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NPR News: 02-20-2026 11PM EST

21 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What are President Trump's reactions to the Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs?

1.398 - 16.759 Dale Willman

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President Trump says the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against his sweeping tariffs is deeply disappointing and pairs Frank Ordonez's reports on the president's first response to his biggest legal defeat since returning to office.

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16.979 - 22.707 Frank Ordonez

President Trump said he was absolutely ashamed of the justices who ruled against him in the 6-3 decision.

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22.867 - 35.377 Donald Trump

Foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years are ecstatic. They're so happy. And they're dancing in the streets, but they won't be dancing for long. That I can assure you.

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35.617 - 53.843 Frank Ordonez

The ruling threatens to upend one of Trump's favorite tools for his economic agenda. And in response, he says he'll go in even stronger direction, though it may take a little longer. He says he'll sign an executive order to continue certain tariffs under different laws, including adding a 10% global tariff.

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54.424 - 64.699 Frank Ordonez

But after 150 days, that would need approval from Congress, which might be difficult with an election approaching. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News.

64.679 - 80.697 Dale Willman

South Carolina is reporting 973 measles cases in what officials there are calling an unprecedented outbreak. But as NPR's Maria Godoy reports, officials say the rise in new cases has slowed in the biggest outbreak the U.S. has seen in decades.

80.677 - 100.455 Maria Godoy

South Carolina reported just 23 new cases this week. That's a far cry from where things stood a month ago when officials reported a whopping 248 new cases in a single week. Public health officials credit the slowdown in new case reports to an uptick in the number of people getting vaccinated against measles, one of the most contagious diseases known.

101.135 - 109.603 Maria Godoy

At a recent mobile vaccine clinic in Spartanburg County, the epicenter of the outbreak, Tracy Hobbs showed up to get her five-year-old twins vaccinated.

109.583 - 115.032 Kwane Lanier

They just got their measles, mumps, rubella for the first time today. The measles aren't really something to play with.

Chapter 2: How is South Carolina addressing the unprecedented measles outbreak?

251.443 - 268.432 Dale Willman

He's now back at his new home on King Charles III's private retreat. Giant tortoises have returned to Floriana Island in Ecuador's Galapagos Archipelago. Conservationists released 158 juvenile hybrids on Friday. Conservationists hope the tortoises will help to restore the island's ecosystem.

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268.452 - 279.552 Dale Willman

Officials say they plan to eventually release some 700 tortoises once they're big enough to fend off non-native rats and cats. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.

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