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What recent announcement did President Trump make regarding the Board of Peace?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump says the U.S. will contribute $10 billion to the Board of Peace, which held its inaugural meeting today in Washington, D.C. The Board of Peace was created and is controlled by Trump with an initial mission to help rebuild Gaza. Other countries have promised to contribute a total of $7 billion to the effort as well.
The Board of Peace is one of the most important and consequential things I think that I'll be involved in. We've been involved in a lot, and really I've been involved in a lot with the people up here. We work together on ending wars with their country.
Some members of the United Nations have expressed concern President Trump's attempting to create a body that rivals the Security Council. The U.N. body convened yesterday to discuss the next phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza and protests of Israel's expansion plans in the West Bank. The United Kingdom's former Prince Andrew has been arrested in an investigation into the Epstein files. His brother, King Charles, has issued a statement. It says, quote, the law must take its course. NPR's Lauren Frey reports from London Andrew is the first senior royal to be arrested.
King Charles says what follows now is a, quote, full, fair and proper process, but expressed deepest concern over his brother's arrest. Police are searching properties adjacent to Windsor Castle and the Royal Sandringham estate where Andrew was arrested. On suspicion, police say of misconduct in public office, which carries up to a life sentence in prison. Andrew admits friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and settled a lawsuit with one of the late sex offender's underage victims. But Andrew has said he, quote, strenuously denies any wrongdoing. After the latest file released by the U.S. Justice Department, U.K. police have been investigating whether Andrew passed confidential government information to Epstein when Andrew was a U.K.
trade envoy. Lauren Fryer, NPR News, London.
And clarifying, Andrew is the first senior royal to be arrested in centuries. President Trump's campaign to promote his economic agenda takes him to Rome, Georgia today as early voting begins in that district to fill Republican former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's vacant seat. Trump maintains the economy is doing well under his watch, but ahead of this year's midterm elections, polling suggests widespread voter concern about the economic hit from unilateral tariffs, mass deportations and cuts to key programs such as Medicaid. An NPR-PBS News Marist poll released earlier this month shows just 36 percent of Americans surveyed approve of Trump's handling of the economy and foreign policy.
A majority of Republicans continues to stand by the president. U.S. stocks are trading lower this hour. The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 331 points, more than half a percent. From Washington, this is NPR News. The U.S. 's largest nurses union is organizing nationwide protests against federal immigration authorities. KALW's Anna Kasame reports.
National Nurses United, which represents more than 200,000 registered nurses, is demanding that Congress abolish ICE and use that funding for services like Medicare and Medicaid. They say immigration enforcement agencies have become a threat to public health. Pomi Neal is a registered nurse in Santa Clara, California.
Hospitals are places of sanctuary, and to nurses, nobody is illegal. And nobody should, you know, put off seeking care because of the threat of ice.
What concerns have been raised about the Board of Peace's mission?
Neal says nurses are protesting either before or after their shifts, so patient care should not be affected. For NPR News, I'm Annika Salme in San Francisco.
Today at the Winter Olympics, it'll be the gold medal game in women's ice hockey, U.S. versus Canada. Here's Steve Fetterman.
This will be the seventh time the U.S. and Canada have faced off in the gold medal match for women's ice hockey. Between them, the two countries have won every gold medal since it became an Olympic sport in 1998. This year, the U.S. is the clear favorite, having soundly beaten the Canadians last week 5-0 in the preliminary round game.
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