He's asking Inspectors General what access did Doge operatives have, what sensitive data could have been taken, and why were the agency's security systems turned off?
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Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues
And that's Up First for Wednesday, April 16th. I'm A. Martinez.
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Hearing For Wrongly Deported Man, Prescription Drug Prices, Harvard Battle Continues
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukoninoff, Scott Hensley, Stephen Drummond, Mohamed El-Bardisi, and Jenea Williams. It was produced by Ziad Bach, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Lrent, and our technical director is David Greenberg. Join us again tomorrow.
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Those things last a long time. You should just grab one the next time you're in there.
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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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Trump Meets Syria's President, Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks, RFK Jr. On Capitol Hill
I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Russia and Ukraine are scheduled to hold peace talks this week. Still unclear as whether President Trump will attend. Ukraine's president questions whether Putin will either.
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Trump Meets Syria's President, Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks, RFK Jr. On Capitol Hill
To talk about this and more, we're joined by NPR's Aya Batraoui in Riyadh. Hi, Aya. Good morning. Good morning, Michelle. So how significant is Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Syria?
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Trump Meets Syria's President, Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks, RFK Jr. On Capitol Hill
Just a few months ago, Syria's new president was on the United States list of designated terrorists.
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Trump Meets Syria's President, Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks, RFK Jr. On Capitol Hill
So, you know, we heard those cheers in the room, but is anybody not on board with this decision to lift sanctions? Yeah.
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Trump Meets Syria's President, Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks, RFK Jr. On Capitol Hill
OK, so we know that President Trump had been planning to focus on business deals while he's in the region. How have those deals been shaping up?
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Trump Meets Syria's President, Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks, RFK Jr. On Capitol Hill
Yes, we cannot forget that. So President Trump is heading to Qatar next. What's on the agenda there?
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That is NPR's Aya Batraoui in Riyadh. Aya, thank you. Thanks, Michelle.
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Trump Meets Syria's President, Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks, RFK Jr. On Capitol Hill
Representatives from Russia and Ukraine are expected to gather in Turkey for negotiations, their first since the early months of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion in 2022.
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Since Kennedy was sworn in in February, he has moved to reshape the department, firing thousands of people, canceling billions of dollars in grants and purging scientific leaders.
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And I'm Michelle Martin. And remember, you can listen to this podcast sponsor-free while financially supporting public media with Up First Plus. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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India And Pakistan Conflict, Papal Conclave Begins, Transgender Military Ban
India struck multiple targets across Pakistan in the most extensive strikes in more than 50 years. It comes after India blamed Pakistan for an attack that killed 26 people in late April. Pakistan denies any connection. Its military has retaliated by firing into parts of Indian-held Kashmir, and it claims it has downed five Indian aircraft.
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The Associated Press reports that more than 30 people were killed in Pakistan. India says three people were killed on their side.
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The papal conclave is beginning today at the Vatican. 133 cardinal electors are undertaking the solemn task of choosing the next leader of the Catholic Church.
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India struck multiple targets across Pakistan, and Pakistan retaliated with strikes on Kashmir, parts of which both countries control.
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I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Supreme Court has allowed a ban on transgender people serving in the military. But more than 4,000 active duty service members are transgender. What happens to them?
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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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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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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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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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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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I know, it's almost baseball season.
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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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New Gaza Aid Group Faces Criticism, Harvard President Speaks Out, DEI Rollbacks
A new group backed by the U.S. is beginning to bring food to Gaza where hunger is widespread and extreme.
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Israel says this program, as well as its intensified airstrikes on Gaza, are key to its overall strategy to defeat Hamas. With me now to tell us more about this is NPR's Daniel Estrin. He's on the line from Tel Aviv. Welcome, Daniel. Thanks for joining us.
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First of all, what food is getting into Gaza right now?
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So tell us more about this U.S.-backed group and the controversy surrounding it.
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So, so many questions about this group that aren't being answered, but the U.S. and Israel are backing it. So tell us more about that. Like, why is that? What's the goal here?
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So before we let you go, can you briefly update us on ceasefire negotiations? Sure.
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That is NPR's Daniel Estrin in Tel Aviv. Daniel, thank you.
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And diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are being eliminated across corporate America. That has led to thousands of layoffs. Where do we go from here with DEI? Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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The president of Harvard University is defending his decision to sue the Trump administration twice.
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And Steve is on the line with us this morning to tell us more about his conversation with President Alan Garber. Good morning, Steve. Good morning, Michelle. So Harvard certainly is being attacked. How does the president of Harvard see this ongoing battle with the White House?
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He mentioned anti-Semitism. That's certainly something that President Trump has been talking about even as recently as yesterday. Harvard has been criticized by statements made by some students after the October 7th attacks in Israel. How does President Garber respond to that?
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After blocking aid for months, Israel lifted its ban last week. But there are questions about a new U.S.-backed aid group. What do we know about this group?
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Okay, but what about that? So there is a broader conservative critique. What does he say about that?
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This marks a sharp reversal from five years ago when the murder of George Floyd and the public outcry that followed sent companies racing to staff up.
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And that's Up First for Tuesday, May 27th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Keri Kahn, Reena Advani, Pallavi Gogoi, H.J. Mai, and Lisa Thompson. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Nisha Heines, and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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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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U.S. military plans were discussed in a group chat that included, apparently by accident, a journalist.
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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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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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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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Israel Strikes Gaza, Trump And The Courts, Takeover At US Institute Of Peace
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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Trump Meets CEOs At Mar-A-Lago, School Shooting In Wisconsin, Pig Kidney Transplant
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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Wrongly Deported, DOGE And Agency Data, Harvard Defies The White House
Is the administration defying the Supreme Court? I'm Michelle Martin, that's Leila Fadl, and this is Up First from NPR News. A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board tells NPR that after Doge, Elon Musk's cost-cutting group, gained access to their servers, records were deleted and security tools were deactivated.
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The Trump administration seems to have no plans to bring back a Maryland man mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador.
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Since President Trump took office again, members of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, that's that ad hoc cost-cutting group led by Elon Musk, have aggressively sought access to government data and computer systems.
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We're joined now by NPR's Jenna McLaughlin, who covers cybersecurity. Good morning, Jenna. Good morning, Michelle. So what sort of things did the whistleblower see that made him want to come forward?
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Let's back up for a second. For people who don't know, what is the National Labor Relations Board, or the NLRB, and what does it do, and why is the data that it holds sensitive?
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So this Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is led by Elon Musk. Does he fit into the story?
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Do we have any evidence that Doge is acting this way in other parts of the federal government?
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That was NPR cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin. Jenna, thank you. Thank you. You can find a lot more of Jenna's reporting at NPR.org and hear more about this story on All Things Considered tonight.
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This move came hours after Harvard said it will not comply with the administration's demands that it drastically change its hiring, admissions, and other policies in exchange for federal money. NPR's Jonaki Mehta has been following this.
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And that's Up First for Tuesday, April 15th. I'm Laila Faldin. And I'm Michelle Martin. Your next listen is Consider This from NPR. We here 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 in less than 15 minutes. Listen now on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Trump administration has accused Kilmar Abrego-Garcia of being a gang member. His attorney says that is not true and there's been no evidence presented publicly to support that. The Salvadoran president was in the Oval Office yesterday meeting with President Trump.
