Chapter 1: What are President Trump's recent actions regarding Greenland?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump is calling on NATO to support his wish to take over Greenland, and he says anything less than that would be unacceptable. This hour is before Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are scheduled to meet today at the White House with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland over Trump's threats.
In Piers Franco, Ordonez has more.
The Danish officials requested the meeting with the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, after President Trump renewed his push to take over Greenland by military force if necessary. President Trump and his top aides have repeatedly claimed that control of Greenland is a national security issue for the United States. Citing Russian and Chinese activity in the region, he claims that if the U.S.
doesn't take control of the territory, Russia or China will. and that he can't allow that to happen. Greenland's prime minister says the island territory wants to remain with Denmark and will face a geopolitical crisis if it has to choose between the U.S.
Chapter 2: How is New York's Governor addressing immigration enforcement?
and Denmark. The Danish prime minister says the future of NATO is at stake. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
New York's Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing more restrictions on federal immigration agents operating in the state. Walter Withman of Member Station WNYC has more.
New York already has several laws limiting state and local police from assisting ICE in civil immigration arrests. Now Hochul wants to bar immigration agents from entering schools, hospitals, and houses of worship without an official warrant.
New York will not allow the use of state resources to assist in federal immigration raids on people who have not committed serious crimes.
Hochul is also supporting a proposal that would allow people to sue ICE agents in state court for injuries or property damage. Republicans say police need to be able to work with ICE to enforce the law.
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Chapter 3: What are the latest trends in the U.S. housing market?
For NPR News, I'm Walter Wuthman in Albany, New York.
Stocks opened lower this morning as the National Association of Realtors reported an uptick in home sales last month. NPR's Scott Horsley has more.
Sales of existing homes rose more than 5% in December compared to the previous month. Mortgage rates have fallen from nearly 7% a year ago to just over 6% today. The average selling price for a home last month was just over $405,000. A new report from the Commerce Department says retail sales picked up in November.
Consumer spending at restaurants, stores, and gas stations rose by 0.6% during the month. Thanks to President Trump's tariffs, the U.S. is buying less from China, but China is buying plenty of other buyers around the world.
Chapter 4: How are Canada and China's relations evolving?
Exports from the world's second-largest economy rose 5.5 percent last year, and China's trade surplus grew to a record $1.2 trillion. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
Wall Street's trading lower this hour. The Dow is down 204 points. The Nasdaq is down 308. The S&P 500 down 56. This is NPR. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Beijing for a multi-day visit to China to talk with President Xi Jinping about new markets for Canadian goods. This after relations with the U.S. soured after President Trump said he wanted to annex Canada.
Chapter 5: What have climate scientists reported about global warming?
Diplomatic relations between China and Canada fell apart in 2018 when, at the request of the U.S., Canada arrested a senior executive of the Chinese telecom firm Huawei and the daughter of its founder. China responded, arresting two Canadians on national security charges. They were released. Climate scientists say 2025 was the third warmest year on record. NPR's Jeff Brady has more.
Countries have agreed to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid more extreme storms, rainfall and heat waves. Samantha Burgess with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts says the Earth has nearly reached that.
The globe has warmed by about 1.4 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level. And if warming continues at the same average rate experienced over the last 15 years, then we will reach 1.5 degree level by the end of this decade.
2024 was the hottest year in the past 11 years of all set records.
Chapter 6: What are the implications of rising greenhouse gas levels?
The primary driver for the hotter climate is rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mostly from human activity such as burning fossil fuels. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
And again on Wall Street, the Dow is down 203 points, the Nasdaq is down 294. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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