Chapter 1: What are the latest developments in U.S.-Greenland relations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are scheduled to meet today at the White House with foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland over President Trump's threats to take control of Greenland. NPR's 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. and Denmark. The Danish prime minister says the future of NATO is at stake.
Chapter 2: Why did federal prosecutors resign in Minnesota?
Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
Several federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned over the Justice Department's investigation into the shooting death of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. This over pressure from the Justice Department to investigate Good's widow and anger over the DOJ blocking state officials from participating in the investigation. Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik says it's a loss of big talent.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry, a Democrat, is calling the prosecutors heroes. In a statement, he adds, quote, the people pushing to prosecute Renee's widow are monsters. And U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, also a Democrat and a former prosecutor herself, says DOJ is politicizing the investigation into goods killing.
Matt Sepik reporting. Good was killed amid a surge of immigration agents in Minnesota, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says she will send hundreds more federal agents to the state.
Chapter 3: How is President Trump addressing credit card fees?
Credit card companies could soon face more competition. President Trump is backing a bipartisan bill meant to lower credit card swipe fees. NPR's Stephen Basaja reports it's part of Trump's attempt to address affordability concerns.
Visa and MasterCard are by far the biggest credit card payment networks. And when you swipe one of their cards, the seller has little choice beyond accepting their fees. But Republican Senator Roger Marshall and Democrat Dick Durbin are reintroducing a law that would let merchants sometimes use other networks, ideally with lower fees to save money.
They're re-upping the bill after President Trump supported it in a social media post. Trump is also pushing to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, another policy with bipartisan support in Congress. One estimate put credit card swipe fees in 2024 at more than $236 billion. Stephen Passaha, NPR News.
Chapter 4: What steps are North Carolina hospitals taking to erase medical debt?
U.S. futures contracts are trading lower at this hour. Dow futures down about three-tenths of a percent. You're listening to NPR News. Hospitals in North Carolina have taken steps to erase $6.5 billion in patient medical debt dating back to 2014. As Alex Olgin reports, the debt was wiped out by an agreement between the hospitals and the state.
Two and a half million North Carolinians got a surprise last year. Their medical debt was erased. 60-year-old Dawn Daly-Mack says when she received the letter for a $459 emergency room visit, she was in disbelief.
I opened it up and it said, your medical bill has been paid.
Chapter 5: What do climate scientists say about the recent warming trends?
You know, I didn't believe it.
It was all part of a deal the state's 99 hospitals agreed to in exchange for a boost in Medicaid dollars. They also pledged to automatically discount care for patients who qualify for financial assistance going forward. Several states have stepped up medical debt protections in recent years. Meanwhile, the federal government rolled back plans to keep medical debt off credit reports.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Olgin.
Climate scientists say 2025 was the third warmest year on record, and if trends continue, the Earth likely will warm above the limits set in the Paris Climate Agreement. Countries have agreed to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid more extreme storms, rainfall, and heat waves. 2024 was the hottest year, and the past 11 years have all set records.
The primary driver for the hotter climate is rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and that's mostly from human activity, such as burning fossil fuels.
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Chapter 6: How are greenhouse gas emissions impacting global temperatures?
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