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What details did the Trump administration’s drug pricing deals with Pfizer and Eli Lilly reveal?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Two of the Trump administration's deals with drug companies are now public after a nonprofit consumer advocacy group obtained them through a public records request. But many of the key details were blacked out. NPR's Sidney Lupkin has more.
Public Citizen says it has received two of the Trump administration's most favored nation deals with drug companies. The deals are aimed at getting U.S. drug prices in line with those paid in other wealthy countries. And the administration has announced 26 of them since last fall. But the text of the deals had not been made public, and Public Citizen had to sue the government to get the agreements with Pfizer and Eli Lilly. While many of
How does the new U.S. military access agreement with Denmark and Greenland affect geopolitics?
The details are redacted. The documents show terms that Public Citizen calls concerning. For instance, if Eli Lilly stops selling a drug in another country, that country's price will be excluded from the calculation of the US discount under the deal. The documents also show that Pfizer's deal expires at the end of Trump's term. Sydney Lepkin and PR News.
Officials in Denmark and Greenland say they're hopeful after President Trump announced a deal Friday for more US military access to the autonomous island. Kurt Volker is a former US ambassador to NATO. He says a nineteen fifty one deal with Denmark already allowed the US to do what this latest deal agrees to.
Having now established that we're gonna have a new agreement with Denmark that basically allows us to do what we were already allowed to do, this is now a diplomatic win for Denmark and for President Trump and put allows us to put this issue in the past. We shouldn't be fighting with our allies, we should be working together on security.
What did the federal appeals court decide about third‑country deportations?
The deal comes after months of Trump threatening to annex Greenland. A federal appeals court has ruled US immigration officials must offer detainees a meaningful opportunity to contest being deported to a country where they have no ties. MPR's jasmine guards has our reports.
The third country deportations have been among the most controversial of the Trump administration's immigration policies. Migrants have been sent thousands of miles away from their country of origin. In some cases, immigrants from Latin America have been sent to sub-Saharan Africa with little to no opportunity to challenge their deportation. Friday's ruling came from the Boston based US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The appellate court largely upheld a lower court order which found the policy illegal. The ruling is almost certain to be appealed to the US Supreme Court. Jasmine Garz, NPR News, New York.
How many people have been deported to third countries and what are the humanitarian concerns?
The advocacy group Third Wor a Third Country Deportation Watch reports that some twenty-five thousand people have already been deported to third countries. The US military attacked another boat in the Caribbean that the Trump administration says with smuggling drugs, the strike Saturday killed four people. The military has now killed at least two hundred thirty-one people in sixty-nine votes. This is NPR News. Another nineties trend is coming back. Music lovers are turning back to CDs, and that's helping to drive an increase in music sales. And Pierre Zamie Held has our story.
More power to the old stereo. CDs are seeing a resurgence. In the first half of this year, revenue jumped nearly sixty percent compared to last.
Why are CDs and vinyl records experiencing a sales resurgence in 2026?
That's according to the Recording Industry Association. Patrick Brown owns Twist and Shout, a record store in Denver, and has seen a shift in the age of digital music.
People want a physical item, not a playlist or a database revoked from them at any time.
The turntable also getting a turn. Vinyl revenue grew eighteen percent. The recording industry association says overall recorded music revenue is up nearly seven percent from last year. Fueled by paid subscriptions, streaming music remains the top money driver. Accounting for eighty two percent of total revenue which reached six billion dollars. Amy Held, NPR News.
Health officials in Congo have begun to vaccinate healthcare staff in the town of Bunia against Ebola.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What details did the Trump administration’s drug pricing deals with Pfizer and Eli Lilly reveal?
0:01–0:42
2
How does the new U.S. military access agreement with Denmark and Greenland affect geopolitics?
0:42–1:42
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What did the federal appeals court decide about third‑country deportations?
1:42–2:38
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How many people have been deported to third countries and what are the humanitarian concerns?
2:38–3:19
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Why are CDs and vinyl records experiencing a sales resurgence in 2026?
3:19–4:01
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What progress is being made with the Ebola vaccine rollout in Congo’s outbreak zone?
4:01–4:52