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NPR News: 02-28-2026 1AM EST

28 Feb 2026

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

1.195 - 3.657 Dale Willman

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.

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Chapter 2: What economic agenda did President Trump highlight during his South Texas visit?

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President Trump traveled to South Texas Friday to tout his economic agenda. As NPR's Frank Cordonia reports, the visit comes just days ahead of a critical Republican primary election.

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President Trump visited Corpus Christi where he touted his drill baby drill agenda.

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19.032 - 27 Frank Cordonia

So we're witnessing a historic American energy boom like we've never seen and this port is right at the center of the action.

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But his speech was somewhat overshadowed by the heated Republican primary elections in the state. Senator John Cornyn is trying to win his fifth term in the Senate, but is being challenged by State Attorney General Ken Paxton and Representative Wesley Hunt in a rough primary fight. Trump gave shout-outs to all three Republicans during his speech, but he stopped short of endorsing one in the race.

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51.837 - 70.356 Dale Willman

Franco Ordonez, NPR News. Former President Bill Clinton answered questions for more than six hours Friday about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton told members of the House Oversight Committee that his friendship with Epstein ended long before Epstein's initial conviction in 2008.

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After the testimony, Republican Representative James Comer of Kentucky says they'll now release videos of the deposition and transcripts of both Bill and Hillary Clinton once they're reviewed by attorneys.

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I think we learned some things. We were hoping to get more, but there were many questions, as you will see, hopefully in the next 24 hours when the videos were released, that there were a lot of very specific questions about very specific documents and correspondence that were subpoenaed that we got from the Department of Justice as well as the Epstein estate.

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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, says it's getting $110 billion in fresh funding to meet demand for artificial intelligence. As NPR's John Ruich reports, the money comes from some of the biggest companies in tech.

118.485 - 134.14 John Ruich

The investments include $30 billion from the chipmaker NVIDIA, another $30 billion from the Japanese investment company SoftBank, and $50 billion from Amazon. OpenAI says in a statement the partnerships expand its global reach, deepen its infrastructure, and strengthen its balance sheet.

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