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Chapter 1: What led to the arrest of Prince Andrew?
This week on Consider This, the former Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles, is arrested. The first senior royal to be arrested since the 1600s. It's in connection with an investigation stemming from the Epstein files. What will this case mean in the story of this ongoing fallout of the Epstein files here in the U.S.? This week on Consider This.
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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. A large banner bearing an image of President Trump has been unfurled outside the headquarters of the Justice Department. The banner unfurled Thursday includes the slogan, Make America Safe Again. Banners bearing Trump's image were placed last year at the Labor and Agriculture Departments and the U.S.
Institute for Peace, where Trump hosted the first meeting of what he calls his Board of Peace Thursday. NPR's Michelle Kellerman.
The president announced that the U.S. is giving $10 billion to the Board of Peace, though members of Congress question the legality of that. He also says he's raised $7 billion from nine other countries that joined his board, mostly in the Middle East and Central Asia.
The money is meant to help rebuild Gaza. The president says five other countries have agreed to deploy troops for an international stabilization force. After the Board of Peace meeting, President Trump traveled to northwest Georgia Thursday as voting got underway in a special election to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Rahul Bali with member station WABE reports on Trump's speech, including themes that he will likely focus on in the upcoming midterms.
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.
You notice, what word have you not heard over the last two weeks? Affordability. Because I've won. I've won affordability.
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Chapter 2: How is President Trump's Board of Peace impacting international relations?
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.
For NPR News, I'm Raoul Bally in Rome, Georgia.
A memorable night at the Winter Olympics for U.S. women. Steve Futterman reports the Americans won a pair of gold medals.
It was truly an amazing night here in Milan for the U.S. women. First, the U.S. women's ice hockey team. The Americans were down to the final two minutes, trailing the Canadians 1-0, it looked like. The gold medal would go to Canada, but the U.S. pulled its goaltender, had an extra attacker on the ice, scored the tying goal, then the U.S. wins in overtime. Then an hour later, the U.S.
wins another prestigious gold medal, this time in figure skating. Alyssa Liu has the free skate of her life. She began the evening in third place, but with her free skate, she overtakes both of her Japanese competitors. She wins gold. It's the first time U.S. women have won gold in women's figure skating since 2002. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.
This is NPR. Grey's anatomy actor Eric Dane is dead. Dane's representatives say he died Thursday afternoon. Last April, Dane shared his diagnosis of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and became an advocate for ALS awareness. Dane was 53. Volkswagen assembly workers in Tennessee have ratified their first-ever union contract.
NPR's Stephen Passaha reports on this rare victory for the United Auto Workers Union in the South.
The new contract includes both pay bumps and lower health care costs. Workers will get an immediate 5% pay bump that will go up to 20% over the next four years and cost of living adjustments on top of that. Health care premiums will also be cut by about 20% and won't go up for the next four years.
It's taken nearly two years of negotiations to get to this contract for the roughly 3,200 workers in Chattanooga. They voted to join the UAW in 2024, giving the union a rare foothold in the South, where the vast majority of car factories are not unionized. The union's other southern campaigns have fizzled, but it's hoping this contract will help recruit other southern workers.
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