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NPR News: 01-20-2026 7AM EST

20 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 10.908 Corva Coleman

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump leaves this afternoon for the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. The overriding topic is expected to be Greenland.

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Chapter 2: What are President Trump's plans for the World Economic Forum?

11.248 - 23.828 Corva Coleman

Trump is demanding control of Greenland for national security reasons. Now he's threatening to impose initial 10 percent tariffs on eight NATO countries if they don't back his efforts. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.

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23.808 - 33.145 Eleanor Beardsley

European Parliament member Bernard Guetta says Trump's inflammatory threat to slap tariffs on any country that tries to stop him from taking Greenland went too far.

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33.847 - 43.825 Bernard Guetta

All the countries and all the political forces were so shocked, deeply shocked by this incredible attitude.

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43.805 - 52.113 Unknown

Actually, Mr. Trump is making the European unity much stronger every day.

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52.454 - 66.447 Eleanor Beardsley

Guetta says Europe has been taking it from the Trump administration because it can't afford to lose U.S. support on Ukraine, but there are limits. He says the EU is ready to apply counter-sanctions and more. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

66.608 - 82.89 Corva Coleman

President Trump is expected to say more this week about his plans for reducing home prices. It could include banning corporate landlords from buying more single-family homes. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the idea is popular, but it's proven difficult to pass such laws.

83.411 - 92.425 Scott Fadness

One cap on investor landlords did just take effect in Fishers, Indiana. Mayor Scott Fadness says the idea is to protect local homeownership.

92.405 - 98.633 Corva Coleman

It's been a source of generational wealth in our country, particularly in the middle class, and I hate to see that go away.

98.873 - 113.312 Scott Fadness

But in state after state, such proposals have failed. Economist Lori Goodman at the Urban Institute says the main driver of high prices is a housing shortage, and some investors are actually helping that by building homes to rent out.

Chapter 3: How are European leaders reacting to Trump's Greenland strategy?

113.512 - 126.249 Scott Fadness

The best way to make housing affordable is to increase supply. Trump has said Congress would need to ban corporate homebuying, And it's not clear that would pass either. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.

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126.389 - 150.312 Corva Coleman

Despite frigid weather, demonstrators continue to turn out in Minneapolis and St. Paul to protest federal immigration raids in Minnesota. Some migrants have been sent from Minnesota to the largest immigration detention center in the U.S. It's a tent camp in El Paso, Texas. From member station KTEP, Angela Kocherga reports. Three people have died there in custody in the past six weeks.

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150.692 - 170.1 Angela Kocherga

Human rights advocates and multiple lawyers have said that the conditions are poor and they're worried they're deteriorating. There are documented cases of medical neglect, physical abuse, and unsanitary conditions at the facility known as Camp East Montana. And all of those were included in a report by the ACLU.

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170.08 - 193.729 Corva Coleman

The Department of Homeland Security says those in DHS custody have comprehensive medical care. You're listening to NPR. Three top Catholic leaders are criticizing the Trump administration's foreign policy. They warn human dignity and religious liberty are being examined and reduced to partisan categories. They point to Venezuela, Ukraine, and Greenland.

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194.23 - 218.017 Corva Coleman

Cardinals and archbishops Blaise Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington, and Joseph Tobin of Newark say the administration's actions raise moral questions. Hundreds of millions of people are turning to artificial intelligence for advice on health, according to big tech company OpenAI. NPR's Katie Riddle reports some doctors say AI can be a big help to them.

218.438 - 235.368 Dr. Robert Watcher

There's a lot of things to worry about when it comes to AI and medicine. privacy, accuracy, misinformation, but there's also a lot to be optimistic about, says Dr. Robert Watcher at the University of California, San Francisco, like that AI can quickly read lengthy patient history.

235.569 - 255.173 Unknown

So the idea that I, in the two minutes I have before I see you, I'm going to read 600 pages and not miss anything is ludicrous. And so we, part of the reason I'm now pretty optimistic about AI in healthcare is the problems we're trying to solve are absolutely unsolvable with if all we can count on is humans.

255.533 - 262.6 Dr. Robert Watcher

OpenAI has just released a new platform specifically for health and wellness called ChatGPT Health. Katie Reddell, NPR News.

262.94 - 280.075 Corva Coleman

Weather forecasters say frigid conditions persist from North Dakota to parts of South Carolina. Heavy snow is sticking around the Great Lakes region. That could have caused yesterday's 100-car pileup near Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is NPR.

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