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I'm Leila Faldin with Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. President Trump is in Riyadh for his first overseas state visit, and leaders in the region are prepared to make deals with the famously transactional president.
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No one's sure what's going to happen when the deal expires in 90 days, but a lot of importers aren't taking any chances.
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A temporary softening of tariffs on Chinese products has investors relieved.
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He'll also be making stops in Qatar and the UAE. It's a high stakes trip with huge business deals at play. And it comes as Gulf Arab states are hyper-focused. on transforming their economies. Trump will be leaning on his personal ties with Arab leaders to make deals happen.
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What do Gulf states want in return?
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The trial of Sean Combs is underway in New York City. The rapper, producer, and businessman known as Diddy faces charges that include sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Combs has been in custody since September. He was in court yesterday as both the prosecution and the defense laid out their opening statements to jurors.
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That's State Department Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau greeting the Afrikaners. He said the administration made an exception for these white descendants of Dutch settlers in part because they could be, quote, assimilated easily into the U.S.
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South African officials say Trump has fallen for false claims that Afrikaners have faced racial discrimination and violence since the end of white minority rule in South Africa.
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Yesterday, the Episcopal Church announced that it's ending its federally funded refugee resettlement program after the government asked it to help find housing for Afrikaners in the U.S. The church has ties to the Anglican Communion, of which the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the noted cleric and anti-apartheid activist, was a member.
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Arrest In UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing, Netanyahu Trial, Jay-Z Rape Allegations
I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will testify today in a fortified courtroom in his own corruption trial. Netanyahu was charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust back in 2019. The start of his defense comes amid Israel's ongoing war in Gaza. What can we expect from Netanyahu's testimony?
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Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Yes, for the first time in the country's history, a sitting prime minister is testifying as a defendant in court. And today he's doing so in a fortified courtroom underground in the middle of a war.
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The rapper has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl along with Combs at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in the year 2000. The lawsuit is one of more than a dozen filed by Texas attorney Tony Busby against Combs, and now Jay-Z is reportedly taking his own legal action against the attorney.
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He is the 26-year-old arrested yesterday and charged late last night with murder in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson was gunned down last week in New York City.
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She published more than two dozen poetry collections throughout her life and was one of the most celebrated poets of the last century. In this recording from HarperCollins, Giovanni reads from her poem, A Good Cry.
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Her final book of poetry entitled The Last Book is set to be published next year. For a conversation on the life and work of Nikki Giovanni, listen to Morning Edition or visit NPR.org.
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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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Before we start the show, you may have heard that President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR. This is the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country. Millions of people, people just like you, depend on the NPR network as a vital source of news, entertainment, information, and connection. We're proud to be here for you.
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NPR White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram joins us now with more. So Trump's choice of words and his policies have played a role in Canada's election. So what has Carney been saying about the Trump in the U.S. ?
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Yeah, so Carney hasn't been really shying away from Trump's rhetoric at all.
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Sounds like it might. Given the contentious climate, then how is this meeting supposed to go?
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Yeah, but Carney himself has said that the old relationship between the U.S. and Canada is over.
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That's NPR's Deva Shiran. Thanks a lot.
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The Trump administration has been fairly quiet on abortion so far.
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NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin has been following this particular case for several years now. So tell us about this case, Selena.
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So that's what the Trump administration's Justice Department wants to dismiss?
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Does that mean, though, that the Trump administration is planning to go easy on new abortion restrictions this time around? Because the president has pointed out many times that the justices that he appointed were responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade.
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You think the FDA would do that?
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All right. NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin covers health policies. Selena, thanks.
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The film industry started the week with a little confusion.
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Carney ran and won, promising to fight Trump on tariffs and musings about taking over. So how will this visit go?
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NPR entertainment correspondent Mandelita Albarco joins us now to talk about this. So, you know, Mandelita, the basic question is probably going to spring up more questions. So how would 100% tariff on films made outside the U.S. actually work?
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The president says other countries are offering incentives to attract movie studios and filmmakers. So can you tell us about the incentives that he was referring to? I know that you have been reporting on this.
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Okay, so what are people overseas saying about this announcement from Trump?
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All right. So why do you think this issue came up at all for President Trump?
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All right. That's NPR's Mandalit Elbarco. Thanks a lot. Thank you, A. And that's a first for Tuesday, May 6th. I'm A. Martinez.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Diane Weber, Jane Greenhalgh, Sierra Crawford, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Katie Klein, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We got engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Join us again tomorrow.
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And President Trump wants higher tariffs on a new category of foreign imports, the movies.
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Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start your day. President Trump is hosting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House today.
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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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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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Court Blocks Most Trump Tariffs, Trump Grows Frustrated With Putin, CPAC Hungary
A federal court has blocked the nearly worldwide tariffs that President Trump ordered last month. The U.S. Court of International Trade says Trump overstepped his authority when he ordered taxes on imports from nearly every other country.
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If the ruling stands, it would strike down all of the tariffs Trump imposed on April 2nd, along with separate levies on goods from Canada, Mexico, and China, some of which have been temporarily suspended. NPR's Scott Horsley is with us now to tell us more about this. Good morning, Scott.
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Scott, this sounds big. What's at stake in this case?
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How are financial markets reacting?
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A federal court has blocked most of President Trump's tariffs. The judges say the president overstepped his authority when he put tariffs on nearly every country last month. How big of a setback is this for Trump's economic plans? I'm Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. President Trump appears increasingly frustrated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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Trump earlier this week described Putin as absolutely crazy amid Russia's ongoing airstrikes in Ukraine. How does this growing frustration affect any peace negotiations? And one of the largest right-wing political gatherings is getting underway in Eastern Europe. CPAC Hungary will feature leading right-wing voices from Europe and America.
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Okay. So does this ruling strike down all of Trump's tariffs?
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That is NPR's Scott Horsley. Scott, thank you.
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For several days now, President Trump has expressed growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the slow progress towards ending the war in Ukraine, something he did again yesterday at the White House.
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And if he is, we'll respond a little bit differently. Meanwhile, Russia announced it's ready to hold another round of peace talks. Joining us to talk about all this is NPR's Charles Maines, who's with us on the line from Moscow. Hi, Charles.
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So let's just start by digging in on Trump's statements. We just heard the president briefly remind us, what has he been saying?
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Okay, so some drift in there, but the president is saying he's not happy with Moscow's behavior. So how has the Kremlin responded?
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Leila Fadl and her team are on the ground in Budapest with the latest. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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OK, what about the Ukrainians? Have they signed on to this meeting?
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Is there any reason to be more hopeful with this this time around?
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That is NPR's Charles Mainz in Moscow. Charles, thank you.
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Today, American and European conservatives, populists and nationalists are gathering in Hungary for a fourth consecutive year for the Conservative Political Action Conference. It was kicked off this morning by Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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American conservatives have looked at Hungary and Orban as an aspirational model in recent years for getting elected and also for lessons in implementing a political agenda. He's led the country for the last 15 years and won four consecutive elections. And many Hungarians and analysts say he's done that by taking over and then undermining democratic institutions.
