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Chapter 1: What is the NPR Politics Podcast about?
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Chapter 2: Who is Lakshmi Singh and what news does she report?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Trump administration is marking its first 100 days this week by telling the U.S. public that it has delivered on its campaign promise to combat illegal immigration. At the White House this morning, the president's border czar, Tom Homan, told reporters the border is now secure.
Chapter 3: What is the Trump administration's stance on border security?
The law clearly says if you arrive at our border without proper documentation, you shall be detained. Not maybe, not think about it, shall. And that's what President Trump's doing. Catch and release is over. That's what the law says. That's what we've done.
To amplify the administration's point, the White House set up placards on its grounds that bear the images of migrants who have been arrested for various alleged offenses. They include the distribution of fentanyl, rape and murder. However, multiple federal judges have raised concerns. The administration's denied deportees due process. In some cases, advocates argue U.S.
Chapter 4: What concerns have been raised about the administration's immigration policies?
citizens and others with legal status have been illegally deported. President Trump's meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson as lawmakers return from a two-week recess to take up Trump's budget agenda. In the last three months, the federal government has canceled about $11 billion worth of university research funding.
NPR's Alyssa Nadwani reports when the government stops funding research, there's really no other entity positioned to fill the void.
Chapter 5: How is the federal government impacting university research funding?
Cancer research, research in new wearable technology and jet engines and farming solutions... a broad range will be impacted. Dozens of colleges and universities have had research funds frozen because of the shuttering of federal departments like USAID and in response to alleged anti-Semitism on campus.
Chapter 6: What are the consequences of federal research funding cuts?
But researchers say if the federal government gets out of the university research funding, there won't be anyone else to step in. Sabrina Howell, a professor of finance at NYU, says industry is focused on outputs, what they can sell.
Chapter 7: Why can't industry replace federal research funding according to experts?
Whereas... Government is investing in innovation in order to benefit society and the U.S. at large.
Alyssa Nadwani, NPR News.
Electricity is being restored across parts of Spain and Portugal after a massive power outage. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports from Paris that parts of southern France were also affected.
Spain and Portugal came to a standstill after an electricity outage halted subways, cut phone service and shut down traffic lights and ATM machines for more than 50 million people who live across the Iberian Peninsula. Spain's National Security Council and the Portuguese cabinet both convened emergency meetings.
The Portuguese National Cyber Security Center issued a statement saying there is no sign the outage was due to a cyber attack. Backup systems kept power going at priority sites such as hospitals, nuclear plants and prisons. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 16 points, the S&P was down 13, and the Nasdaq is down 83 points, roughly half a percent. This is NPR News. Investors are ending an incredibly volatile month for the stock market. And PR's Maria Aspin reports Wall Street and corporate America are all bracing for more uncertainty from President Trump's tariffs.
Since early April, when President Trump unveiled his steep taxes on almost all imports, investors have swung wildly between hope and despair, mostly the latter. The tariffs will increase prices for consumers and are widely expected to weaken the U.S. economy. The stock market recovered some ground last week, as Trump indicated that he might be backing down from more of his trade war.
But many of the largest U.S. companies are warning that the tariffs will hurt their businesses, including Pepsi, Intel, and Tesla, the car company run by Trump advisor Elon Musk. More warnings will likely come this week as Apple, Amazon, Meta, and many more companies report their quarterly results. Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York.
The NFL's Washington commanders are returning to the nation's capital. Today, the commanders and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced an agreement on a new roof stadium slated to open on the city's RFK campus in five years. The commanders are expected to put up at least $2.7 billion, and the District of Columbia has agreed to invest $500 million.
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