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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is delivering his State of the Union address to promote the economy, attack his predecessor, and announce measures he says will cut costs before this year's midterm elections.
A short time ago, we were a dead country. Now we are the hottest country anywhere in the world.
What key points did President Trump make in the State of the Union address?
The hottest.
Consumer costs have climbed since Trump took office, and that dissatisfaction is now weighing on Trump's own approval rating. Dozens of congressional Democrats skipped the address, some holding a rally on the National Mall. He called out Democrats for voting against his tax and spending bill that passed out of Congress last year.
They have policies created, the high prices. Our policies are rapidly ending them. We are doing really well. Those prices are plummeting downward.
Trump said he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. men's hockey goalie Connor Hellebuck for his performance during the Winter Olympic Games, drawing applause from both parties. A Catholic bishop is criticizing the Trump administration's plans to spend billions of dollars on warehouses to detain unauthorized migrants, comparing them to the internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II. Aleja Hertzler-McCain of Religion News Service reports.
The Trump administration is planning to spend more than $38 billion on warehouses to detain migrants in the United States. Bishop Brendan Cahill of Texas, who leads the Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration, calls those plans deeply troubling. Cahill calls it a misuse of taxpayer funds and adds, quote, In a leaked document, the Department of Homeland Security says their use of, quote, non-traditional facilities will meet a growing demand for beds and streamlined detention and removal. Cahill says the private prison industry has the most to gain. For NPR News, I'm Aleja Hertzler-McCain.
Several Democratic-led states are suing the Trump administration over its overhaul of childhood immunization policy. Colorado Public Radio's John Daly has more.
Fifteen states are suing over the revised immunization schedule. Last month, the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped seven childhood vaccines from a list of those universally recommended. Among them are hepatitis B, influenza, COVID-19, and RSV. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser accuses the CDC and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic, of disregarding federal law, ignoring scientific evidence, and putting children in danger. A federal health agency spokesperson defends the changes, saying the updated schedule still protects children against serious disease while aligning U.S. guidance with international norms. For NPR News, I'm John Daly in Denver.
The U.S. stock market rose today. The S&P 500 and Dow both climbed more than three-quarters of a percent, and the Nasdaq gained one percent. This is NPR News. A bill requiring aircraft flying around busy airports to have locator systems to prevent mid-air collisions narrowly failed to pass the House today. The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says the system would have prevented last year's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C. that killed 67 people. The director of the Louvre Museum resigned today after setbacks that culminated in a jewel heist. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports besides the robbery, there have been questions about security and disrepair at the museum.
President Emmanuel Macron accepted Laurence Descartes' resignation and called it an act of responsibility at a time when the world's largest museum needs calm. Descartes has faced intense criticism, especially since the brazen daytime heist saw thieves get away with $100 million in Napoleon-era jewels. Several people have been arrested, but the jewels are still missing. A year ago, Macron announced a massive multi-million dollar overhaul that would modernize the world's most visited museum and enable it to handle bigger crowds while giving the Mona Lisa her own room.
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