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Trump's push for Greenland continues with leaked messages and new tariff threats
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- Trump's push for Greenland continues with leaked messages and new tariff threats
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- President Trump continues to demand control of Greenland after he criticized Norway over the weekend for not giving him the Nobel Peace Prize last year.
Overnight, Trump posted screenshots of private messages between him and the leaders of NATO and France online. In one, French President Emmanuel Macron said simply, "I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland." Trump also threatened additional tariffs over the weekend against eight European and NATO nations that have shown solidarity with Greenland.
Trump is traveling today to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he’s expected to discuss the matter more.
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- Federal agents pull elderly, underdressed man from his St. Paul home
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- There are more questions about the tactics used by ICE in Minnesota to detain people. On Sunday, federal agents broke down the door of ChongLy “Scott” Thao, a U.S. citizen, then led him outside his home in his underwear in the snow and subfreezing temperatures, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
Thao told the AP that the agents eventually realized he was an American citizens with no criminal record and returned him home an hour or two later.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says 3,000 people have been arrested in the six weeks since the federal surge began.
Additionally, up to 1,500 U.S. active-duty troops stationed in Alaska are also on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota. President Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to suppress protests over immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and clashes between federal agents and residents.
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- Spain mourns as train wreck death toll reaches 41 people
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- Spain continues to mourn the victims of Sunday’s deadly train derailment and collision — at least 41 people were killed in the catastrophe. Dozens of others were wounded.
The crash took place at 7:45 p.m. Sunday when the tail end of a train carrying 289 passengers en route to Madrid went off the rails in a small town near Córdoba. The rear cars fell into the opposite track and slammed into an incoming train, which was carrying nearly 200 passengers and took the brunt of the impact. The collision knocked the second train's first two carriages off the track and sent them plummeting down a 13-foot slope. Some bodies were found hundreds of feet from the crash site.
Spanish workers are using heavy equipment to lift the most damaged wreckage. Authorities continue to say more bodies may be found.
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- Michigan governor says U.S. is ready to elect a woman president
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- Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is beginning her eighth and final year as governor. She is term-limited and not currently a candidate for anything, though she is often mentioned as a presidential contender.
Last year, former first lady Michelle Obama said to voters in a public event, “You are not ready” to elect a woman, judging by the 2024 election results.
But Whitmer says America is ready to elect a woman president.
“I love Michelle Obama,” Whitmer said. “So the last thing I want to do is disagree with her. But, you know, I think America is ready for a woman president.” She said Kamala Harris’s defeat in 2024 was not “just gender,” but a variety of factors. “We have not had a woman president yet. I think we will at some point in the near future.”
She has made no public moves toward running in 2028, though as the vice-chair of the Democratic Governors’ Association says she is focused on electing other Democrats.<...
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- Gretchen Whitmer on midterm election security and the impact of tariffs on U.S. automakers | NPR
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- 12 hours ago
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- Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer sat down with NPR’s Morning Edition for an interview during her visit to the Detroit Auto Show. In her chat with NPR's Steve Inskeep, she discussed the effects of tariffs on U.S. automakers, the security of upcoming elections and the prospects of a female president.
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- To eat more veggies, do these three things
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- 2 days ago
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- If you want to eat more veggies, these three culinary tricks can help, according to chef Roy Choi: Prep your veggies like they do in restaurants, get to know your aromatic combos, and make homemade sauces and condiments.
Choi and Life Kit's Marielle Segarra nerd out about aromatics, herbs (fresh vs. dried), how far ahead of time you can peel garlic, why you should let yourself cook with *a lot* of spoons, and the habit that will change your culinary life.
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- Winning the lottery may make you miserable
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- 2 days ago
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- Financial advisor Matt Pitcher coaches lottery winners. He says even if you never win, you need these life lessons.
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- Trump signs law putting whole milk back in schools
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- 2 days ago
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- President Trump has signed legislation that will allow schools to serve whole milk to children, alongside low-fat and fat-free alternatives.
The law reverses an Obama-era policy blocking whole and 2% milk from schools. The 2012 law was associated with slowing obesity rate in children.
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- Jodie Foster on working with female directors
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- 3 days ago
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- For the first 40 years of her career, Jodie Foster only worked with one woman director. Foster, herself a director, speaks with Morning Edition host Leila Fadel about her decision to collaborate with female directors for her last four acting projects, including her first lead role in French, for Rebecca Zlotowski's 'A Private Life (Vie privée).'
