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Chapter 1: What highlights from the 2026 Winter Olympics are being covered?
NPR's Up First is at the 2026 Winter Olympics, bringing you a video podcast straight from the games. The biggest storylines, on-the-ground perspectives, the internet's favorite moments. Join us for Milan and Cortina each afternoon as we cover the competitions. You can catch up on what you missed last night and learn what you need to watch today.
Up First Winter Games starting February 6th at 1 p.m. Eastern on NPR's YouTube channel.
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Attorney General Pam Bondi is staunchly defending the Justice Department against accusations that it's flouted due process in President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.
I've seen some of the worst of the worst violent criminals, violent criminals who were in this country illegally. We both know that.
Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee disputing Bondi's conclusions.
The worst of the worst are not the immigrants. The worst of the worst records show are native-born Americans, and they are committing crimes that hurt our citizens and our cities.
Bondi's also defending the DOJ's handling of documents related to investigations of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Critics accuse the department of failing to fully disclose all documents in compliance with the law. A grand jury in Washington, D.C. has rejected an effort by federal prosecutors to indict several Democratic members of Congress. NPR's Ryan Lucas has the latest.
Federal prosecutors have been investigating six Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video they released urging members of the U.S. military to refuse illegal orders. Among the lawmakers under investigation are Michigan Senator Alyssa Slotkin and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly.
It was not immediately clear what charges prosecutors were seeking against the lawmakers, but it is very rare for a grand jury to reject prosecutors' efforts to secure an indictment, although it did happen several times during the surge of federal agents in Washington, D.C. last summer. There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C.
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Chapter 2: What accusations is Attorney General Pam Bondi responding to regarding immigration?
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U.S. employers added more jobs than forecasters had expected last month, but as NPR's Scott Horsley reports, hiring in 2025 was much weaker than initially reported.
The Labor Department says U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January after gains of less than 50,000 in each of the two previous months. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3 percent. Health care and construction saw some of the biggest job gains in January, while transportation and the federal government continued to lose jobs.
Once a year, the government updates its jobs tally with more complete information from business tax records. This year's update shows hiring for all of last year was far weaker than originally reported. Employers added just 181,000 jobs in all of 2025. That averages out to about 15,000 jobs a month. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
U.S. stocks continue to trade lower this hour. We see the Dow Jones Industrial Average now down 45 points at 50,141. The S&P has fallen six sits at 69.35. The Nasdaq is down 122 points at 22,979, falling roughly half a percent. It's NPR News.
The White House says the Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule tomorrow, rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the Endangerment Finding. The Obama-era policy concluded carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The Trump White House says the action, quote, will be the largest deregulatory action in American history, end quote.
Nearly 125 million people watched the Super Bowl on Sunday. That is according to estimates from Nielsen. NPR's Netta Ulibi reports that makes it the second most watched Super Bowl in history.
The Super Bowl was first televised in 1967. Some 51 million people tuned in that year. But audiences have ballooned for one of sports' biggest spectacles. Last year, the estimate was closer to 128 million viewers on average during the game. That's the same number Nielsen says watched this year's halftime show featuring Bad Bunny.
According to New York City's Department of Environmental Protection, water usage dropped significantly during the halftime show, and then spiked across the city immediately after. Netta Ulibi, NPR News.
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