Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. The White House says President Trump is ending temporary protected status for Somalis who are living in the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says some of them will have to leave the country by March 17.
Chapter 2: What recent changes has the White House made regarding Somali immigrants?
The abrupt decision comes as her agency has sent thousands of federal agents to operate in Minnesota. Many Somalis and Somali-Americans live there. Stocks opened mixed this morning as the Labor Department reported that inflation held steady last month. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped more than 300 points in early trading.
Consumer prices in December were up 2.7 percent from a year ago. That's the same annual increase we saw in November. So inflation's not getting worse, but it's not getting better either. Gasoline prices were down during the year, but grocery prices were up. The cost of electricity and natural gas jumped sharply.
Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation was 2.6 percent in December, also unchanged from the month before. The cost of living report comes two weeks before the next meeting of the Federal Reserve. Fed policymakers are expected to hold interest rates steady after cutting rates at their last three meetings.
The central bank is trying to balance concerns over stubborn inflation with a softening job market. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump says he is going to impose a 25 percent tariff on all goods imported from Iran. This is over the Iranian regime's attacks on anti-government protesters. Human rights groups say at least 600 people have been killed. Iran is struggling, according to Kareem Sajapur. He is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Last June, in the 12-day war, Israel assassinated Iran's top, perhaps a couple dozen, senior Revolutionary Guard commanders. The country was also humiliated by the U.S.
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Chapter 3: How is inflation affecting the U.S. economy in January 2026?
war, and their most important regional proxies, like Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas, have been destroyed. Their ally in Caracas, Venezuela, Maduro, was just captured. He spoke to NPR's Morning Edition.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments this morning. This is on cases testing whether states may bar transgender students from participating in publicly funded school sports.
NPR's Nina Totenberg reports. West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey defends the state law, contending that sports are unique.
Men are bigger, faster, and stronger than women. And competitive athletics are incredibly important to our society and to the growth of young women. And we believe that that space in this instance should be reserved for biological girls.
But not everyone agrees this case is about that limited objective. Here's John Bursch. Senior Counsel for the conservative group Alliance Defending Freedom.
This question is actually bigger than sports, and it's about whether those who support the gender ideology movement are going to be allowed to continue harming children, women, and adults.
Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The FBI says a Mississippi man has confessed to setting a fire at the state's synagogue in Jackson. Authorities say that Steven Spencer Pittman made the admission from the hospital where he is being treated for burns. He has been charged with arson. The synagogue sustained significant damage and the library was targeted.
Health data show that cancer is more survivable than ever. Seventy percent of patients now live five years or more after their diagnoses. Still, as NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports, more people are getting cancer amid disparities in care.
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