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- I hate the "grandmother name" my mom chose for herself
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- 3 days ago
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- This letter writer asked her mom what name she wanted to go by as a grandmother. Then, she hated the answer. Is she stuck with it?
Sahaj Kaur Kohli, therapist, author and founder of Brown Girl Therapy, and Bob Bordone, senior fellow at Harvard Law School, and author of "Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up Or Giving In," respond to this question for Dear Life Kit.
Dear Life Kit is NPR's advice column. To hear the experts answer more audience questions, search “Life Kit” wherever you listen to podcasts.
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- 20 dead as flooding forces hundreds to evacuate popular South African national park
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- 3 days ago
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- Flooding in South Africa has forced hundreds of people to evacuate Kruger National Park, a popular tourist attraction.
Many of those evacuated were taken out by helicopter after days of heavy rains.
The world-famous park, popular with international tourists, has also suspended day visitors. Aerial videos show fast-running water and camp buildings and trees submerged. Home to Africa’s Big Five — lions, elephants, rhinos, leopards and buffalo — Kruger spans almost 8,000 square miles and receives about one million visitors a year. A spokesperson for the park said they were not overly concerned about the animals because they are adaptable and would move to higher ground.
The heavy rains have also caused flooding and destruction in areas communities around the park, where almost 20 people have died.
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- Trump admin reversed course on plans to slash funding for mental health and addiction programs
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- 3 days ago
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- The Trump administration reversed course this week on plans to slash roughly $2 billion in funding for mental health and addiction programs nationwide.
The money had been cut off late Tuesday without warning, sending shockwaves through a segment of the country's patchwork system of public health agencies and programs that rely on grant funding.
NPR was unable to confirm who triggered the initial decision to terminate the grants. An administration official confirmed to NPR on Thursday that the cuts were being reversed. The official asked not to be identified because they didn't have permission to speak publicly about the decision.
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- Even amid violent crackdowns, Iran’s protests continue
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- 4 days ago
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- Rights groups say hundreds of Iranians have been killed in the government crackdown on the protests in Iran. Trump has warned he may hit Iran “very hard” for the violence against protesters.
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- Machado gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize
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- 4 days ago
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- Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has given her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump, a move opposed by the Nobel committee. In a social media post, Trump wrote, quote, “María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.”
Trump has openly coveted the prize and last week expressed anger that President Obama won it.
Machado won the prize for leading opposition to former authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro, whom the Trump administration has deposed. The Nobel committee issued a statement earlier this month saying that a prize cannot be “revoked, shared or transferred.”
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- Jodie Foster talks about having a 'different personality' when acting in French
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- 4 days ago
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- Jodie Foster is fluent in French, which she first learned as a child and used in minor roles over her six-decade career. She speaks with Morning Edition host Leila Fadel about her first lead role in French, for Rebecca Zlotowski's 'A Private Life' ('Vie privée').
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- National Park Service will void defaced park passes
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- 4 days ago
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- National park passes may no longer be valid if they’re defaced or altered. The policy shift follows backlash over President Trump’s image on the card.
The America the Beautiful pass features side-by-side portraits of George Washington and President Trump. Some park-goers have responded by covering Trump’s face with protest stickers.
The Center for Biological Diversity is suing, noting that, by law, the cards should feature a winning photo of a national park. Officials with the Department of Interior say the new rule is simply meant to protect against fraud.
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- How AI-generated content increased disinformation after Maduro's removal
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- 4 days ago
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- Immediately after the U.S. seized Nicolás Maduro, videos appeared on social media showing Venezuelans celebrating his capture. Many of those videos were fake, generated by artificial intelligence. And as NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports, they were just the start of a flood of AI content around Venezuela.
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- Europe sends troops to Greenland as U.S. talks stall
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- 5 days ago
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- Troops from several European countries, including France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, are arriving in Greenland to help boost the Arctic island's security after talks between representatives of Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. on Wednesday. The exercise is meant to show support to Greenland and Denmark as President Trump repeatedly insists the U.S. needs to take Greenland.
The exercise is taking place through Saturday. It’s prep for possible military support to Greenland and to buttress security in the region.
A possible tweak to the caption: The latest meeting between the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland with Trump officials produced no resolution to escalating tensions around the ownership of the territory. In a communique, the European Parliament unequivocally condemned the Trump administrations statements regarding Greenland, saying it "constitutes a blatant challenge to international law" and "the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a NATO...