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Our colleague Leila Fadl has been in Hungary this week exploring all this, and she's with us now in Budapest, the capital. Good morning, Leila. Hey, good morning. So I hear it's a little windy. Tell us where you are.
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So remind us what goes on at this annual gathering, and who are some of the big names attending this year? Sure.
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So in the course of your reporting, what are you finding has drawn the U.S. and Hungary together in recent years?
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That is our Leila Fano talking to us from Budapest, Hungary. Leila, thank you. You're welcome, Michelle. And that's Up First for Thursday, May 29th. I'm Michelle Martin. Make your next listen, Consider This from NPR. Up First covers three or more big stories of the day. Consider This gives you one big story in depth in less than 15 minutes. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts.
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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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Trump Changes Tone On Tariffs, Russia And Ukraine, Education Executive Orders
President Trump is singing a slightly different tune when it comes to tariffs on China.
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To help us sort this out, we're joined now by NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid. Asma, good morning. Good morning. So what at this point is the White House saying about tariffs on China?
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Does this really seem like a shift after all this kind of tit for tat, back and forth escalation around this?
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OK, so let's talk more about China. Is this just a change in rhetoric or do we see an actual change in policy? Mm hmm.
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And President Trump signed a sweeping list of executive actions targeting higher education and K-12 schools. They're meant to root out DEI and end foreign funding for college programs. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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Sirens and the crackle of Ukraine's air defenses filled the skies of Kyiv last night as Russia launched another wave of attacks.
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We wanted to get a view on how these developments are seen in Russia, so we're joined by NPR's Charles Maines from Moscow. Charles, good morning.
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So once again, we've seen President Trump really lay into Ukraine, and Zelensky in particular, saying he is blocking a peace deal. So tell us more about this, and how is it being seen in Moscow?
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You know, one of the criticisms of Trump's approach to negotiations is that it does appear so one-sided. Trump seems to be asking a lot of Ukraine and so little of Russia. Why is that?
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And the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said the U.S. would walk away from peace talks if they don't see progress. Would Russia want that?
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Plus, it does seem that Trump has ceded to most of Russia's demands, including a ban on NATO membership for Ukraine. So why isn't Moscow jumping at that offer?
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How about that? That is NPR's Charles Means. Charles, thank you.
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As the administration pushes Ukraine for a deal, President Trump has signed a sweeping list of executive actions targeting higher education and K-12 schools.
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NPR's Alyssa Nadwerny is with us now with more details. Good morning, Alyssa.
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So what do these executive actions do?
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And what's the second?
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So Alyssa, you've been following this showdown between the administration and selective colleges like Harvard. How does this action fit into that?
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What they consider ideological overreach.
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So that's higher ed. What about K-12?
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So once again, centering the administration's view of DEI, what about the other orders?
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That is NPR's Alyssa Nadroni. Alyssa, thank you. You bet. Thank you. And that's Up First for Thursday, April 24th. I'm Michelle Martin.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Ryland Barton, Steve Drummond, Janae Williams, and Arzu Rezvani. It was produced by Ziad Budge, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. 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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Immigration Crackdown, Health Officials Muted, Oscar Nominations
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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Israeli Embassy Employees Killed, Israel's Occupation Plans, Trump Bill Latest
The killings come as Israel faces pressure over a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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You paid $800,000 in tariffs today.
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Wow.
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Two staff members with the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside an event in downtown D.C. last night.
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NPR's Becky Sullivan joins us now. Becky, what do we know about what happened?
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Okay. What do we know about the victims?
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Yeah, sure sounds that way. What's the reaction been from officials from everywhere?
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That's NPR's Becky Sullivan. Becky, thanks for getting us up to date here.
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And House Republicans are racing to pass President Trump's domestic agenda before Memorial Day.
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The United Nations says a handful of bakeries are now operational in south and central Gaza. And last night, in its first press conference with Israeli journalists in five months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his plan to expand the war.
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How does the bill look now and what's ahead in the Senate? Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start your day.
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After a long session on Capitol Hill, House Republicans might be closing in on passing a massive bill at the heart of President Trump's domestic agenda. Here's House Speaker Mike Johnson talking to reporters yesterday.
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NPR's congressional correspondent, Claudio Grisales, has been following all this. Claudio, so despite, I mean, these long negotiations, it's not clear if the Republicans are going to land this plane, as the speaker says. So where do things stand? Where's the plane?
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So, OK, House Republican leaders released an updated version of this plan. That's the plan that President Trump calls his, quote, big, beautiful bill. What's different now?
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We also saw Democrats work to delay the plan as well.
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Now, House Speaker Johnson had said he wanted the House to send this bill to the Senate by Memorial Day. So what's next for that to happen?
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So maybe the landing gear isn't on the plane. Exactly.
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NPR's Claudia Grisales, thanks a lot.
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And finally, the Justice Department says it wants to withdraw an oversight agreement negotiated with the Minneapolis Police Department. City leaders and the Justice Department signed the federal consent decree after a white police officer killed George Floyd, who was black, five years ago. They made the agreement just before President Biden left office.
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Now, the Trump Justice Department says it's factually unjustified. More on that story on Morning Edition, the radio show, and on our website, NPR.org.
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Trump and Zelenskyy Feud, DOGE Savings Claims, Hamas Releases Four Hostage Bodies
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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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
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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Trump Wants Powell Out, Administration Risks Contempt, and Homegrowns Are Next
President Trump is feuding with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump said Powell's termination, quote, cannot come soon enough, unquote. Now, it isn't clear whether the president was calling for the Fed chair to be dismissed immediately or at the end of his term in May of 2026.
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In his post, Trump said Powell was, quote, too late and wrong, unquote, on interest rates. This all comes as Americans are feeling gloomier about the economy.
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How are you?
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I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. A judge says the Trump administration ignored his orders to turn around two planes carrying alleged gang members to detention centers in El Salvador. And President Trump says he would like to find a way to lock up Americans abroad.
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That's what U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled yesterday. He said the government ignored his order last month to turn back two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to a prison in El Salvador. It's just one of the high-profile cases in which federal judges are trying to hold the Trump administration accountable for flouting judicial orders.
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Trump Wants Powell Out, Administration Risks Contempt, and Homegrowns Are Next
I'm ready whenever you are. Actually, I lied. Okay, I just need to get the... Okay, okay, now I'm ready. Hadn't loaded yet. Here I am. Okay. Okay. President Trump is blasting the nation's monetary policy chief over interest rates.
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Some legal experts told NPR they fear the White House is preparing to move ahead with that plan, even though they say jailing Americans overseas is unconstitutional.
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The Contours of a Ceasefire in Gaza, Preventing Future Wildfires In LA
Thank you. Good morning.
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Well, the key thing is, if this agreement is implemented, as it's been announced, it will start with a pause in airstrikes that will last six weeks, and that would begin on Sunday.
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And in those six weeks, we're going to see a complex prisoner exchange that would include 33 hostages taken from Israel, including two Americans released over those 42 days, hundreds of Palestinians held in Israel, many of them women and children without charge, would be freed. And crucially, a flood of needed food, fuel, and medical supplies would enter Gaza.
