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Chapter 1: What did President Trump announce about Ukraine and Russia?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Donald Trump says Ukraine is open to a U.S. proposed 30-day ceasefire with Russia. In exchange, the U.S. says it would lift its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing with Kiev. Speaking at the White House, Trump said the ball is now in Russia's court.
Ukraine has agreed to it, and hopefully Russia will agree to it. We're going to meet with them later on today and tomorrow, and hopefully we'll be able to wipe out a deal. But I think the ceasefire is very important. If we can get Russia to do it, that'll be great. If we can't, we just keep going on and people are going to get killed, lots of people.
Chapter 2: What are the implications of the U.S. and Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia?
The announcement comes a week after measures were imposed to push Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to enter talks with Russia to end the now more than three-year-old war sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The announcement comes after talks between the U.S. and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia. Employees of the U.S.
Department of Education received an unusual email today advising them to vacate all department offices within hours. Here's NPR's Corey Turner.
Chapter 3: Why did the Department of Education employees receive an evacuation notice?
Staff were instructed by the department's Office of Security to leave their offices by 6 p.m. Eastern Time, and they were told to work from home Wednesday. The email included little explanation, saying offices would be closed for security reasons and would reopen Thursday. Employees of the department shared the email with NPR, and we're not naming them because the employees fear retribution.
Chapter 4: What were the concerns surrounding the Department of Education's restructuring?
Neither the White House nor the Education Department responded to multiple requests for comment. The email further unsettled employees who fear imminent sweeping staff cuts. This Thursday, agency heads are expected to turn in restructuring plans to achieve large-scale reductions in force. Corey Turner, NPR News.
Chapter 5: What caused the January collision near Reagan National Airport?
Federal investigators looking into the cause of a January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington's Reagan National Airport say a preliminary investigation shows a serious safety issue. Investigators are making recommendations, including calling for the FAA to issue a ban on some helicopter flights.
Chapter 6: What economic trends were observed on Wall Street?
The NTSB found that over a 13-year period, there were at least one closed call a month between a commercial plane and a helicopter. Another down day on Wall Street. NPR's Scott Horsley reports that the Dow fell more than 1%.
At last check, President Trump was still preparing to impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports starting Wednesday. That could raise prices in the U.S. on everything from automobiles to craft beer. Trump had threatened to double the tariff on imports from Canada, which is one of the United States' biggest suppliers of steel and aluminum.
The president later said he was reconsidering after the Canadian province of Ontario agreed to drop its export tax on electricity sent to the U.S. The escalating trade war has rattled the stock market in recent days. Small business owners are also feeling the headwinds. The Uncertainty Index, assembled by the NFIB, hit its second-highest level on record. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
The Dow fell 478 points today. The Nasdaq dropped 32 points. The S&P 500 was down 42 points. This is NPR. A measles outbreak in the Southwest continues to grow, with officials there now saying they have more than 250 reported cases. At least two unvaccinated people have died. So far, most of the cases have been in West Texas and New Mexico. The Oklahoma is also reporting two probable cases.
Measles is generally preventable with vaccines that had been considered eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. Japan's third-largest automaker, Nissan, says it's replacing its CEO amid mounting financial losses. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports the change comes less than a month after talks with Honda about a merger fell apart.
Nissan said in an announcement that five of its 11 executive committee members, including CEO Makoto Uchida, will step down. Chief Product Planning Officer Ivan Espinosa will take over from Uchida on April 1st. Nissan has been slow to roll out hybrid models, and it's been outsold by competitors in its key markets, the U.S. and China.
In the last nine months of last year, the company's profits plunged by 90 percent. In November, it announced a plan to restructure and cut global production by 20 percent. Merger talks with Honda fell through because Honda wanted to make Nissan its subsidiary, which Uchida called unacceptable. Observers are now looking to see whether merger talks could resume under Espinosa's leadership.
Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Beijing.
Guatemala's volcano fire is erupting. Authorities there now say they've removed nearly 300 families while warning 30,000 others in the area they could be at risk. 12,300-foot-high volcano is one of the most active in Central America. In 2018, an eruption killed 194 people. This is NPR.
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