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NPR News: 02-20-2026 12PM EST

20 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What recent Supreme Court decision impacted President Trump's trade policies?

1.398 - 22.16 Lakshmi Singh

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Supreme Court has struck down President Trump's global tariffs policy under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, directly rebuking a central part of Trump's trade agenda. Today's decision centers on while fluctuations of tariffs imposed on countries around the world, the practice roiled U.S.

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businesses and prompted groups to legally challenge the tariffs under an emergency powers law as an overreach of presidential authority. Diane Swank, an economic advisor and chief economist at KPMG, says the ruling does not necessarily mean the end of Trump's tariffs. We expect an executive order using other levers that the White House has that it can raise tariffs to reinstate any.

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Well, President Trump's national campaign to promote his economic agenda took him yesterday. to Rome, Georgia.

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Chapter 2: How does Trump's economic agenda influence special elections?

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That's where a special election was being held to fill the seat left vacant by Republican former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned last month after clashing with the president over the Epstein investigation. Raul Bali with Member Station WABE has the latest.

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Speaking at this steel processing plant, Trump focused much of his speech on his economic policy, including tariffs, taxes, and manufacturing. It included this claim.

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You notice, what word have you not heard over the last two weeks? Affordability.

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Chapter 3: What allegations are surrounding Prince Andrew's recent legal troubles?

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Because I've won. I've won affordability.

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85.823 - 111.077 Raul Bali

Trump also blasted the use of mail-in ballots and opposition of voter ID proposals. Several key races here have wide-ranging implications. The special election comes as Trump looks to shore up his razor-thin majority in the House with MAGA loyalists. And U.S. Senator John Ossoff will be fighting to keep his seat as the only Democratic incumbent on the ballot in a state won by Trump.

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For NPR News, I'm Raul Bali in Rome, Georgia.

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British police have conducted a search where former Prince Andrew used to live as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office and his friendship with a late convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is the first senior member of the royal family in centuries to be arrested. He was released yesterday while under investigation.

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Here's NPR's Fatima Al-Kassar.

Chapter 4: Why are Ukrainian athletes boycotting the Paralympics opening ceremony?

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Photos of the former prince leaving a police station in the back of a car are plastered all over the British newspapers. Andrew spent 11 hours in police custody after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, which carries up to life in prison. Police say Andrew is still under investigation and is yet to be charged or exonerated.

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Meanwhile, British police are continuing to search royal residences, rifling through correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein to determine whether the former prince, who remains eighth in line to the throne, abused his role as a UK trade envoy by passing confidential information to the late sex offender. Andrew has always denied wrongdoing. This is NPR News.

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Athletes from Ukraine plan to boycott the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in Milan in two weeks. Steve Futterman reports.

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Here at the Winter Olympics, athletes from Russia and Belarus have been very few in number and have had to compete as neutral athletes, all because of sanctions imposed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But when the Paralympics begin, it will be different. They will be able to compete under their national flag and will be identified as being from Russia or Belarus.

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This has sparked a strong response from Ukraine Paralympic officials. They say Ukraine athletes will boycott the Paralympic opening ceremony. Ukraine officials call this latest move a cynical decision. They say they are outraged. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.

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Many animals change their coloration as they develop, including clownfish.

Chapter 5: What new research has emerged about clownfish coloration changes?

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Researchers now have a better idea of what might be triggering the train. Here's Ari Daniels.

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Adult tomato clownfish are reddish-orange and sport a single white head stripe, but juveniles have two to three. New lab work shows the loss of these stripes is accelerated when young fish settle on an anemone for the first time, joining the pecking order of older tomato clownfish already there. That's when they first have to interact with others of their own kind, the former functioning group.

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Laurie Mitchell is a marine biologist at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. He believes that when young fish first arrive at an anemone, multiple stripes signal they're not a threat. Shortly thereafter, once they're integrated, that function is fulfilled and the stripes fade.

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Chapter 6: How do environmental factors influence clownfish behavior?

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Ari Daniel reporting. It's NPR.

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