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We would also see Israeli troops withdraw from populated areas to the perimeters of Gaza, and that would allow displaced people to return to their rubble and homes and whatever's left of them in Gaza City and the north. And all of this is going to be happening while mediators, Qatar and Egypt and the U.S., are working on the next phases to implement this so that it really truly does lead to
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a complete ceasefire.
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Well, international journalists, yes, they've been barred from entering Gaza since the start of this war by Israel. Even if the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza reopens, Israel is the occupying power. It will decide when and who can enter Gaza. And there is no sign whatsoever that Israel will allow international journalists in at any time or independent investigators as well.
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Well, Michelle, the timing here is everything. You know, we have an incoming President Donald Trump who's bringing with him an incoming sense of urgency to get this deal done before he's sworn in. He threatened hell would be unleashed on the region if a deal wasn't secured before then. So this deal, it's been on the table since May. But why now?
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Well, there are many factors, but among them is the Israeli public has grown exhausted by this war. It's being fought mostly by reservists. We have more than 400 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza throughout the conflict. And top military figures in Israel have been saying publicly, there's nothing more to achieve militarily, tactically on the ground. Hamas's battalions have all been dismantled.
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Yes, the group can still fire rockets, but nothing compared to its capabilities before.
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And as we speak today, there are still talks happening in Qatar being worked out between the two sides, like specifics on the gradual withdrawal and timetable for when Israeli troops withdraw from Gaza. There's also a timetable being discussed for the rebuilding of Gaza and reconstruction there.
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So mediators, Qatar and Egypt, they have mechanisms to monitor that this deal is being fully implemented, like the amount of aid that needs to enter Gaza, the exchange of prisoners there. But look, ensuring that a ceasefire holds and continues, that's going to really fall on the shoulders of the Trump administration as the key guarantor here. And they'll do that through diplomacy and pressure.
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And this deal does try to do a lot, but what it doesn't do is specifically address some serious questions, such as who is going to govern Gaza from the Palestinian side? Hamas still holds sway on the ground, and it isn't promising to lay down its arms. Will there be Arab and international peacekeeping forces in Gaza? Who will monitor that? And also, how do you begin even rebuilding?
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Yes, Arab Gulf states will pour money into Gaza for reconstruction, but the destruction is overwhelming. Hospitals, roads, water infrastructure, sewage systems. And ultimately, this deal does not guarantee the security of either side long term because it does not address the core issues of a pathway to lasting peace or Palestinian statehood.
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You're welcome. Thank you.
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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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Russia Mulls Ceasefire, EPA Rollbacks, Iran Rebuffs Trump
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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Russia Mulls Ceasefire, EPA Rollbacks, Iran Rebuffs Trump
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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Russia Mulls Ceasefire, EPA Rollbacks, Iran Rebuffs Trump
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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Russia Mulls Ceasefire, EPA Rollbacks, Iran Rebuffs Trump
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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Russia Mulls Ceasefire, EPA Rollbacks, Iran Rebuffs Trump
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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Russia Mulls Ceasefire, EPA Rollbacks, Iran Rebuffs Trump
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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Russia Mulls Ceasefire, EPA Rollbacks, Iran Rebuffs Trump
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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Migration and Trade with India, Trump and Putin Chat, Future of Education Department
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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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Early in the morning, his steep new tariffs went into effect. Then he told Americans to, quote, be cool as markets plunged. But by afternoon, he backed off and put a 90-day pause on most of the tariffs. Markets soared.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
President Trump has hit pause on nearly all new tariffs for 90 days.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
With markets rebounding, where does this trade war go? I'm Michelle Martin with Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. As businesses welcome the suspension of some tariffs, planning for an uncertain future is still top of mind.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
I know, right? I feel like I haven't been here forever. It's only been two days.
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The orders stripped the security clearances of former top cybersecurity official Chris Krebs and former national security official Miles Taylor. They also order investigations into their conduct while they were federal employees. These are just the latest in a pattern that's emerged of Trump bringing down the full weight of the presidency order. on individuals and private companies.
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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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LA Wildfires, Carter's State Funeral, Trump's Agenda
Could you just give us an overview of the kind of destruction that these fires are causing?
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LA Wildfires, Carter's State Funeral, Trump's Agenda
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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EU Leaders On Ukraine, Auto Tariffs Paused, USDA Workers Return
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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Trump's Defense Pick, United Healthcare CEO Killed, Mass Deportations And Jobs
So how is Pete Hexeth answering claims about his conduct over the years?
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President-elect Trump's pick for defense secretary is fighting to save his nomination.
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NPR senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith is covering all this. Tam, good morning. Good morning. How is Hegseth defending himself when he steps out in public?
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Well, now the question is, I guess, how far Trump wants to push this fight. We heard Hegseth quote Trump as purportedly offering support in private. What's he saying in public?
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How does that record compare with past presidents?
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What do we know so far about the shooting? Also, we look at some of the side effects of mass deportations.
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I'm interested in hearing that they've agreed to the FBI background checks. They initially seemed not interested at all. And then senators quietly said, we will be hearing from nominees who have been vetted only. And I guess they changed their minds. Yep. NPR's Tamara Keith in West Palm Beach. Thanks so much.
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Police in New York City are searching for the person who killed the CEO of UnitedHealthcare.
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Maria, good morning. Good morning, Steve. What have you learned?
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Thanks for the detail about the silencer. I looked at that weapon on the video and thought, wow, that's a long barrel and wondered if that's what that was. So thank you for that. Now, as far as the victim, who was Thompson?
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Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.
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Yeah. And of course, we're asking these questions because we don't know who the gunman was. We don't know what the motive was. But of course, you look into the affairs of this person who was shot. So what else does UnitedHealth own? Yeah.
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Health insurance companies make a lot of people angry. They reject claims. They do a lot of things that enrage people. Don't they get a lot of threats?
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NPR's Maria Aspin in New York City, thanks so much. Thank you. Okay, if President-elect Trump succeeds in deporting millions of people from the United States, his administration will not be the first.
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NPR immigration correspondent Jasmine Garst has been studying that. Hi there, Jazz. Hi. What does the history show here about this idea, which is one of the reasons that the new administration gives for a mass deportation?
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How could immigrants, whether they're here legally or illegally, create jobs for American workers?
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Okay, so that doesn't mean that it is right or proper that you have to agree with people coming here illegally or through asylum or anything else. But in any case, it doesn't seem to cost Americans jobs. It may actually add American jobs if there are more people here and working.
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The presidential campaign also touched on the idea that people here illegally are using resources, taking up housing, that this affects citizens. Are there findings about that?
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NPR's Jasmine Garst, thanks so much. Thank you. And that's Up First for this Thursday, December 5th. I'm Steve Inskeep.
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Today's Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Russell Lewis, Alfredo Carvajal, Lisa Thompson, and H.J. Mai. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Katie Klein. We get engineering support from Misha Hines, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Join us tomorrow.
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Trump's New Tariffs, Global Tariff Reactions, TikTok Deadline
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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Trump's New Tariffs, Global Tariff Reactions, TikTok Deadline
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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Economy In The Next 100 Days, Ukraine Minerals Deal, India And Pakistan Tension
When it comes to steering the U.S. economy, the Trump administration has had a rocky first 100 days.
