Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump has wrapped up his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Before he left, he spoke to reporters. After meeting Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of efforts to broker an end to the war in Ukraine.
The meeting was good with President Zelensky. We'll see how it turns out. A lot of people being killed.
Trump said both Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin want to make a deal, but territorial issues remain the major sticking point. Trump met with Zelensky while his envoys were in Moscow, meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a close vote, the Republican-led House blocked a resolution to limit President Trump's war powers in Venezuela.
NPR's Claudia Grisales reports the resolution failed in a tie, falling just short of the majority needed for passage.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mass led the opposition against the resolution, arguing U.S. military operations in Venezuela are over.
There are no troops in Venezuela. We are not at war.
But Massachusetts Democrat Jim McGovern argues Republicans are making excuses.
The best we can get from the current majority here is that there's never a good time for Congress to assert its war powers.
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Chapter 2: What recent developments occurred during President Trump's trip to the World Economic Forum?
The forecast is calling for large amounts of snowfall, freezing rain and sleet. Officials are warning people to be prepared for potential power outages and bitterly cold temperatures. A new study says the U.S. homicide rate has fallen to a historic low. Researchers are calling it a dramatic turnaround in violent crime, as NPR's Windsor Johnston reports.
The national homicide rate is on track to reach its lowest level in 125 years and the steepest single-year drop on record. That's according to the Council on Criminal Justice, which analyzed crime data from 40 major U.S. cities. The report found 25 percent fewer homicides, 13 percent fewer shootings, and a nearly 30 percent drop in carjackings compared to 2019. all now below pre-pandemic levels.
The FBI hasn't released full national data yet, but local trends suggest the pandemic crime spike was a blip, not a lasting trend. Drug crimes were the only category that ticked up last year, but they remain lower than before the pandemic. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, Washington.
And you're listening to NPR News. Three people have been arrested in connection with Sunday's protest at a Minnesota church. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says they include the civil rights attorney and activist who led the protest. Dozens of people interrupted services at a church in St. Paul on Sunday, calling for the resignation of the pastor. They say he has a leadership role with U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Japan's prime minister has paved the way for a snap election. Sonai Takeuchi has dissolved parliament and called for an election next month on February 8th. Just three months ago, Takeuchi was elected as Japan's first woman leader.
This week, shots for a new HIV vaccine trial started going into participants' arms, but as Ari Daniel reports, the effort a year delayed and almost didn't happen at all.
The innovative trial was supposed to roll out across multiple African nations and had been set up to find the best way to encourage the human immune system to create legions of special, broadly neutralizing antibodies.
In many cases, up to 90% of global viruses could be stopped by one antibody.
Penny Moore is a virologist at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. But early last year, she says the $45 million grant they'd received from USAID to do the work was canceled as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to extinguish foreign aid. The team scrambled to secure a much smaller amount of other funding
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