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- What Jack Smith's testimony to Congress reveals about Trump
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- Almost five years after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith testified before Congress, defending his investigations into Donald Trump.
In the election-interference case, Smith said his team found evidence that Trump both caused and exploited the violence at the Capitol and failed to act for hours to stop it.
The cases were later dismissed after Trump returned to office, in keeping with a Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president. Trump denies wrongdoing and has criticized Smith’s findings.
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- Dozens killed after crane falls onto train in Thailand
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- 6 days ago
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- The Associated Press is now reporting that least 32 people are confirmed dead and dozens of others are injured after a construction crane fell onto a moving train northeast of Bangkok, Thailand.
Officials say there were around 200 passengers and crew on board the train. The crane was part of the construction of an elevated high speed rail way over the track that, when completed, will extend from Thailand to China.
The cause of the collapse is under investigation.
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- ICE agents in Minneapolis are questioning U.S. citizens
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- 6 days ago
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- More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. We’ve witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status.
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- Thousands of NYC nurses strike for better security, wages
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- 7 days ago
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- Nearly 15,000 nurses — in three major hospital networks — walked off the job in New York City yesterday after their union was unable to secure a new contract agreement. The New York State Nurses Association is calling it the biggest nurses’ strike in city history.
Nurses are negotiating for better hospital security, wages, health benefits and staffing. Hospital executives say they have worked to fill vacancies and improve staffing in recent years. They have characterized the work stoppage as reckless and say with the slow pace of negotiations, it could drag on for a while.
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- Minnesota, Illinois sue over Trump's immigration crackdown
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- 7 days ago
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- The states of Illinois and Minnesota and the cities of Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing federal immigration officials in an attempt to block the enforcement surge there.
At least 2,000 federal immigration officers are now deployed in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. The lawsuit alleges the surge is “creating dangerous and chaotic circumstances.”
Writing online this morning, Trump wrote, "FEAR NOT, GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA, THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!"
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- U.S. interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean haven't always gone as planned
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- 8 days ago
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- President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuela is the latest in a long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean. But it hasn't always been successful.
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- 'One Battle After Another,' 'Hamnet' win big at this year's Golden Globes
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- 8 days ago
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- Dozens of awards were handed out at the 83rd Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, Calif., last night. One big winner was the film “One Battle After Another.” The ferociously political satire took home four Globes in the comedy or musical category, including best picture, screenplay, director and supporting actress for Teyana Taylor.
"Hamnet," about the death of Shakespeare’s son, took best drama and best dramatic actress, for Jessie Buckley's performance.
Brazil’s "The Secret Agent," set during that country’s dictatorship, took best feature not in English, and best actor in a drama for Wagner Moura's performance. The best actor and actress in the comedy or musical categories went to Timothée Chalamet, for "Marty Supreme," and Rose Byrne for "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You."
NPR's "Up First" was nominated for best podcast, but that honor went to a well-known actor and comedian Amy Poehler and her weekly podcast, "Good Hang with Amy Poehler." Poeh...
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- Powell: DOJ subpoena 'pretext' over interest rates
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- 8 days ago
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- Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell says the Justice Department sent the nation’s central bank a subpoena on Friday.
Powell said the grand jury subpoenas threaten criminal indictments related to his testimony on the renovation project before the Senate Banking Committee last June. In an unusually combative video statement, however, Powell called it a mere pretext to force the Fed to cave to President Trump’s views on interest rates.
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- Planning commission hears details of Trump's White House ballroom project
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- 9 days ago
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- The scope of President Trump’s White House ballroom project is becoming more clear after yesterday’s public hearing before a planning commission that is dominated by Trump appointees.
A White House official and the architect leading the ballroom project presented an overview to the National Capital Planning Commission, including drawings and renderings of what the structure as designed would look like next to the existing White House. Architect Shalom Baranes said the ballroom will seat 1,000 people and have a footprint of 22,000 square feet. There had been talk of going bigger, but Baranes told commissioners, "Further consideration of enlarging the size was abandoned in late November."
He said the overall project is 89,000 square feet. The commission didn’t vote on the ballroom. That will come at a future meeting.