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NPR's Scott Horsley is with us now to talk about the economic outlook. Good morning, Scott.
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So yesterday we learned that the U.S. economy contracted during the first quarter of the year. Is the second quarter looking any better?
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You know, in order to spend money, people usually have to make money. So how's the job market holding up?
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Yeah, how about that? You know, a lot of people say they're worried about a recession. Is that where we're headed?
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That is NPR's Scott Horsey. Scott, thank you.
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Joining us now to tell us more about this is NPR's Joanna Kakissas, who's in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. Hello, Joanna. Thanks for joining us once again.
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So how will this economic agreement work?
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Now, this just all came together just a few hours ago as we are speaking now. But from what you understand, how are Ukrainians reacting to this deal?
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Where is the U.S. economy headed in the next 100 days?
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Does this mean that the Trump administration's relationship with Ukraine has improved?
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And does this deal address any of those security guarantees?
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That is NPR's Joanna Kakisis in Kiev. Joanna, thank you.
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Tensions between India and Pakistan often run hot and cold, and now they're running hot after a militant attack killed 26 people in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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To explain what's going on, we've called NPR's Dia Hadid. She covers Pakistan and India from her base in Mumbai. Hello, Dia. Thanks for joining us once again.
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So let's start here. What happened that led to this? you
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So there is pressure on India to respond with retaliatory strikes on Pakistan. But why is India blaming Pakistan for this attack?
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Has there been violence since the initial shootings?
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But does it include security guarantees against Russia? And soldiers are exchanging daily gunfire along the border of India and Pakistan as tensions between the countries threaten to boil over. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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Now, the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been calling on both sides to de-escalate. Is there any chance of any sign of that happening?
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That is NPR's Diya Hadid in Mumbai. Diya, thank you.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Raphael Nam, Rylan Barton, Vincent Nee, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Damian Herring and our technical director is Carly Strange. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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I'm Rachel Martin, and you're listening to a special edition of Up First. So a year after leaving the White House, now former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalyn, founded the Carter Presidential Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The center is devoted to issues relating to democracy and human rights.
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And Dawn, it really did launch Carter's career as a sort of roving peacemaker.
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Right. And then amid all of that, there's this Southerner running on the Democratic ticket, which in and of itself was a big deal, Jimmy Carter. Where did he come from? What was his political genesis?
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And so much of that work, their work on democracy and human rights, had a lot to do with their Christian faith. I mean, Jimmy Carter was a deeply religious man until very late in his life. I love this detail. He was still teaching Sunday school at his church in Georgia, and people would sign up like on a waiting list.
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And, Don, I just have to share with you that I had the opportunity to talk to President Carter in 2014. I interviewed him for a book that he had just written. It was called A Call to Action, Women, Religion, Violence, and Power. And we talked about his faith. And he argued in this book that religious texts often are used to justify the oppression of women. Let's listen.
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I guess we could just go on and on with what he accomplished in his post-presidential life. I mean, this is a man who tackled guinea worm.
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So, I mean, Carter's presidency may have been complicated and seen as less than successful in those four years. But, I mean, he got all kinds of international acclaim for his life after the presidency. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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And I wanted to play a little bit of his acceptance speech, which he gave in Oslo in December of that year, because it really does sum up who he was not just as a leader, but as a human being.
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Jimmy Carter once said the best thing he ever did was to marry his wife, Rosalyn. Carter will be buried at home by the willow tree right next to Rosalyn in his beloved town of Plains, Georgia. Thank you so much to NPR's Don Gagne for helping us remember Jimmy Carter's legacy. This episode of The Sunday Story was produced by Dan Gurma and edited by Jenny Schmidt.
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Thanks to the NPR News team for sharing audio for this episode. Our supervising producer is Leanna Simstrom and Irene Noguchi is our executive producer. I'm Rachel Martin. Up first, we'll be back tomorrow with all the news you need to start your week. Until then, have a great rest of your weekend.
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Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. Carter served one term in the White House from 1977 to 1981. It was a troubled time when the nation faced high inflation and energy shortages. And Carter struggled over his four years to portray himself as an effective leader. But perhaps his greatest contributions came after he left office.
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Which is sort of interesting because Jimmy Carter's humility was something that also just kind of set him apart. But he had to get traction as a candidate, right? Like he had to get out there and sell himself. How did he do that?
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In fact, Jimmy Carter has been praised as the nation's greatest former president. I'm Rachel Martin, and you're listening to a special edition of Up First. Today, we're remembering the life of former President Jimmy Carter. And here to talk through Carter's legacy is NPR senior political correspondent Don Gagne. Hey, Don. Hi there. So let's begin our conversation way back in 1976.
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And the Peanut Brigade helped pull it out, right? Absolutely. Carter won a narrow victory against Ford.
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Hmm. He had a lot of challenges, though, right from the get-go. He inherited this very troubled economy, the high inflation and interest rates and energy prices all at historic highs. And there were all these fuel shortages and quadrupling of oil prices and the long lines at gas stations. Those are very tough political realities for a president.
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So he had to overcome that, but he did have some political successes as president, right?
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These were the last few months of the presidential campaign season. America was celebrating, right? It was the bicentennial, although the country was still reeling from the Vietnam War.
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So while President Carter is, you know, negotiating this hugely important peace deal on the international stage, he's also dealing with a complication in his own family, right? Tell me about his brother.
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So let's fast forward a bit to July 1979. Carter gave a now very famous speech. It became known as his malaise speech.
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Ultimately, he said that he believed the problem was that the country was facing a crisis of confidence, right?
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And then it got worse for Carter, the Iran hostage crisis. This was November 4th, 1979.
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When we come back, a look at Jimmy Carter's life after the presidency, a life many say made him the nation's greatest former president.
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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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So I'd say there's varying degrees of physical harassment, right? You're not always going to have someone pushing you. But as far as like coming up, grabbing signs out of people's hands, taking them away, I'd say if we have four people tabling, it happens to one person every day we table.
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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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It would be an absolutely Kafkaesque situation where the family has no idea where the person is, what kind of conditions they're being held in, whether they're even alive.
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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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Yes, I'm supposed to give a level and Xanadu to Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree. Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weekend weary. Those are things I've said for many, many years, not every day.
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Almost 100 days into the Trump administration, we have a chance to check in on one of the president's signature goals.
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It's for you, Michelle.
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There have been some high-profile cases, of course, including one over the weekend. Federal authorities say they arrested more than 100 people at an underground nightclub in Colorado Springs. People authorities say lacked legal status. NPR's Joel Rose has been following all of this. Joel, good morning. Hi, Steve. What happened in the nightclub?
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Okay, so that is one case that has developed over the weekend. I want to ask you about another one in recent days. We're told that a two-year-old American citizen was deported last week. What happened?
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The Trump administration says they lacked legal status. What does that say about the drive for mass deportation?
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What has the administration said?
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And Pierce Joel Rose with an update on almost 100 days of Trump's immigration policy. Thanks so much.
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Canadians are voting today in a federal election that's been turned on its head in a matter of months.
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NPR International Affairs correspondent Jackie Northam has been reporting on the campaign. Hi there, Jackie. Morning, Steve. So let's talk through how it is the Liberals recovered.
