Dan Karpinchuk
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NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-30-2025 2PM EDT
Judy Messaline started her UFO watchtower as a joke 25 years ago after her ranching operation fell on hard times.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-30-2025 2PM EDT
It's not much, basically just a steel viewing platform 10 feet off the ground and a gift shop. Still, she says people have been taking her joke a lot more seriously. This in the wake of declassified fighter pilot footage appearing to show UFOs. She expects about 10,000 people to visit the watchtower this summer, starting with a 25th anniversary party on Memorial Day.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-30-2025 2PM EDT
Could be a fine time for first contact. For NPR News, I'm Dan Boyce in Colorado's San Luis Valley.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-06-2025 4AM EDT
Carney was elected mainly on his campaign of being the best leader to deal with Trump. The two have already had a couple of phone conversations described as positive. Now, as Carney is set to arrive at the White House, some analysts are concerned that he set the right tone, a diplomatic balancing act where he and Trump can find common ground while Carney holds firm on Canadian sovereignty.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-06-2025 4AM EDT
They fear the specter of the dressing down of President Volodymyr Zelensky when he visited the White House. Carney has already said the focus of the talks will be tariffs as well as the future economic and security relationship. It's a high-stakes meeting for Carney, who must stand up for Canada but walk a fine line in how he does it. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpinchuk in Toronto.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-13-2025 6AM EDT
Ford says he paused the surcharge to let cooler heads prevail. It came after President Trump threatened to bump the 25% on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50%. Ford, along with Canada's finance minister, will meet with Lutnick. He says their message is, quote, let's stop this, it's hurting both economies, and let's move forward on what's needed to negotiate the USMCA.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 4AM EDT
Gimbel, who previously worked in the Biden administration, estimates the average family will pay about $2,500 more for items if the Trump tariffs remain in place as they are. On the backdrop of Israel's offensive in Gaza, France and Saudi Arabia are leading efforts to promote the international recognition of a Palestinian state.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 4AM EDT
Israel is opposed to the effort and blocked the Saudi foreign minister from visiting the occupied West Bank. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Jerusalem.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 4AM EDT
Local police departments are increasingly signing on to a program that allows them to partner with federal immigration authorities. NPR's Meg Anderson reports the agreement allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, to use the local police agency's jail space. Sometimes it allows the police to do immigration enforcement work in their own communities.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 4AM EDT
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. President Trump is pressing Republicans to rally behind his, quote, big, beautiful bill. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports Trump met with senators as the bill comes under fire from a powerful foe.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 4AM EDT
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday that President Trump's support for Pete Rose was a factor in the commissioner's decision to lift the lifetime ban against Rose and several other deceased ballplayers. The decision will allow a committee to allow Rose and others to be voted on for the Hall of Fame. A big change is also likely coming to MLB in 2026.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 4AM EDT
Manfred said Wednesday he'll propose the sport implement what's called an automatic ball strike challenge. Teams will get two challenges per games. From Washington, you're listening to NPR News. I'm Dan Ronan.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 4AM EDT
Imported steel and aluminum just got more expensive. President Trump's 50 percent tariffs on the metals kicked in Wednesday, doubling what they were earlier this week. Trump said last week the tariffs are needed to secure the steel industry in the United States. Martha Gimbel at Yale's Budget Lab estimates the price of new cars will jump by 13 percent because of the tariffs.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 3AM EDT
Trump described the call as a good conversation, but not one he said that will lead to a peace treaty. In a video call with the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group, Ukraine's President Zelensky said his country needs to push for more air defenses and weaponry to push Moscow towards real peace talks.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 3AM EDT
Ukraine said the daring attack delivered a heavy blow to Russia's air force and military prestige. In an editorial in a French newspaper, the former Israeli prime minister says Israel is committing war crimes. NPR's Eleanor Bersley.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 3AM EDT
In Washington, stocks were mixed, and this is NPR News. A nationwide surveillance program is testing wastewater for evidence of measles in 40 U.S. states. NPR's Maria Godoy reports scientists hope the testing will boost public health officials in the ability to spot measles cases before an outbreak occurs.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 3AM EDT
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. A federal judge is giving the Trump administration one week to figure out how more than 100 migrants who were sent to El Salvador in a prison there can challenge their deportations. As NPR's Tovia Smith reports, the judge says the migrants should have had that chance before they were removed from the U.S. under an 18th century law.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 3AM EDT