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- Trump's immigration crackdown slowing U.S. population growth
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- 10 days ago
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- Congressional forecasters say they expect the U-S population to grow by 7 million fewer people over the next decade than they were projecting this time last year — largely due to the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
The Congressional Budget Office projects the U.S. population will grow from 349 million people this year to about 357 million in 2035. That’s substantially slower growth than CBO was projecting a year ago. The biggest factor driving the slowdown is immigration policy.
Women in the U.S. are also having fewer children than they used to. By 2030, forecasters think there will be fewer babies born each year in the U.S. than there are deaths. Without newcomers from other countries, the population would begin to decline at that point.
CBO also says Americans are living longer, so the fastest-growing part of the population will be people over 65.
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- Trump calls off more attacks on Venezuela ahead of meeting with U.S. oil executives
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- 11 days ago
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- President Trump says he's calling off a previously expected second wave of attacks against Venezuela, writing online this morning that the U.S. and Venezuela are working better together. Diplomats from both countries said from the country’s capital Friday they’re exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations.
This comes after Venezuela began releasing some political prisoners — an act the government said was a show of good will.
President Trump also met with oil executives today at the White House. He says oil companies will go back into Venezuela and spend at least $100 billion to rebuild the country’s oil infrastructure. However, it’s not yet clear if the executives are willing to commit their companies’ money to investments in a country acutely unstable — economically and politically.
The meeting comes after the U.S. seized another tanker ship today — the third this week and the fifth over the last month. This ship...
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- Iran's supreme leader blames Trump for ongoing protests
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- 11 days ago
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- Iran’s supreme leader addressed his nation today about anti-government protests that have been ongoing for nearly two weeks.
The country of more than 90 million people has been without internet since Thursday. NetBlocks, which tracks internet connectivity around the world, says internet access was halted after Iranian authorities imposed a nationwide blackout.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed the nation, saying rioters had destroyed public property to please President Trump. He said Iran would not tolerate people acting as, quote, “mercenaries for foreigners.”
Protests erupted Dec. 28 after the local currency fell to its lowest level in Iran.
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- Israel bans Doctors Without Borders in Gaza. This clinic offers life-saving care
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- 11 days ago
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- Israel is banning some 40 international aid organizations from the Palestinian territories, among them Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF.
The group, which provides health care in war zones around the world, says it treated a million people in Gaza last year. MSF offers maternal care, vaccinations, specialized wound treatment, physiotherapy, mental health care and distributes clean drinking water in Gaza.
Israel says the ban on aid groups, which also include Save the Children, Mercy Corps and Oxfam, will not impact aid into Gaza, and that these organizations failed to meet new security requirements.
U.N. agencies, dozens of aid groups and countries like the U.K., France and Canada have urged Israel to reverse the ban and ease restrictions on aid after two years of war.
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- Protests break out in Portland after Border Patrol shooting
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- 11 days ago
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- Protests broke out in Portland, Ore., last night. Portland police say U.S. Border Patrol agents shot and wounded two people there.
According to DHS, U.S. Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in Portland when the shooting occurred. The agency said the passenger of the vehicle and target of the operation was suspected to be a Venezuelan immigrant in the U.S. illegally. They also said a Border Patrol agent feared for his safety and fired a, quote, defensive shot and the vehicle fled the scene.
In a statement, Chief of Police Bob Day asked the community to "remain calm" as they work to learn more.
The shooting took place a day after a woman was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minnesota. DHS also called that incident self-defense.
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- What we know one day after the killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis
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- 12 days ago
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- Protests continue in Minneapolis today in response to yesterday’s deadly shooting of a 37-year old woman inside her vehicle by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
Large crowds gathered in South Minneapolis last night to mourn Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot. Minnesota Public Radio reports the crowd stretched several blocks.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem continues to defend the ICE agent who shot Good. Noem says Good was a domestic terrorist. NPR has reviewed multiple videos of the scene. In the videos, an officer demands that the woman get out of her SUV. Then the officer grabs the door handle. The SUV reverses, then goes forward. A different ICE agent near the front of the vehicle fires into the car and then that agent backs away. The car drives forward and then crashes. That officer does not appear to be hit and can be seen walking after he fired the shots.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rejected Noem’s allegati...
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- RFK Jr.'s new food pyramid ends 'the war on saturated fats'
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- 12 days ago
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- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced new Dietary Guidelines for Americans focused on promoting whole foods, healthy proteins and healthy fats. The announcement also included the unveiling of a new food pyramid — with red meat, vegetables and fruits pictured at the top.