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Okay, I'm amused by mapled MAGA, but we should be clear. Looking at the polls, the Liberals are ahead, but this election is within range. We shouldn't be surprised by any result. But it seems that the Liberals also benefited from getting a new leader, didn't they?
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Well, just as everyone was settling down to vote, Jackie, there was this tragedy, to say the least, in Canada. Eleven people killed when a driver rammed a vehicle into a crowded Filipino festival in Vancouver. I know the police have said it's not terrorism, but what do they think?
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Also, how can pediatricians persuade parents to let their kids get a measles vaccine?
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Well, we'll be listening for the results. NPR international affairs correspondent, Jackie Northam. Thank you so much.
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Next, we meet some of the people affected by a number in the news.
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Measles is in 30 U.S. states now, and we have a view of it this morning in one hard-hit county in Texas. Brad Burt with member station KTTZ went there. Hi there, Brad.
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Glad you're with us. Where'd you go?
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Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.
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I appreciate that perspective. The vast majority of people in this vaccine-hesitant county are actually not vaccine-hesitant. They've taken the vaccine, but some are not, and that leads to this problem. So what's being done?
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So you have a longtime vaccine skeptic, maybe the top vaccine skeptic in the country, saying the vaccine is good in this case, but I guess that comes too late for some people. So how has this affected especially children?
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Brad Burt with KTTZ in Lubbock, Texas. Thanks so much.
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And that's Up First for this Monday, April 28th. I'm Stephen Skeap.
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Today's Up First was edited by Russell Lewis, Tara Neal, Alfredo Carbajal, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from David Greenberg, and our technical director today is Zach Coleman. Join us again tomorrow.
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Russia Intensifies Attacks On Ukraine, Summer Travel Season, Wildfire Forecast
Russia has launched massive drone and missile assaults on Ukrainian cities over the weekend.
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I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of summer and the summer travel season. Millions will take to the roads and skies this holiday weekend. But a deadly air collision in D.C. in January and reports of air traffic control outages have raised safety concerns. What should you know before you go?
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Joining us to talk about all this is NPR's Joanna Kakissis, who's in Kiev. Good morning, Joanna. Good morning, Michelle. So let's start with Russia's latest drone and missile strikes. What can you tell us?
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Joanna, I've been hearing you report on these attacks just about every day, and they seem to be escalating. So why has Russia intensified its attacks in recent weeks?
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Ukrainian officials say Russia launched its largest airstrike since the start of the conflict.
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So considering all this, have the diplomatic efforts to end the war made any headway at all?
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And you were there for this latest prisoner exchange. Tell us about that. What kind of condition were the Ukrainians in?
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And what was the scene as these soldiers came home?
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Oh, it's so tragic. That's NPR's Joanna Kakisic in Kyiv. Joanna, thank you. You're welcome.
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But there are also some big questions about the summer travel season, including whether the nation's fragile air traffic control system can handle the surge.
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The latest wildfire forecast from the federal government is predicting above normal fire potential in much of the West and some southeastern states. There's heightened concern this year because the Trump administration has been cutting staff at the U.S. Forest Service, the nation's lead wildland firefighting agency.
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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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Over the weekend, there were no new tariffs on Chinese goods coming into the United States or on U.S. goods flowing into China.
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NPR's John Ruitt has been following all these twists and turns from Beijing, and he's with us now to tell us more. Good morning, John.
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So no new tariffs. And what about that carve out for electronics? Can you tell us more?
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How is this being interpreted? Is it seen as a sign of goodwill or maybe a faith-saving way to de-escalate this trade war that Trump started?
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So where do things stand from China's perspective? Right.
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That is NPR's John Rourke in Beijing. John, thank you.
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El Salvador's president is expected to meet with Donald Trump at the White House later today.
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To hear more about this, we're joined by freelance reporter Manuel Ureda. He's following all this from Medellin, where you can hear that it is pouring rain. Hopefully he's indoors. Good morning, Manuel. Good morning. So this is the first leader from a Latin American nation to get an official invitation to the White House in President Trump's second term.
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What is Trump trying to get out of this meeting?
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What comes out of this meeting? And the Federal Trade Commission is taking on social media giant Meta in court. The case centers on whether Meta broke competition laws when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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So this has obviously been hugely controversial in the United States. Has there been any pushback in El Salvador about this kind of deal?
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And what about Mr. McKaylee? What might he be looking for in this visit?
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That is freelance reporter Manuel Rueda. He's reporting from Medellin. Manuel, thank you.
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A case considered the most significant legal challenge in Meta's history starts today in Washington, D.C.
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NPR's Bobbi Allen joins us to talk about what the trial could mean for the future of Meta and the entire social media landscape. Welcome, Bobbi. Thanks for joining us. Hey there, Michelle. What exactly is the government's case against Meta and what is it asking for?
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Do we have a sense of how Meta is likely to respond in court?
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What would it mean for people who use Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp if Meta had to spin them off into separate companies?
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So we have been talking about the legal case just now, but let's pivot back to the politics. Does Mark Zuckerberg's relationship with Trump play into this?
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That is NPR's Bobby Allen. Bobby, I know you'll be watching it. So thank you. Thanks, Michelle.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Ryland Barton, Tara Neal, Brett Neely, Mohamed El-Vardisi, and Jenea Williams. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Adam Birn, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is David Greenberg. We hope you'll join us again tomorrow.
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Trump In The Middle East, Hamas Hostage Release, Mulling Medicaid Cuts
President Trump leaves this morning for a four-day trip to the Middle East, the first big state visit of his administration.
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NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordonez will be traveling with the president, and he joins us now. Good morning. Good morning, Laila. Okay, so what is Trump looking to get out of this trip?
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President Trump is heading to the Middle East. It'll be the first state visit of his second term. Will he focus on peace in Gaza or other matters like the luxury jumbo jet the Qatari royal family is offering him?
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Okay. So, Franco, I heard Cook there say a lot about these countries knowing what Trump wants, but what about what Gulf leaders want? I mean, Saudi Arabia has been calling for an independent Palestinian state. Will the war in Gaza be part of this discussion?
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And we will have more on that hostage release in a moment. But this trip feels... A little bit like a replay of the first one Trump took during his last administration, right?
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That's White House correspondent Franco Ordonez. Thank you, Franco.
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Hamas today is expected to release a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen.
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And Republicans are looking to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget to pay for Trump's domestic agenda. What could that mean for Medicaid? Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.
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NPR's Daniel Estrin joins us now from downtown Tel Aviv with the latest. Hi, Daniel.
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Okay, so I hear a lot of noise around you. Where are you and what are you seeing?
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So... Daniel, tell us more about Idan Alexander.
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Daniel, what do you know about these secret talks with the U.S. that led... to Alexander's release?
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So what do we know about what Israel is saying? Because they would be key to any ceasefire.
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NPR's Daniel Estrin reporting from Tel Aviv. Thank you.
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House Republicans have a goal, get President Trump's massive domestic agenda to the Senate by Memorial Day.
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NPR's Elena Moore has been covering these talks and joins us now with the latest. Hi, Elena. Hey, Layla. Okay, so Republicans have been drafting portions of the bill based on a framework they passed last month. Get us up to speed on where things stand.
