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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. U.S. Secret Service agents shot and killed a man entering the grounds of President Trump's private club in Palm Beach, Florida, early this morning. Officials say the man breached the secured perimeter of Mar-a-Lago armed with a shotgun. Trump was not in Florida, but in Washington at the time.
What happened at Mar-a-Lago involving Secret Service agents?
NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
U.S. Secret Service said a man in his early 20s unlawfully entered the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago. Officials said the man was carrying a shotgun and a fuel can. Secret Service agents and a deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confronted the man and asked him to drop his weapons. Officials said the man raised his gun in a shooting position. Agents and officers then shot and killed him. He died at the scene. No agents or officers were injured, and officials said no Secret Service protectees were present at the shooting. The identity of the man shot and killed has not been released. The FBI is leading the investigation. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
American businesses are puzzling over how they might get their money back for the tariffs they paid over the past year. The Supreme Court ruled Friday that about half of President Trump's tariffs were collected illegally. But the high court did not set out a way for that money to be refunded. NPR's Alina Selyuk reports.
Ask anyone who sells anything in the U.S. what's on their mind, and they'll probably say tariff refunds. The U.S. government has collected more than $200 billion in tariffs imposed by President Trump, but now the Supreme Court has struck down about half of them. Anyone who paid those tariffs should get their money back, and that anyone is often small business owners, like Sarah Wells in Virginia. She sells backpacks and other products for new moms for breastfeeding. They're made overseas. And we not only need the money back but we need a process to get the money back. Which she hopes will not require hiring lawyers or brokers. extensive paperwork, or years-long litigation. Alina Seljuk, NPR News.
A high-impact nor'easter is bearing down on the Mid-Atlantic through New England starting today. The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings for tens of millions of people, with some areas expected to get up to two feet of snow. NPR's Marie Andrusiewicz reports the storm is expected to bring travel to a standstill along much of the East Coast.
The National Weather Service predicts a heavy snowfall combined with strong winds will result in blizzard conditions in coastal areas from Delaware through southern New England. In D.C., the brunt of the storm will hit tonight into Monday with morning work commutes and school schedules likely disrupted. At major airports, thousands of flights were canceled ahead of the storm, with airlines waiving change and cancellation fees. The governors of New York and New Jersey have declared states of emergency. Governor Hochul is warning residents to take the storm seriously. Marie Andrusiewicz, NPR News, Washington.
This is NPR News. In this final event of the 2026 Winter Games in men's ice hockey, the U.S. beat Canada for the Olympic gold, their first since 1980. The final score was 2-1, the winning goal scored by Jack Hughes in overtime. A civil rights activist who was well-known in Alabama's civil rights movement has died. From Troy Public Radio, Ann Kenda has more.
Joanne Bland was just 11 years old when she took part in the Bloody Sunday March for voting rights in Selma, Alabama in 1965. She went on to help found the National Voting Rights Museum and a touring company that illuminated Selma's civil rights history. In 2019, she was in the first episode of NPR's White Lies podcast.
Like a tree with branches. If you cut off one branch, don't mean the damn tree gonna die. It's just going to grow another branch. We need to find the root of all this.
Joanne Bland was 72. She died the same week as the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
How did the Supreme Court ruling affect tariffs imposed by Trump?
For NPR News, I'm Ann Kenda in Troy, Alabama.
Several days after an avalanche buried skiers near Lake Tahoe, rescue crews have recovered all nine bodies this weekend.
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