Secretary Kennedy described the new guidelines as the most significant reset on nutrition policy in history, calling for an end to policies that promote highly refined foods that are harmful to health. The guidelines will set limits on added sugar, and encourage diets that include meat and dairy.
The guidelines are highly influential, determining what’s served in school meals and on military bases as well as what’s included in federal food aid.
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- Trump: If Republicans lose the midterms, I'll be impeached
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- 13 days ago
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- President Trump is warning House Republicans that if they don’t win the midterms in November, he’ll likely be impeached — again.
His comments came during a speech Tuesday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., that was supposed to be about strategy for the upcoming midterms.
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- Alaska Airlines pilot sues Boeing over door plug blowout
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- 13 days ago
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- An Alaska Airlines pilot is suing Boeing. Captain Brandon Fisher safely landed a Boeing plane two years ago after a door plug panel flew off shortly after takeoff.
Fisher's been credited by federal agencies with saving everyone aboard.
But in court filings, Fisher's lawyers allege Boeing's attempt to deflect liability in past lawsuits despite the findings of the NTSB investigation has lead to him being sued by some passengers.
Fisher's lawsuit says Boeing suggests it wasn't responsible because the plane was "improperly maintained or misused."
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- U.S. forces seize two more tanker ships
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- 13 days ago
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- U.S. defense officials say that the U.S. has seized two tanker ships.
One of them is a stateless motor tanker called the Sophia. The other is a Russian-flagged oil tanker originally called the Bella-1, and U.S. defense officials say that tanker has links to Venezuela.
U.S. forces have chased it across the Atlantic for weeks. The U.S. Coast Guard first tried to board the vessel last month, but it refused to be boarded. The tanker had reached the North Atlantic Ocean, between Iceland and Britain, before it was seized. Officials believe it may have been headed to a Russian port in the Arctic when it was boarded.
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- What's next for Venezuela is daunting and potentially expensive
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- 14 days ago
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- Maduro’s controversial removal — with many questioning the legality of the Trump administration’s capture — has contributed to the feeling that the future of the country is up in the air. Here’s what we know.
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- Maduro says he was 'kidnapped' in first U.S. court appearance
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- 14 days ago
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- Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro described himself as an innocent and decent man, as he and his wife were arraigned in New York yesterday on federal drug charges — two days after they were seized in a pre-dawn U.S. military operation in Caracas.
Maduro told the court that he is a man of God, and a prisoner of war, "kidnapped" by the American military.
Hours after Monday’s hearing, the Trump administration briefed top lawmakers on the operation in Venezuela. Democrats said the briefing left them with more questions than answers, but Republicans called it thorough, stressing that the actions taken by the administration were appropriate.
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- Pentagon to review 'effectiveness' of women in combat positions
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- 14 days ago
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- The Pentagon is undertaking a six-month review of women in ground combat jobs, according to a memo obtained by NPR. The review is set to determine the effectiveness of having several thousand female soldiers and Marines in infantry, armor and artillery.
The memo calls for Army and Marine Corps leaders to provide data on the readiness, training, casualties and command climate of ground combat units. It also asks for the results of any internal studies on the integration of women in ground combat, which was opened to them in 2015.
Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson tells NPR the review is designed to make sure the military is the most lethal. She said Defense Secretary Hegseth will not compromise standards.
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- Capitol police officers relive Jan 6 through their own bodycam footage
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- 14 days ago
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- Watch the short documentary here: https://youtu.be/I8pZAQCZ82A
President Trump has encouraged a fog of misinformation and conspiracy theories about the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
But January 6 was one of the most filmed crime scenes in American history. So NPR sat down with two D.C. police officers who walked us through their bodycam footage of the day beat-by-beat.
It’s something they’ve both done before at trials, but cameras weren’t allowed in court. So we decided to record it so you can now see it for yourself.
Watch the whole video on our channel.
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- Debunking Jan. 6 myths: weapons and injuries
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- 15 days ago
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- Watch two officers relive Jan 6 through their own bodycam footage: https://youtu.be/CvL4sXhGrYs
There are a lot of myths about the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. NPR obtained and reviewed thousands of videos from the January 6th court cases to debunk one of the most persistent myths: that the rioters were unarmed. The video evidence shows in vivid detail that the rioters prepared for a battle, equipped with body armor, gas masks, firearms, incendiary devices and much more.