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OK, Elena, then what might a compromise look like?
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So that's one big policy issue in the bill. Are there additional elements that are still up in the air?
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That's NPR's Elena Moore. Thank you, Elena. Thanks.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Rylan Bartner, Krishna Dov Kalamer, Carrie Kahn, Kelsey Snell, Ali Schweitzer, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ana Perez, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from David Greenberg, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Join us again tomorrow.
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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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Assad's Reign In Syria Is Over, U.S. Strikes ISIS Targets, Trump Gives TV Interview
We're clear-eyed about the fact that ISIS will try to take advantage of any vacuum.
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Hi, Michelle.
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Yeah, this was really big, Michelle. The U.S. military carried out this very large airstrike on Islamic State bases in central Syria. The U.S. was done because a sizable group of Islamic State fighters gathered to train, perhaps hoping to take advantage of the turmoil in Syria. So the U.S. says it hit some 75 targets. The U.S.
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forces entered Syria to fight the Islamic State a decade ago and defeated the group. About 900 U.S. troops remain in the country to prevent a resurgence. Now, President Biden said the U.S. would maintain this presence in Syria. He called Bashar al-Assad's ouster both a moment of risk and opportunity and said the U.S. will work with Syrians as they try to put together a new government.
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That's right. This group, HTS, has been on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations for more than a decade. That means the U.S. can't work with them directly right now. But the group is sounding more moderate and they say they will work with all other Syrians. Now, Biden says the group is saying the right thing, but the U.S. will be closely watching their actions.
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Yeah, Trump was on social media over the weekend. He said Syria is not a U.S. problem. The U.S. shouldn't get involved, should just let it play out. But that may be easier said than done because, as we've noted, the U.S. is already pretty deeply involved. And the U.S. troops there are not just fighting the Islamic State. They're also protecting civilians.
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Muaz Mustafa is with the Syrian Emergency Task Force, an American aid group. He spoke about these displaced civilians in a barren area on Syria's southern border. He says they depend heavily on the U.S. military and have developed very close ties.
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Well, this was really the latest in a series of major setbacks for both of them, and Iran in particular. Iran had close relations with Assad. It used Syria as a bridge to ship its weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon. But now Assad is gone. Hezbollah has been devastated by its war with Israel. The same is true for another Iranian proxy, Hamas in Gaza.
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I spoke with Ganul Tol with the Middle East Institute in Washington and asked her where this leaves Iran.
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A huge loss for Russia as well. This was Russia's main partner in the region for decades, but Russia was preoccupied with the war in Ukraine. It carried out a few strikes in recent days, clearly was not able or willing to provide significant support.
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Sure thing.
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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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This time, it was an interview on NBC's Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. The president celebrated the tariffs that he regularly changes. He said they could be permanent, although he's claiming the power to impose them by saying there's an emergency. He also said, I don't know, when asked if he needs to uphold the Constitution.
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Israel says it is the only way it will allow any food back into Gaza where people are going hungry. An Israeli official says it's part of a plan to take over more territory and expand the war. The main aid groups in Gaza, including the United Nations, are refusing to take part.
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The record executive rapper and businessman has been in federal custody since his arrest last September. He faces charges that include sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. He's pleaded not guilty.
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I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. Israel approved a plan to manage all food aid entering Gaza. The proposal is to shut down hundreds of community kitchens run by the United Nations. Israelis instead want to allow just a few food centers. They say they want to do this to deny access to Hamas.
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How would the plan feed people and how would it affect the war?
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Zelenskyy in London, Gaza Ceasefire Status, Judicial Accountability
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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Plane Crash Latest, German Far Right, Nuclear Testing
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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NPR's Ukraine correspondent, Joanna Kakisis, joins us now from Kyiv. Joanna, tell us more about this latest Russian attack on the capital.
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Therefore, this attack, Trump blames Zelensky for prolonging the war, and he was largely seen as accommodating Russian demands. Has this attack changed that at all?
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I remember being in Kiev with you, Joanna, three years ago. And everyone I spoke to just told me how much they love America. I mean, adoration for America. I'm wondering now if Ukrainians still have that optimism about the U.S. coming to their aid at this point.
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That's NPR's Joanna Kakissis in Kiev. Joanna, thanks.
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And the civil war in Sudan started in the capital city of Khartoum. After two years of brutal fighting, the once vibrant city is in ruins. NPR is one of the few Western news outlets to gain access to the city to see the destruction. We'll have a report from our correspondent. Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start today.
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President Trump is working hard to implement a campaign promise for mass deportations.
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should receive. NPR's immigration policy reporter Jimena Bustillo joins us now to unpack all of this. So Jimena, has the administration addressed what due process means for their mass deportation goals?
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All right, so let's get into that because let's assume that some people are good with the argument that due process rights are not owed to everyone. What's the argument then about why that's not just incorrect, that it is a slippery slope for absolutely everyone?
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Are there any examples of such errors already?
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That's NPR's immigration policy reporter, Ximena Bustillo. Thanks a lot.
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Sudan's capital city of Khartoum has been systematically destroyed. The once vibrant city at the junction of the White and Blue Nile has been hollowed out after two years of civil war.
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With us now is NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu, who has just returned from there and joins us now from the de facto capital of Port Sudan. So tell us, Emmanuel, what you saw as you traveled through Khartoum.
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So if the city is missing power, shortage of water, I mean, basic services, I mean, can people return?
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Emmanuel, also wondering about what you may have witnessed around the humanitarian crisis. I mean, the United Nations says Sudan is experiencing the worst famine anywhere in the world in decades.
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Tell us about where the fighting has shifted.
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That's NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu in Sudan. Thank you very much.
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Mourners from around the world are lining up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica.
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When the viewing ends tonight, the coffin will be sealed for the funeral mass Saturday morning. That will be a traditional Catholic requiem mass for the dead, with prayers mostly in Latin, but also in Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, and Arabic.
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This Sunday on Up First, a whistleblower inside the federal government shares evidence that Doge employees may have taken sensitive data from government computers and covered their tracks.
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What the whistleblower found this weekend on the Sunday story right here in the Up First podcast. And that's Up First for Friday, April 25th. I'm E. Martinez.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Tara Neal, Anna Yukoninoff, Rylan Barton, Jan Johnson, and Jenea Williams. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Our executive producer is Jay Shaler. Have a great weekend, everyone.
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With so little progress on the ceasefires, there's still a chance for peace.
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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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Yeah, so Gwen Wilcox was a member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Kathy Harris sat on the Merit Systems Protection Board. That's the board that hears federal employee complaints. And they both sued, saying Trump did not have the authority to fire them.
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In fact, in creating their agencies, Congress wrote into law that members can only be fired for cause, like neglect of duty or malfeasance, But the Trump administration has been arguing that those restrictions on the president violate the Constitution. So that's the fight that's been playing out in the lower courts. And what have the lower courts said?
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Well, there's already been a lot of ping-ponging back and forth, Michelle. Initially, two judges found Wilcox and Harris's firings not only violated the law, but also ignored Supreme Court precedent, a case called Humphrey's Executor from 90 years ago. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Congress could limit the president's power to remove members of independent agencies.
