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What recent events are impacting the Department of Homeland Security?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. On Capitol Hill, top officials from the Department of Homeland Security are testifying before a House committee as the agency comes under fire for the recent shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota. DHS funding runs out Friday night. A new report is dismissing President Trump's claims of widespread non-citizen voting in U.S. elections. NPR's Miles Parks has more.
The Nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation Research, or CEIR, tracked data from all 50 states and found that allegations about non-citizens voting, quote, arise from misunderstandings, mischaracterizations, or outright fabrications about complex voter data. CEIR Executive Director David Becker. It is extremely rare that non-citizens get registered, and then it is infinitesimally rare that they vote. In Iowa, an exhaustive search there found 35 non-citizen votes in 2024 out of the state's 1.67 million cast. Still, just last week, President Trump again falsely described the problem as widespread, as he argued to, quote, nationalize the country's election systems. Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.
Russia and France have re-established low-level diplomatic relations some four years after Paris cut relations with Moscow in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. And Pierce Charles-Mains reports.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said contacts between Russia and France were operating at a technical level for now, but suggested talks between heads of state could be arranged in short order. French President Emmanuel Macron, who enjoyed good relations with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin before the war in Ukraine, has argued for a resumption of dialogue, lest Europe be cut out of ongoing U.S.-Russian peace negotiations over Ukraine that impact Europe's future. French re-engagement began earlier this month when Macron dispatched a senior advisor to Moscow.
What does the new report say about non-citizen voting claims?
When asked by journalists what he'd learned from his envoy's visit, Macron responded, confirmation that Russia doesn't want peace right now. Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow.
Investors got a lackluster report on retail sales this morning, and Pierre Scott Horsley has more.
The retail report from the Commerce Department shows overall spending at stores and restaurants didn't budge in December as cautious shoppers watched their pennies. Spending on cars, furniture, and electronics fell, while spending on groceries and gasoline was slightly higher. Stock in Coca-Cola lost a little fizz after the company projected a slower sales growth than forecasters were expecting this year. Coke raised prices in North America by 4 percent in its most recent quarter. For those who are thirsty for savings, the company began offering smaller cans. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
Wall Street is trading in mixed territory at this hour. The Dow is up 230 points. It's up about four-tenths of a percent. The Nasdaq is down 24 points. The S&P 500 is up one. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. New research suggests a little mental exercise can reduce the risk of dementia for at least 20 years. NPR's John Hamilton reports on a study in the Alzheimer's and Dementia Journal.
The study used Medicare records to track more than 2,800 people who took part in a brain training experiment that started in 1998. Marilyn Albert of Johns Hopkins University says participants who did something called cognitive speed training were about 25% less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's or another form of dementia.
The fact that it's lasted and had an impact over 20 years is astonishing.
The people who got long-term protection completed about 10 hours of speed training, then got booster sessions many months later. Speed training is designed to help people acquire automatic skills like riding a bike. John Hamilton, NPR News.
At the Winter Olympics in Italy, U.S. cross-country skier Ben Ogden won silver, becoming the first U.S. man to win a medal in that sport in 50 years. This is the 25-year-old from Vermont's third Olympics.
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