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Chapter 1: What is the focus of today's political news?
Politics is a lot these days. I'm Sarah McCammon, a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast, and I'll be the first to tell you what happens in Washington definitely demands some decoding. That's why our show makes politics as easy as possible to wrap your head around. Join us as we make politics make sense on the NPR Politics Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Chapter 2: What actions is President Trump taking regarding immigration?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. As President Trump's 100th day in office approaches, his White House is emphasizing his actions to combat illegal immigration in the U.S. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports today the White House said state and local law enforcement will be a key part of deportations moving forward.
At a briefing, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt addressed last week's Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Florida, Operation Tidal Wave. She said it resulted in the arrests of nearly 800 people in the U.S. illegally.
Chapter 3: What is Operation Tidal Wave and its significance?
Operation Tidal Wave is a preview of what is to come around this country. Large-scale operations that employ our state and local enforcement partners to get criminal illegal aliens off our streets.
Today, Trump is expected to sign two executive actions related to border security, including one that will target sanctuary cities, jurisdictions with laws that limit cooperation with immigration authorities. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.
The president says Ukraine is open to giving up rights to the Black Sea Peninsula of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. But as NPR's Joanna Kicis tells us, Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, has made clear he will not concede the region in exchange for a quick peace deal pushed by the Trump administration.
Chapter 4: What stance does Ukraine have on Crimea?
Russia seized Crimea 11 years ago and then armed and assisted Kremlin-allied separatists in occupying parts of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine cannot legally recognize a Russian takeover without changing its constitution, which requires a referendum. Zelensky has said repeatedly that he will not recognize an occupied territory as part of Russia.
Chapter 5: How has Russia's actions affected Ukraine's legal stance?
Artem Chigos, a member of Ukraine's parliament, is a Crimean Tatar, the indigenous people of Crimea. He told NPR that Russians persecute Crimean Tatars. President Trump and his team cannot ignore international law, he said. He cannot ignore the indigenous Crimean people.
Chapter 6: What are the implications of the power failure in Spain and Portugal?
Millions of people in Spain and Portugal are facing disruptions from a massive power failure across the peninsula. The outage has severely affected transport and communication systems. The BBC's Danny Eberhard has more.
The operators of the electric networks are starting to restore power in some areas. So, for example, in Spain, they're saying that power is starting to be restored to parts of the north and the south. In southwest France, they say that the interruptions have stopped. Andorra was a brief disruption. So already there are plans to put these back into place.
But the network operating in Spain is talking about six to 10 hours before services are resumed. And of course, at the moment, we do not know why this happened.
The BBC's Dani Eberhard. It's NPR News. The Atlanta Falcons say a coach's son was responsible for a prank call to football player Jadur Sanders as his failure to be picked in the first round became one of the biggest stories of the NFL draft. From member station WABE in Atlanta, Alex Helmick has details.
Sanders was projected a top pick in the NFL draft. He was a star quarterback at Colorado and his son to Hall of Famer Deion Sanders. His unexplained fall from projected first round to fifth round
took over the draft and during the slide he got a phone call from allegedly the Saints general manager in a now viral video a young man is shown saying the Saints would draft Sanders next it was a prank the Falcons say defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich's 21 year old son unintentionally found Sanders's phone number on an open iPad while visiting his parents home a friend of his made the call
The Falcons and Ulbricht have apologized to Sanders, who dismissed the call, saying it didn't impact him. For NPR News, I'm Alex Helmick in Atlanta.
The Washington Commanders are relocating back to the nation's capital. Today, the Commanders and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a deal on a new roof stadium slated to open on the city's RFK campus in five years. Commanders are expected to put up at least $2.7 billion. The District of Columbia agrees to invest $500 million.
The commanders are calling it the single largest private investment in D.C. history. Washington commanders currently play home games in Landover, Maryland. U.S. stocks trading lower this hour. The Dow is down 145 points. This is NPR.
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