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Chapter 1: What are the implications of President Trump's warning about federal worker back pay?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is warning there might not be back pay for some of the 750,000 federal workers furloughed during the government shutdown. That would be a reversal of a policy he himself signed into law in his previous term. Trump said some people, quote, don't deserve to be taken care of.
Texas National Guard troops are in Chicago today to support federal immigration enforcement at the request of President Trump. Blaise Ganey reports from the Texas newsroom.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker condemned the move as an invasion and urged Texas Governor Greg Abbott to withdraw support. But Abbott has backed Trump's decision and posted photos of Texas Guard members boarding planes, calling them elite and ever ready. Normally, governors control their National Guard units, but the president can federalize them in rare situations.
A power the Trump administration argues is justified by what they call rebellion against federal authority. The administration says the troops are needed to protect federal personnel. and property as immigration enforcement intensifies. I'm Blaise Gainey in Austin.
Today is the second anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel that led to Israel's war in Gaza. In Egypt, negotiators are meeting for a second day of talks aimed at ending the conflict. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports.
Egypt's foreign ministers, as talks in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheikh continue, involving Israeli and Hamas officials. He says the aim is to negotiate the first phase of the deal, including an Israeli troop redeployment to allow for the release of hostages. delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and the release of Palestinian prisoners. U.S.
Envoy Steve Witkoff tells NPR he will join the talks in Egypt tomorrow. A Qatari government spokesman says mediators also want to work out the details of an international peacekeeping force deploying in Gaza. A person in the region close to the talks, not authorized to speak publicly, tells NPR a breakthrough is likely within a week or two. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Federal Reserve Board Governor Stephen Myron says keeping interest rates too high could pose a risk to the U.S. economy. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Trump White House economist-turned-central banker spoke to a group of financial managers in New York today.
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Chapter 2: How is the Texas National Guard involved in federal immigration enforcement?
Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
This is NPR News from Washington. Officials say HelloFresh subscription meal kits may contain spinach that's been contaminated with listeria. The U.S. Agriculture Department is warning people not to eat the ready-made meals, including cheesy pulled pork pepper pasta and unstuffed peppers with ground turkey. The products were shipped directly to consumers' homes.
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three University of California scientists. Their work demonstrated the quantum mechanical effects in electrical circuits. NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports this could help develop better computers.
The three researchers who won the prize are John Clark, Michel Devereux, and John Martinez. In the mid-1980s, they did experiments that showed how a subatomic phenomenon, quantum tunneling, can be observed on a macroscopic scale, involving many particles on a chip. At a press briefing, Clark said he was stunned that they won.
We had not realized in any way that this might be the basis of a Nobel Prize.
The prize committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their advances could lead to the next generation of quantum technologies, including quantum cryptography and new kinds of sensors. Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.
Thirty Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to support public TV stations. Ross died in 1995. He was famous for his permed hair and gentle demeanor on his Joy of Painting show, which ran for 11 years. The programs had a resurgence of popularity during the COVID lockdowns. The auctions come as Congress cut $1.1 billion in public broadcasting funding. This is NPR News.
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