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What political boost is Secretary of State Marco Rubio giving to Hungary's Viktor Orban?
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.
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.
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.
What are the latest developments in Iran's nuclear negotiations?
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. With six career medals now, she builds on her record as the most decorated black athlete in Winter Olympics history.
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.
And with her win, Myers-Taylor also becomes only the second Black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event.
You're listening to NPR News. The Nigerian military says about 100 U.S. troops plus equipment have arrived in Nigeria to help train the country's soldiers. The military said in a statement at the arrival, followed a request by the Nigerian government for training, technical support and intelligence sharing, that appointment follows an easing of tensions President Trump had issued threats. over allegations that the Nigerian government was not protecting Christian citizens. Tuesday is the start of the Lunar New Year. This year in China, the public holiday has been extended to nine days instead of eight in hopes of boosting consumption. NPR's Jennifer Pack reports from Shanghai.
The Lunar New Year is a time when people hand out money packets, have feasts and travel. This year, Chinese authorities have allocated close to $300 million in cash handouts and vouchers for restaurants and movie theaters and subsidies for things like home appliances. Similar efforts last year did boost spending, though only temporarily. Many consumers say they feel poorer. thanks to a prolonged property slump.
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