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Chapter 1: What gardening tips can improve your garden?
There's no place like the garden, and this season Garden Variety wants to help you flourish. Each week, the Heartland's top horticulturists, insect experts, foresters, and others drop by with fresh tips about everything you want to grow or grow better. Dig in to Garden Variety from Iowa Public Radio, part of the NPR Network.
Chapter 2: What is President Trump's agenda for his second term?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress tonight. He's been in office for six weeks and has launched a blitz of action since returning to the White House for his second term. NPR's Elena Moore reports.
Though similar, this won't be a State of the Union address. Those happen after a president's first year in office. This joint address lets a newly sworn-in president lay out their agenda. And Trump's first few weeks have been busy. His administration has taken steps to dramatically reshape the federal government, crack down on illegal immigration, and redefine the U.S. role abroad.
His supporters are thrilled, his detractors dismayed. Trump's remarks are set to kick off at 9 p.m. Eastern. Elena Moore, NPR News, Washington.
Chapter 3: How are countries responding to Trump's tariffs?
A trade war is escalating. President Trump's tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China have taken effect, and now all three countries say they will retaliate. China levied new tariffs on U.S. farm goods, and Mexico says it will announce retaliatory tariffs on Sunday.
In Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's also retaliating with tariffs and rejects Trump's accusations that Canada is contributing to the U.S. fentanyl crisis. NPR's Brian Mann reports.
In a national address, Trudeau detailed new 25% Canadian tariffs on nearly $110 billion worth of U.S. goods, part of what he acknowledged is now a full-scale trade war. Trudeau also challenged President Trump's inaccurate claim Canada plays a big role fueling America's overdose crisis.
Well, that is totally false. Far less than 1% of fentanyl flows and less than 1% of illegal crossings into the United States comes from Canada.
Trudeau addressed many of his comments to U.S. listeners, saying a trade war will hurt American families and cripple prosperity on both sides of the border. He said there will be no winners. China and Mexico have also announced retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. Brian Mann, NPR News, Washington.
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Chapter 4: What is the situation with medical evacuations from Gaza?
More than two dozen children have been evacuated from Gaza to Jordan for medical treatment, part of Jordan's king's promise that his country would take in 2,000 children needing medical care. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports.
The World Health Organization says it helped evacuate the 29 children needing specialized medical care, including for cancer. King Abdullah of Jordan told President Trump in the Oval Office last month that Jordan will take in a total of 2,000 children needing medical care.
It was the Jordanian king's response to Trump's call for Jordan and countries in the region to absorb Gaza's entire population. Arab countries are rejecting the idea. Egypt is hosting a summit of Arab countries to discuss alternative plans for rebuilding Gaza without a mass displacement of Palestinians. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Wall Street is trading in mixed territory. The Dow is down 269 points. The Nasdaq is up 134 points. You're listening to NPR News. A divided Supreme Court sided with San Francisco today in a case over the Environmental Protection Agency's attempts to limit untreated sewage overflows. The 5-4 decision could have sweeping implications for raining and water pollution offshore.
San Francisco, which empties its discharge into the Pacific Ocean, says the EPA exceeded its authority under the landmark Clean Water Act in trying to block that. The court found the EPA can't impose vague requirements for maintaining water quality. The ruling could affect businesses in other cities that border bodies of water.
A research team says it thinks it has the tool scientists need to possibly detect fossilized microbial life on Mars. Aerie Daniel has more.
The machine is about the size of a water bottle, and it was built to detect different elements, including the chemical signatures of life. Yusuf Salam is a PhD student at the University of Bern.
It's basically a laser beam hitting the sample, and this laser will vaporize part of the material, creating some atoms.
Salam used the instrument on a piece of gypsum he harvested from northern Algeria, gypsum that he knew contained fossilized microbes.
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