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NPR News: 02-17-2026 2AM EST

17 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What political boost is Secretary of State Marco Rubio giving to Hungary's Viktor Orban?

0.773 - 19.816 Giles Snyder

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is giving Hungary's far-right leader Viktor Orban a political boost as Hungarians prepare to go to the polls this spring. Speaking in Budapest, Rubio said Orban's success is also the Trump administration's success.

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19.896 - 29.929 Marco Rubio

We are entering this golden era of relations between our countries, and not simply because of the alignment of our people. but because of the relationship that you have with the president of the United States.

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30.049 - 47.941 Giles Snyder

Orban has led Hungary as prime minister since 2010 and is one of Trump's most vocal supporters in the European Union. He's seeking a fifth straight term, Rubio, in the Hungarian capital following a visit to Slovakia on Sunday. Another round of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program set to begin Tuesday.

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Chapter 2: What are the latest developments in Iran's nuclear negotiations?

48.082 - 66.018 Giles Snyder

Indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran are to be held in Geneva, a day after Iran's foreign minister met with the head of the U.N. 's nuclear watchdog agency. as the U.S. ramps up its military presence in the region and Iran holds naval drills near key oil shipping routes.

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A federal judge says the Trump administration must restore the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philadelphia. National Park Service employees removed the display last month and detailed the lives of nine enslaved people George Washington held at the home while he was president. From member station WHYYN Philadelphia, Susan Phillips reports.

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87.14 - 110.093 Susan Phillips

In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Roof quotes extensively from George Orwell's novel 1984, a dystopian story about authoritarianism. Roof writes the federal government does not have the power to, quote, disassemble historical truths. At the exhibit Monday afternoon, visitor Yolanda Parks said she's happy about the decision.

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110.528 - 117.997 Yolanda Parks

How would we know where we came from if the history doesn't remain? You can't change history just because right now you're feeling some type of way. I'm glad that we're putting it back up.

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118.377 - 127.368 Susan Phillips

The National Park Service did not return a request for comment. The federal government could appeal the decision. For NPR News, I'm Susan Phillips in Philadelphia.

127.388 - 137.16 Giles Snyder

The U.S. has picked up gold and bronze medals in the women's mono bob. Both American medal winners in the single driver bobsled event are mothers in their 40s. Here's Steve Futterman.

137.14 - 156.443 Steve Futterman

They are definitely not your typical Olympic winners. Ilana Myers-Taylor is 41. She has two special needs children. She won the gold. Kaylee Humphries is 40 and the mother of one. She captured the bronze. They both did it with excellent final runs. For Myers-Taylor, her win is historic.

156.803 - 163.671 Steve Futterman

With six career medals now, she builds on her record as the most decorated black athlete in Winter Olympics history.

163.651 - 168.343 Ilana Myers-Taylor

I don't think I needed it. I wanted it. And that's what allowed me to keep going is because I didn't need it.

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