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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump is arriving at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today. There are worries in Europe about the future of Greenland, the transatlantic alliance, and a looming trade war.
What are the latest concerns regarding President Trump's actions at the World Economic Forum?
NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports Europeans say the Trump administration has crossed a line.
Europeans say Trump is using tariffs as a weapon after he threatened to hit any country hindering his plans to acquire Greenland with an extra 10% tariff. European Parliament member Nathalie Loiseau says the transatlantic chaos is entirely of Trump's making.
There was no need to have this crisis. When there's a war in Ukraine, when China is threatening Taiwan, and when people are dying in Iran, there are serious crises that the U.S. should deal with with Europe and not create a crisis against Europe.
On Tuesday, the European Parliament refused to ratify, as planned, a U.S.-EU trade deal that did not include sanctions on the U.S. Loiseau says they have now prepared $100 billion worth of tariffs on American products and are ready to use them. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
The Trump administration says it will go forward with its immigration crackdown in Minnesota. That's despite documented cases of federal immigration agents breaking into homes without judicial warrants and arresting American citizens without cause. President Trump gave an interview to News Nation that aired last evening. Trump says he will take further steps if needed and invoke the Insurrection Act.
It does make life a lot easier. You don't go through the court system. It's just a much easier thing to do.
But Trump says he has no plans to invoke the Insurrection Act now. Thousands of people marched in communities across the country yesterday. They turned out to oppose Trump on the anniversary of his inauguration. Marches were held from the Pacific Northwest to Texas to Atlanta. Closing arguments start today in the case of a former Uvalde school police officer. In 2022, nearly 400 law enforcement officers waited more than an hour to confront the gunman. He killed 19 children and two teachers in the Texas attack. From Texas Public Radio, Dan Katz has more.
Adrian Gonzalez faces 29 counts of abandoning or endangering a child. Prosecutors argued that Gonzalez was among the first officers on the scene and failed to confront the shooter. Their case relied on body camera video, radio traffic, and eyewitness testimony, including from a school staffer who said she urged Gonzalez to act while he paced outside the school. Defense attorneys questioned the reliability of eyewitness accounts, pointing to the chaos of the moment. The defense called two witnesses, including a policing expert who testified about stress and perception. Gonzalez did not testify. After today's closing arguments, the jury must weigh questions of duty, action, and responsibility. For NPR News, I'm Dan Katz.
On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are lower. This is NPR. A court in Japan has imposed a life sentence on the man who murdered former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The gunman said he killed Abe because of the former leader's ties to the Unification Church. He held a grudge because his mother's large donations to the church had bankrupted his family. The court ruled the Unification Church was not directly linked to Abe's murder. The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today on whether President Trump can fire a governor of the Federal Reserve. President Trump claims Governor Lisa Cook engaged in fraud but has not provided evidence. She has denied the claim. The Fed is supposed to be insulated from political pressure.
Fed governors have resisted pressure. A new study finds that Antarctic penguins are radically shifting the start of their breeding season as temperatures get warmer. NPR's Nate Rott reports this could disrupt their ability to get food.
Over the course of 10 years, researchers used remote-controlled cameras to see when penguins set up colonies to breed at more than three dozen sites.
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