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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump has just arrived in Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum. He's expected to face more questions about his demands for Greenland.
Chapter 2: What recent developments are happening at the World Economic Forum?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke yesterday, calling the political situation a, quote, rupture. He says middle powers, such as Canada, must now act together. He warns if they don't put themselves at the table, they'll find themselves on the menu.
But I'd also say that great powers... Great powers can afford for now to go it alone. They have the market size, the military capacity, and the leverage to dictate terms. Middle powers do not. But when we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of Canada's political stance on global power dynamics?
We accept what's offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating. This is not sovereignty. It's the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.
Carney based his speech on a famous essay by the late Czech dissident and president, Václav Havel. The essay discusses dissent in the face of totalitarian rulers. The Trump administration says it has no plans to stop its immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The Justice Department is investigating top Democrats in the state who've criticized the operation.
Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik reports.
Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry, and St. Paul Mayor Kalee Herr all received subpoenas as part of an investigation into allegations of impeding federal law enforcement. Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino says the operation will continue. Despite documented instances of agents breaking into homes without warrants, he insists their tactics are constitutional.
Everything we do every day is legal, ethical, moral, well-grounded in law. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case that has worried financial markets. At issue is the independence of the Federal Reserve Board, the nation's central bank. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports the Fed sets interest rates.
President Trump, like other presidents before him, has tried to get the Fed to lower interest rates more quickly. Doing so would almost certainly help his party in this year's elections. But the Fed was established 112 years ago as an independent entity in order to insulate it from political pressure and to protect the country from rampant inflation.
that often results from lowering interest rates too quickly. Frustrated by the Fed's caution, Trump tried to fire board member Lisa Cook and clearly has the Fed chairman Jerome Powell in his sights, even though he picked Powell as the Fed chair in 2018. Today, the Supreme Court hears arguments as to whether the president has that power or whether the law protecting the Fed should remain intact.
Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
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