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- Debunking Jan. 6 myths: political violence
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- 15 days ago
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- Watch two officers relive Jan 6 through their own bodycam footage: https://youtu.be/CvL4sXhGrYs
Thousands of Trump supporters came to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 because they believed President Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen. The video evidence gathered from more than a thousand court cases shows the extent to which rioters threatened to hang then-Vice President Michael Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for certifying the election results. They called police Nazis and traitors for protecting the Capitol.
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- U.S. Mint releases new coins marking the nation's 250th
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- 15 days ago
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- The U.S. Mint is releasing new coins into circulation today to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding.
The coins feature pilgrims and early presidents — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
A committee had recommended five commemorative quarters to be rolled out this year. One would have featured Frederick Douglass, another would have highlighted the 19th Amendment, and a third would have celebrated school desegregation and the civil rights movement. But when the Trump administration unveiled the anniversary coins a few weeks ago, the committee's recommendations had been replaced by coins featuring pilgrims, the Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address. A spokeswoman for the Mint said the new designs were selected by the treasury secretary.
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- Debunking Jan. 6 myths: looting
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- 15 days ago
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- The Jan. 6, 2021 riot caused approximately three million dollars in damage to the U.S. Capitol. But the rioters didn’t just smash windows and doors. When they reached the offices and legislative chambers inside the Capitol, the rioters stole stuff, got drunk and smoked marijuana, too.
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- Trump calls Jan 6 a “day of love.” This bodycam footage shows otherwise.
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- 16 days ago
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- On Jan. 6, 2021, 140 police officers were injured defending the U.S. Capitol from a violent mob of Trump supporters. Five years later, many still live with the physical and psychological damage from that day.
NPR Investigations correspondent Tom Dreisbach sat down with two officers who defended the Capitol — Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges — to watch their police body camera footage from Jan. 6. Both were subjected to some of the most brutal violence of the day, inside a tunnel where police were outnumbered by rioters armed with flagpoles, stun guns, crutches, stolen police shields and chemical sprays.
Fanone, Hodges and other officers say that Trump's mass pardon of Jan. 6 rioters has exacerbated the trauma of that day. Both Fanone and Hodges have received death threats, and been called "crisis actors." But the footage from their body-cams shows the reality of what they experienced.
Both videos come from NPR's Jan. 6 archive, part of a long-...
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- Report: Teens turning to AI chatbots for companionship
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- 16 days ago
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- A new report finds that more than a third of teenagers using AI chatbots use them for personal companionship, raising concerns about developmental and emotional risks.
The report was released by Aura, an online safety company. Psychologist Scott Kollins, Aura’s chief medical officer, says 37% of conversations between teens and their chatbot companions involve violence: "It is roleplay that is interaction about harming somebody else — physically hurting them."
Parents should keep a close eye on how their kids are using chatbots, says pediatrician Dr. Jason Nagata, at UC, San Francisco: "Parents don't need to be AI experts. They just need to be curious about their children's lives and ask them about what kind of technology they're using and why."
And to tell their teens explicitly that chatbots come with risks.
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- Trump says U.S. will 'run' Venezuela, U.S. companies will take over oil production | NPR
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- 17 days ago
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- President Trump said the U.S. will run Venezuela until a "proper transition can take place," as he defended Saturday's military strikes that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
Trump said a group of people would step in to run Venezuela, including US leaders such as Secretary of State Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and that US oil companies would have military back up as they move into the region.
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- Title
- U.S. hit Venezuela with 'large-scale strike,' captured Nicolás Maduro, Trump says
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- President Trump claimed overnight that the United States carried out airstrikes in Venezuela and "captured" President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, following a series of explosions and fires reported around Caracas in the early hours of the morning.
• Read or listen to: "U.S. hit Venezuela with 'large-scale strike,' captured Nicolás Maduro, Trump says" at https://www.npr.org/2026/01/03/g-s1-104329/explosions-caracas-venezuela
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- Title
- FIFA president defends high World Cup ticket prices
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino is defending the 2026 World Cup's high ticket prices by saying the tournament is attracting unprecedented demand.
Fans have reacted with outage at the ticket prices for the World Cup being held across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, but Infantino says FIFA has received a record 150 million ticket requests already this month. People can still apply for a chance to get tickets through Jan. 13.
Infantino said this week that most of the proceeds will be invested toward growing the sport.