President Trump's big push for a bill is likely to unleash trillions in dollars in tax cuts and slash spending, but it could spike the deficit by $2.4 billion and leave 10.9 million Americans without health care, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The U.S.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 3AM EDT
Coast Guard and other emergency response teams are cleaning up a fuel spill in Baltimore in the Inner Harbor area that took place on Wednesday. Now Johns Hopkins University says diesel fuel used for generators accidentally spilled by a vendor during a routine delivery and the fuel got into the nearby water. It was about 100 gallons of water. The water was red because of the dye from the fuel.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-05-2025 3AM EDT
President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone on Wednesday. The White House said Putin and Russia had very strongly, that Putin said Russia will very strongly respond to Ukraine's weekend drone attack on Russian airfields that reportedly destroyed or damaged much of Russia's long-range airborne nuclear fleet.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-23-2025 4PM EDT
Recent polls suggest Carney's Liberals are in a tight race with the opposition Conservatives, and this election campaign, only five weeks long, will focus on the main issue of tariffs and annexation talk from President Donald Trump.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-23-2025 4PM EDT
Carney says in the past 10 days since he's become Prime Minister, he's initiated several major changes, including getting rid of the unpopular carbon tax and expanding dental care to more than 4 million Canadians. So Carney has asked for a strong mandate from voters in what he described as the most consequential election in a lifetime.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-23-2025 4PM EDT
The Conservatives, led by Pierre Poliev, continue to say Carney still represents the old liberals and their policies, and it's time for a change. For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpinchuck in Toronto.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-22-2025 4PM EDT
Jennison cited testimony at trial where the Texas Secretary of State conceded that more than 650,000 registration records in their system were incorrect. He added that expert testimony estimated that more than 2 million people were unable to vote due to the ID restrictions. The state of Texas is expected to appeal. I'm Dan Katz in San Antonio.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-22-2025 4PM EDT
Victor Jennison, an attorney with the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund, says there was no way to know which ID number the state had on file until the ballots were rejected.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-15-2025 2PM EDT
The comment came just hours after Blair was reappointed as defense minister under the government of new Prime Minister Mark Carney. Portugal also says it would no longer go ahead with the acquisition of the high-tech warplane. This comes as Canada is in the midst of a trade war with the Trump administration after Washington slapped punishing tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum.
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NPR News: 03-15-2025 2PM EDT
Many Canadians also support getting out of the $19 billion purchase. Blair says Canada may accept the first group of F-35s already paid for, but also look at the Swedish-built Saab Gripen, which was considered before the F-35s. Sweden's proposal would allow the Gripens to be assembled in Canada. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpinchuk in Toronto.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-08-2025 5PM EST
Trump says reciprocal tariffs on Canadian dairy and lumber could be coming in the next few days. That's in addition to the levies that are set to be slapped on steel and aluminum. Canada's industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, says the Canadian government is having difficulty understanding what needs to be done to avoid the tariffs.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-08-2025 5PM EST
and he wants both countries to get back to a place of normalcy. Champagne also says Ottawa is willing to open talks with Trump on renegotiating the USMCA, free trade deal, but there is a process that needs to be followed. Champagne says what's needed right now is stability and predictability on both sides of the border. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpinchuk in Toronto.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-07-2025 1PM EDT
The latest community to be impacted, Snow Lake, more than 400 miles north of Winnipeg. The town was ordered evacuated late Friday as a large wildfire is threatening the area. About 6,000 people in nearby Flin Flon and the surrounding area have already been forced to leave.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 06-07-2025 1PM EDT
Ottawa has put the call out to its international partners for firefighting help, as Canada's own resources have been stretched to the limit. Meanwhile, smoke from the wildfires in western Canada is causing hazy skies across North America. Toronto and Montreal are recording some of the poorest air quality in the world due to wildfire smoke. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpinchuk in Toronto.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-07-2025 6PM EST
Ellen Weintraub announced on social media that Trump was trying to remove her from the independent regulatory agency in charge of enforcing campaign finance laws. Dan Weiner with the Brennan Center says there is a legitimate process that Trump could have used but didn't.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-07-2025 6PM EST
Weiner says this is happening when the FEC is expected to deal with numerous complaints related to the 2024 election. Ashley Lopez, NPR News.