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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The annual Munich Security Conference wrapped up on Sunday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke at the event this weekend and struck a more conciliatory tone than that chosen by Vice President J.D. Vance when he spoke to the conference in 2025.
What were the key points from the Munich Security Conference?
Last year, Vance's speech was pretty scathing, pretty critical of Europe, and Rubio maintained some of that tone, but he expanded it to include the U.S., saying that the entire West had been naive that the post-Cold War rules-based global order rested on the beliefs that free trade would guarantee peace and break down borders. Instead, he argued it led to out-of-control migration and had disintegrated what he called Christian values.
That's NPR's Rob Schmitz. Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie are testing DNA on a glove found about two miles from her home in Arizona. The FBI says the glove appears to match the gloves worn by the masked person seen at her door on surveillance video. NPR's Alina Selyuk has more.
The statement from the FBI says that investigators had collected about 16 gloves in various areas around the house, but most of them belonged to people who helped search for the missing Nancy Guthrie. And this one glove with the DNA was found in a field near the side of the road on Thursday. By Friday, it arrived at a lab in Florida, and by Saturday, the FBI received preliminary results. Now the FBI says investigators are, quote, awaiting quality control and official confirmation before they'll put the profile into its national DNA database. Alina Seluh, NPR News.
A big week for Wall Street is coming up, with the latest GDP data likely to give investors some important clues about the strength of the U.S. economy. As NPR's Rafael Nam reports, the world's biggest retailer, Walmart, is also set to report its earnings.
For a long time, there's been a difference between how Americans feel about the economy and what the data actually show. A long period of high prices and uncertainty about the labor market has left many households feeling a little skittish about their future. The data, though, largely have shown the U.S. economy is expanding at a very solid pace, growing more than 4% in the summer and early fall. On Friday, we'll get the latest GDP report, this one covering from October to December. That's going to give investors a good report card on the economy, including on consumer spending and the impact of tariffs. Another important clue will come on Thursday when Walmart will report earnings, giving us another good view of consumer spending.
Rafael Nam, NPR News. Asian markets, meanwhile, finished Monday in mixed territory. Tokyo's Nikkei finished down two-tenths of a percent after the government reported that Japan's economy grew more slowly than expected at the end of 2025. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained half a percent while markets in China, South Korea and Taiwan were closed. U.S. markets are also closed today. You're listening to NPR News. American skier Michaela Schifrin has come up short once again. She failed to win a medal in her latest event at the Winter Olympics, the Women's Giant Slalom. Steve Futterman has more from Milan.
Michaela Schifrin's medal drought continues as she finishes 11th in the Giant Slalom. Schifrin was in seventh place after the first run, then dropped four positions following the second run. It continues her streak of failing to win an Olympic medal. Back in 2014 in Sochi as an 18-year-old, Schifrin won her first medal, a gold. Then eight years ago in Pyeongchang, she won a second gold and a silver. But in Beijing in 2022, as a big favorite in several events, she came away empty-handed. The streak has continued so far here in Italy. Schifrin has one more event on her Olympic schedule, the Women's Slalom on Wednesday. That's considered her strongest event.
What evidence is being investigated in the Nancy Guthrie case?
For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.
Johannes Hoesflot Klebo won his ninth gold medal Sunday at the Winter Olympics in Italy. That's a Winter Olympics record. He anchored the four by seven, seven and a half, four by four rather, seven and a half kilometer cross country skiing relay.
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