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What is the significance of Emmanuel Macron's message on global cooperation?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. French President Emmanuel Macron is making it clear that mutual cooperation among allies is the only way to ensure global economic stability.
Let's not waste time with crazy ideas. Let's not open Pandora box or new topics. And it's not a time for new imperialism or new colonialism. This is a time of cooperation in order to fix these three global challenges for our fellow citizens.
Macron speaking Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, amid President Trump's push to take control of Greenland. Trump is to deliver his own remarks Wednesday, but his flight aboard Air Force One got off to a rocky start. Trump was forced to return to the D.C. area to switch planes when Air Force One developed what the White House says was a minor electrical issue about an hour after takeoff. The Justice Department's investigation into state and local officials in Minnesota is widening. Amid the ongoing immigration enforcement crackdown, the DOJ has issued grand jury subpoenas to Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and the mayors of both Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Physicians in Minnesota sounding the alarm about federal immigration agents in hospitals. Erica Zurich of Minnesota Public Radio says some patients are worried about being targeted in medical facilities.
Physicians are voicing concerns for patients as thousands of federal officers have poured into the state. Dr. Erin Stevens is the legislative chair for Minnesota's section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She says the presence of ICE agents intimidates patients and obstructs access to care.
Many of our patients, undocumented immigrants, naturalized citizens, and U.S.-born citizens alike fear leaving their homes for access to health care. They express to us a feeling of being hunted.
Stevens says that some patients are giving birth alone, while others are missing, canceling, or postponing prenatal care appointments. For NPR News, I'm Erika Zurich in Minneapolis.
A year ago, President Trump signed an executive order that dramatically changed the way the U.S. does foreign aid. NPR's Fatna Tanis reports that one year in, it's affected millions around the world.
The executive order froze all US foreign assistance, which amounted to $40 billion annually, about 1% of the total federal budget. What followed was the dismantling of the 60-year-old US Agency for International Development. Thousands of programs that aim to prevent the spread of diseases and find solutions for poverty in low-income countries were were shut down. People suddenly lost access to critical medicine or food. Global health experts say it was a cataclysmic year. The Trump administration has now launched its own strategy to help low-income countries fight diseases. It's making one-on-one deals with countries that will also benefit American businesses. But experts say without US money, the rest of the global health system will have to do more with less.
This is NPR. U.S. Supreme Court set to hear arguments Wednesday in the case of Lisa Cook. She's the Federal Reserve governor that President Trump is trying to fire. No U.S. president has ever tried to remove a sitting Fed governor. The Associated Press is reporting that Fed Chair Jerome Powell is planning to attend Wednesday's session. Closing arguments expected Wednesday in the trial of a former school police officer accused of failing to confront the gunman in the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen students and two teachers were killed. The case, the first legal test of criminal responsibility for the law enforcement response. Nearly 400 officers responded to the school as the attack unfolded.
Consumers online are becoming more curious and critical about polyester clothing. Many users question the effects it may be having on the environment. Here's NPR's Ayanna Archie reporting.
Polyester in clothing is more common than in recent years. It's largely fueled by fast fashion consumers who want to be on trend and pay as little as possible, and the retailers that want to meet consumers' demands while keeping expenses low.
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