NPR News: 02-07-2026 10PM EST
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
What recent changes occurred at The Washington Post?
The publisher and CEO of The Washington Post is leaving just days after mass layoffs at the storied paper. As NPR's David Fokenflik reports, Will Lewis's two-year tenure was marked by controversy and crisis.
Will Lewis had been CEO of The Wall Street Journal and a veteran news executive in Britain, but he was dogged by controversies from his days as an executive for Rupert Murdoch's papers in London. The Post had been running deep in the red, and Lewis's promised innovations failed to stem the losses. When owner Jeff Bezos killed a planned editorial endorsement of Kamala Harris and made the editorial pages friendlier to President Trump, hundreds of thousands of digital subscribers canceled. On Wednesday, the Post announced 300 journalists would be laid off. Lewis was nowhere to be seen, but he was spotted the next night at an event in California ahead of the Super Bowl. On Saturday, Bezos announced Lewis's replacement, the paper's chief financial officer.
In a statement, Bezos promised an exciting and thriving next chapter for the Post. David Folkenflik, NPR News.
A federal judge told the Trump administration it can't withhold billions of federal dollars for the New York-New Jersey Gateway Tunnel project while a legal challenge plays out. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, there's a bizarre naming rights dispute now wrapped up in the freeze.
The White House put a hold on the project's funding in October. Then this past week, several news outlets reported the White House had told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York that the president would release the funds if Schumer helped rename New York City's main train station and an airport near Washington, D.C. after Trump. Asked about it on Air Force One, Trump didn't entirely dismiss the idea.
Chuck Schumer suggested that to me, about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station.
In a post on X, Schumer disputed Trump's account, saying, quote, absolute lie, he knows it, everyone knows it. Tamara Keith, NPR News, traveling with the president.
The extremist group ISIS has taken responsibility for a suicide bombing that struck a mosque in the Pakistani capital, killing more than 30 people and wounding dozens of others. NPR's Dia Hadid has more.
The group said in an Arabic-language statement that guards posted outside the Shiite mosque in Islamabad tried to stop the bomber from entering, but he shot them before detonating his explosives in a crowd of worshippers. It was the second blast to strike the Pakistani capital in months, and it was the deadliest since 2008, reviving fears from a time when militants frequently struck Pakistani cities. The Interior Minister Mohsen Naqvi says they've arrested four people in relation to the attack and says the bomber trained in Afghanistan. Naqvi also blamed neighboring India, accusing it of funding those militants. India rejects those claims. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Trump in Washington next week about the U.S. talks with Iran. Netanyahu's office says the prime minister wants the talks to include limiting Iran's ballistic missiles and ending Iran's support for armed proxies. The U.S. and Iran held indirect talks yesterday in Oman over Tehran's nuclear program. Trump says more talks are planned for early next week, but concerns remain high about possible regional conflict. Trump has repeatedly threatened to use force to compel Tehran to reach a deal on the nuclear program. The biggest Olympic event tomorrow is the women's downhill race. 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn is expected to compete even though she tore her left ACL just over a week ago.
NPR's Becky Sullivan has more.
Before her injury, Vaughn was seen as a favorite for a gold medal in the downhill, a stunning fact considering she retired more than six years ago before mounting a comeback to World Cup ski racing. Her teammate Breezy Johnson is another serious medal contender in that race.
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