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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
What recent immigration enforcement actions are being protested in Minneapolis?
Demonstrators gathered in Minneapolis this weekend to continue their protests against federal immigration enforcement agents in the city. In the meantime, a federal judge has ruled that immigration raids in the state can continue, at least for now. Judge Catherine Menendez denied a request to temporarily block enforcement while a lawsuit moves ahead. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is praising the decision.
We're grateful when a court sees that the right thing has been done. We'll continue to focus on getting dangerous criminals, murderers and rapists and drug traffickers out of this country and bringing them to justice.
The lawsuit claimed the Trump administration is violating constitutional rights by targeting the state for enforcement.
How did a federal judge rule regarding climate change advisory groups?
The Justice Department has called the case, quote, legally frivolous. A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that a secretive group of climate skeptics convened by the Department of Energy violated federal law. NPR's Jeff Brady reports that the group's work was used to bolster a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution.
What are the implications of reopening Gaza's main border crossing?
Energy Secretary Chris Wright picked a group of four scientists and an economist with a history of casting doubt over climate science. They issued a report that in part bolstered the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to end regulations on greenhouse gases. Wright said the purpose was to spur debate, but for nearly all climate scientists, the debate the secretary wants is settled. Environmental groups sued. Now, federal judge William Young has ruled the Climate Working Group violated a federal law which says advisory groups that contribute to policymaking must be transparent. The Energy Department could still appeal. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
How is the winter storm affecting the East Coast and utility services?
Israeli authorities say preparations are underway to reopen Gaza's main border crossing. Reopening the crossing is a major step in advancing the ceasefire agreement. As NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Jerusalem.
The Rafah border crossing has been almost completely sealed since Israeli forces captured it in 2024.
What are the calls for King Charles regarding transatlantic slavery?
Most Palestinians have not been able to leave or enter Gaza since. Now, Egyptian authorities, Palestinian security officers and European Union border patrol officers are making final arrangements to reopen the land crossing. The Palestinian committee tasked with taking over Gaza's day-to-day affairs says Palestinians will begin to leave Gaza Monday. The numbers are expected to be limited, only 50 medical patients daily, accompanied by two companions each. Gaza health officials say 20,000 medical patients need to travel abroad for treatments unavailable in Gaza. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Jerusalem.
This is NPR News. A powerful winter storm is sweeping through the Carolinas, bringing heavy snow and dangerously cold air to much of the East Coast. In Tennessee, more than 50,000 utility customers are still without power from last weekend's storm. Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell.
NES believes 90 percent will be restored by Tuesday, February 3rd, and 99 percent by Sunday, February 8th.
Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing across much of the southeast, possibly reaching as far south as Florida. There are fresh calls for King Charles to formally apologize for transatlantic slavery. That's after the publication this week of research detailing how the British royal family profited from the slave trade. NPR's Lauren Frere reports from London.
At the start of the 19th century, the British crown was likely the biggest buyer of enslaved people. King Charles has previously expressed what he called personal sorrow at the suffering that caused and called for, quote, creative ways to right inequalities that endure. But no royal has ever formally apologized for their ancestors' role in the slave trade. Now, some British politicians, academics, and activists are renewing calls for them to do so after publication of a book called The Crown's Silence, in which historian Brooke Newman lists the atrocities the royals committed for centuries against Africans sold into slavery.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:07
2
What recent immigration enforcement actions are being protested in Minneapolis?
0:07–0:54
3
How did a federal judge rule regarding climate change advisory groups?
0:54–1:16
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What are the implications of reopening Gaza's main border crossing?
1:16–1:58
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How is the winter storm affecting the East Coast and utility services?
1:58–2:20
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What are the calls for King Charles regarding transatlantic slavery?
2:20–4:39