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NPR News: 02-21-2026 3AM EST

21 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

1.212 - 3.72 Dale Willman

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.

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Chapter 2: What was the Supreme Court's ruling on President Trump's tariffs?

4.182 - 13.112 Dale Willman

The Supreme Court Friday struck down President Trump's tariff regimen. The tariffs have been a key part of his economic policies. Ampere's Nina Totenberg explains their reasoning.

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13.227 - 27.432 Nina Totenberg

Writing for a hefty 6-3 majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said that the nation's founders deliberately and explicitly placed the power to impose taxes, including tariffs, with Congress, not with the president.

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27.452 - 45.985 Nina Totenberg

As the Chief Justice put it in his announcement from the bench this morning, having just fought a revolution motivated in large part by taxes imposed on them by the King of England without their consent, The framers wrote a constitution that gives Congress the taxing power because the members of the legislature would be more accountable to the people.

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46.225 - 58.067 Dale Willman

Trump said he's absolutely ashamed of the justices, and he quickly announced that he's imposing a temporary global tariff of 10 percent. But his authority to add new tariffs has been drastically reduced by the ruling.

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59.11 - 82.333 Dale Willman

Leaders in Social Circle, Georgia, are expressing concern that a massive immigration detention center is being planned there, even though the town doesn't have adequate water and sewer infrastructure to support it. From Ember Station, WABE in Atlanta, Lily Oppenheimer reports that it's one of several huge centers the Department of Homeland Security plans to build across the country.

82.448 - 105.648 Lily Oppenheimer

DHS recently bought an empty warehouse and plans to house up to 10,000 immigrant detainees there by the end of fiscal year 2026. But Social Circle, about an hour east of Atlanta, is pushing back. The city reports its wastewater treatment plant is operating at capacity and the other plants DHS plans to use are not. are either not located in the city or still need to be constructed.

106.208 - 121.77 Lily Oppenheimer

Social Circle is a Republican stronghold. Seventy-three percent of voters in the city went for President Trump and his mass deportation agenda in the 2024 election, according to the Georgia Secretary of State's office. For NPR News, I'm Lily Oppenheimer in Atlanta.

122.257 - 136.131 Dale Willman

The U.S. men's hockey team will have their chance at Olympic gold. In a semifinal game Friday, the Americans beat Slovakia 6-2. Now they'll face Canada for the gold medal on Sunday. NPR's Becky Sullivan reports from Milan.

136.371 - 153.269 Becky Sullivan

It was an onslaught from the get-go. Forward Dylan Larkin found the goal just over four minutes into the game, the first in a long line of Americans to score. Tej Thompson, Jack Hughes, Jack Eichel, Brady Kachuk. Slovakia had few answers, and the outcome was never in doubt. For Canada, it was another nail-biter, this time against Finland.

Chapter 3: How is Social Circle, Georgia, responding to the immigration detention center plans?

272.296 - 279.552 Dale Willman

The first in the series was with primatologist Jane Goodall, who died in October. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.

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