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Chapter 1: What is the NPR Politics Podcast about?
A lot happens in Washington every day from the White House to Capitol Hill and everywhere in between. That's where we come in. On the NPR Politics Podcast, we keep you up to date on what happens inside Washington and what it means for you and your community. The NPR Politics Podcast. Listen wherever you listen.
Chapter 2: What is the latest update on the Ukraine ceasefire?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Ukraine is agreeing to an immediate 30-day ceasefire. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says now the ball is in Russia's court.
Now it'll be up to them to say yes or no. I hope they're going to say yes, and if they do, then I think we've made great progress. If they say no, then we'll unfortunately know what the impediment is to peace here.
President Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz says U.S. military aid to Ukraine and intelligence sharing will resume.
Chapter 3: How is the U.S. responding to the Ukraine ceasefire agreement?
I think as a result of this positive step forward, the president has decided to lift the pause on aid and on our security assistance to Ukraine going forward.
Chapter 4: What are the recent developments in U.S. and Ukraine relations?
Both Waltz and Rubio speaking to reporters a short time ago from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which hosted U.S. talks with senior Ukrainian officials. The meeting was held 10 days after President Trump and members of his team publicly clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and abruptly ended their White House meeting.
Chapter 5: What safety measures are being proposed after the helicopter collision?
The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for a ban on some helicopter flights at Reagan National Airport in the Washington, D.C. area after a military helicopter collided with with a regional passenger jet in January. All 67 people on board, both aircraft died. The Republican-led House will vote on a partisan stopgap bill today to avoid a government shutdown Friday night.
Here's NPR's Claudia Grisales.
Chapter 6: What is the status of the U.S. government shutdown negotiations?
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he's confident he has the votes to pass the measure, even as his conference needs to stay virtually united to make that happen. President Trump has pushed congressional Republicans to get the measure to his desk to avoid a shutdown. However, a handful of House GOP members have signaled they aren't ready to say yes yet.
And at least one, Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey, says he's a definite no. Democrats, alarmed by the absence of bipartisan negotiations and the leeway it gives the Trump administration on spending decisions, have said they will not be helping Republicans get the job done. Claudia Grisales, NPR News, the Capitol.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to limit who can access health plans through Obamacare. NPR's Ximena Bustillo reports they're hoping to boost so-called dreamers from qualifying for government health insurance.
The Deferred Action for Child Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was meant to help people without legal status who were brought to the U.S. as children. The Trump administration hopes to undo a Biden-era move of counting DACA recipients as, quote, lawfully present, which means that they get access to Affordable Care Act and Medicaid coverage.
DACA recipients were already eligible to apply for some health services in the U.S., including emergency Medicaid. Nineteen states tried to sue the Biden administration to block the move, but an appeals court allowed the government to expand the program. The new proposed rule to remove DACA recipients could take months to finalize. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News.
From Washington, this is NPR. British officials are worried about environmental damage after a cargo ship collided with a tanker off eastern England. Fuel gushed into the North Sea. Officials say sea currents, wind patterns and the size of the spill will determine how big of an environmental impact this will have. The collision caused a fire to erupt. One sailor died.
As marijuana becomes legal in more states, police across the USA, they are grappling with how to prevent people from driving under its influence. Here's NPR's Meg Anderson.
Studies show THC, the chemical in marijuana that makes you high, can impair driving. But THC can stay in your body for hours or even days. So it's hard to know if someone was high when they got pulled over. Police are searching for a tool that would work as well as the alcohol breathalyzer. They're piloting THC breathalyzers, saliva tests, even goggles to measure a person's pupils.
Jordan Wellington, a consultant who works on marijuana policy, says there's also a role for the public to police themselves.
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