Leila Fadal
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 11 Jun
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The Fed has been cutting interest rates, but not as quickly as the president would like.
Where does the central bank go from here?
Our NPR's Scott Horsley.
Thank you, Scott.
The voices on NPR today include longtime Democratic insider Rahm Emanuel.
Emanuel has held many political jobs, serving as a member of Congress, President Obama's chief of staff, mayor of Chicago, and most recently, ambassador to Japan.
You can hear Steve's full interview with Rahm Emanuel on a bonus episode of Up First later today.
And you can watch the full video interview on the NPR app.
And that's a first for Thursday, January 22nd.
I'm Leila Faldel.
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Miguel Macias, Andrew Sussman, Rafael Nam, Mohamed El-Radisi, and Alex Wolfley.
It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas.
We get engineering support from Nisha Hynes.
Our technical director is Carly Strange, and our deputy executive producer is Kelly Dickens.
Join us again tomorrow.
And anti-corruption authorities have arrested South Korea's president. Officials say President Yoon Song-yol is being detained for questioning the historic arrest of a sitting president come six weeks after Yoon's failed attempt to declare martial law. Stay with us. We've got the news. You need to start your day. Bye.
Six of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees face confirmation hearings today.
NPR political correspondent Susan Davis joins us now to discuss. Hey, Sue. Hey, Leila. So before we get into hearings that are ahead today, what were the big takeaways from yesterday's hearing with Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth?
It's interesting because he's seen as... Among the more controversial Trump picks, given his past comments on things like women serving in combat and the allegation of sexual assault, which he's denied. What did his hearing show about the path to confirmation for Trump's nominees? Will they be easy, as Senator Barrasso is calling for?
OK, and which nominees could get a little more pushback from senators?
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