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And so Wilcox and Harris actually went back to work for a while. But the government appealed. There was some back and forth. And last month, Chief Justice John Roberts stepped in. and allowed Trump to remove Wilcox and Harris again. And now the entire Supreme Court has weighed in. Yeah.
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Yesterday, a majority of justices said they think Trump does have the authority to fire Wilcox and Harris, for now anyway. They wrote that the Constitution gives the president the power to fire at will those officials who help him carry out his duties, with only narrow exceptions. And they said Wilcox and Harris probably don't qualify for those exceptions.
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That's right. It's a stay while the appeals court weighs the merits of the case. To be clear, the Supreme Court hasn't yet heard arguments of this case. This order came out of what's known as the emergency docket, which... conservatives have increasingly relied on to get quick decisions without a hearing. And this is something that liberal justice Elena Kagan brought up in her dissent.
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She wrote, our emergency docket, while fit for some things, should not be used to overrule or revise existing law, meaning Humphrey's executor. She said what's at stake here is not just someone's job.
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It's this very idea that Congress embraced when it created independent agencies, that, you know, if their members are insulated from political pressure, that they will make sound judgments that benefit the public good. Now, in recent years, the court has been chipping away at this idea and at Humphrey's executor.
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But in yesterday's decision, the conservative majority did carve out an exception for one independent agency, the Federal Reserve.
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Well, Wilcox and Harris had warned that if the court finds that Trump can fire them, that nothing can stop him from firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell. And in fact, Trump did threaten to fire Powell, which tanked the markets. Later, he pulled back and said he had no intention of firing Powell. In any event, the conservative majority disagreed with the notion that their order would affect the Fed.
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They wrote that the Fed is a uniquely structured quasi-private entity with a distinct historical tradition. Kagan scoffed at this in her dissent, and she maintained that the Fed's independence rests on the same foundation as other independent agencies.
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Now, again, this is not, yesterday's order is not the final word, but it does give us a pretty good sense of how the justices could rule, if and more likely when they hear arguments in this case.
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When Malcolm Gladwell presented NPR's Throughline podcast with a Peabody Award, he praised it for its historical and moral clarity. On Throughline, we take you back in time to the origins of what's in the news, like presidential power, aging, and evangelicalism. Time travel with us every week on the Throughline podcast from NPR.
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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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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Eric Westervelt, Didi Skanky, Neela Banerjee, Reena Advani, and Jenea Williams. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott and our technical director is Carly Strange, our executive producer is Kelly Dickens. We hope you'll join us again on Monday.
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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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Gaza Ceasefire Deal Reached, Next Steps For TikTok, Anger Over Private Firefighters
Some ministers and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet renewed their calls to continue the war in Gaza. The stops and starts of negotiations has people like 21-year-old Shema Ahmed in Gaza afraid to hope just in case the deal falls through.
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I'm Michelle Martin with Leila Fadl, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on TikTok effective in the U.S. on Sunday under a law signed by President Biden. A bipartisan majority in Congress passed a bill last year that said the Chinese parent company ByteDance had to sell the popular video sharing app or shut it down in the U.S.
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Israel's security cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal with Hamas.
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President-elect Donald Trump had once agreed with the ban but changed his mind and now says he wants to save it. So what's next?
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It's just what it sounds like, firefighters who work for private clients, not the public. The idea has drawn a lot of scorn online, and it's raising ethics questions. But we wanted to know more about how private firefighting actually works.
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And that's Up First for Friday, January 17th. I'm Leila Faldin. And I'm Michelle Martin. And just a reminder, Up First airs on weekends too. Ayusha Roscoe and Scott Simon will have the news. Look for it wherever you get your podcasts.
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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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Tariff Fears, Trump Budget Plan Passes House, Deportation Ruling
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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BONUS: America's Shifting Alliances
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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Trump's Justice Department, Disappearing DEI, Flu Peaks Again
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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Our executive producer is Kelly Dickens. Join us again tomorrow.
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This week, the Senate voted to confirm Pam Bondi as President Trump's new attorney general.
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Opposition Forces in Syria, Crypto's Milestone Week, New York City's Housing Plan
The greatest city in the world has just passed the greatest housing legislation in our history.
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The greatest city in the world has just passed the greatest housing legislation in our history.
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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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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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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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Scott, how will these tariffs affect the economy more broadly?
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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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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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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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What do people like her plan to do?
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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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That is NPR business correspondents Alina Selyuk and Scott Horsley. Alina, thank you. Thank you. Scott, thank you.
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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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Here he is talking on Air Force One last night.
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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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A look at the fear spreading in many immigrant communities. That's on the next Sunday Story from Up First.
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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.
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Public Media Cuts, Waltz Out As National Security Advisor, Alien Enemies Act Ruling
OK, so what have NPR and PBS said about this executive order and what they plan to do?
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Okay, this appears to be the most direct attack on public media, but we all know this has been building for a while.
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A new executive order is trying to stop federal funding to PBS and NPR.
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Okay, tell us about how this would affect local stations.
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Right, operating in a lot of news deserts, too. Now, there's another attempt to defund public broadcasting that could be in the works. Tell us about that.
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And a federal judge in Texas dealt a major blow to the president's efforts to deport non-citizens.
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NPR's Ryland Barton. Thank you, Ryland.
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In a statement, CPB said that it is, quote, not a federal executive agency subject to the president's authority. Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government. The head of PBS is now calling the executive order blatantly unlawful. President Trump's national security advisor, Mike Waltz, is leaving the White House.
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NPR's Franco Ordonez is traveling with the president, and he joins us now from West Palm Beach. Hi, Franco.
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Okay, so tell us more about how this went down and what it all means.
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We spent a lot of time over the past month talking about the Signal incident. How did that controversy factor into Trump's decision here?
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Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. Late last night, President Trump issued an executive order that attempts to end federal funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the organizations of political bias.
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Trump has a lot of people around him on national security issues. How did Waltz fit in there?
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And finally, Franco, before we go, we hear that the army is planning a parade to mark the president's birthday. Sounds unusual. What can you say about it?
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That's M. Pierce Franco-Ordonez. Thank you, Franco.
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A federal judge says that President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan immigrants is unlawful.
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NPR's immigration correspondent, Sergio Martinez Beltran, has been following the case and joins me now. Hi, Sergio.
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Good morning. So can you tell us more about this case and the ruling from Judge Rodriguez?
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OK, so if the government doesn't have the authority to do it, well, they've already done it. They've used the act to remove people.
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So what's next in this case?
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That's NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran. Thank you.
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In Syria women were often detained along with their children during the Assad regime. Sometimes security forces took the kids away. But some women wouldn't let go. So the guards came in and took their children by force. This Sunday on Up First, what happened to the missing children of Syria? NPR's Dia Hadid investigates. Listen to the Sunday story right here on NPR's Up First podcast.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Jerry Holmes, Roberta Rampton, Eric Westerville, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Our executive producer is Jay Shaler. Have a great weekend.
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With us to talk about all of this is NPR's Ryland Barton. Hi, Ryland.
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So tell us exactly how Trump is trying to defund NPR and PBS through this executive order.