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What events led to the No Kings rally and what were its key messages?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Organizers of this past weekend's No Kings rally say events were held in 2,600 locations across the U.S. and millions of Americans protested the policies of the Trump administration. Many demonstrators said Trump is acting more like a monarch than an elected official. Returning to Washington on Air Force One Sunday night, the president had harsh criticism for protesters.
I think it's a joke. I looked at the people. They're not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs paid for. I guess it was paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. It looks like it was. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small, very ineffective. And the people were whacked out. When you look at those people, those are not representative of the people of our country.
House Speaker Republican Mike Johnson called the peaceful demonstrations the hate America rally. Other Republicans said the protests were un-American.
How did President Trump respond to the protests against his administration?
Colombia used to be a key U.S. partner in the war on drugs, but now President Trump is accusing Colombia's President Gustavo Petro of being a leader in the illegal drug trade. Reporter John Otis has more.
For months, Trump and Petro have exchanged insults, prompting Washington to revoke Petro's U.S. visa. Now, tensions are rising over Trump's policy of attacking alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea. Petro accused Trump of murder after claiming that one of the victims was a Colombian fisherman. On Sunday, Trump took to social media to call Petro, quote, an illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs. He also threatened to cut off U.S. aid to Colombia. Petro quickly responded by describing himself as the main enemy of Colombian traffickers and by saying that Trump was uninformed about his country. For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia.
Despite the ongoing government shutdown, the Labor Department will report the latest inflation data later this week. NPR's Rafael Nam says Social Security recipients have a lot riding on it.
The government has paused all economic data, but is making one exception. The Labor Department will report the latest inflation data on Friday. The reason for the exception is that every year the Social Security Administration uses the inflation data for July, September, and October to determine what's called the Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA. Like the full name implies, COLA determines how much Social Security benefits need to be adjusted for the following year. That also means the Federal Reserve will at least have this critical data before its policy meeting later this month. Rafael Nam, NPR News.
In Hong Kong, two airport security workers are reported to have died when a 747 cargo plane skidded off the runway. You're listening to NPR News. A closed four-day meeting of China's top Communist Party leadership, including President Xi Jinping, begins today in Beijing as the country maps out its goals for the next five years through 2030. Xi and about 370 of China's top Communist Party officials are expected to attend. It's called the Fourth Millennium. The meeting comes at a time of increased trade tension. between Washington and Beijing, but just ahead of a possible face-to-face meeting in South Korea later this month between President Trump and President Xi. It was a dramatic scene at the Louvre in Paris.
Rebecca Rossman reports masked men broke into the museum and made off with millions of dollars worth of jewelry.
Seven minutes. That's how long police say it took three masked men armed with chainsaws to steal nine pieces of jewelry from from the Louvre's Apollo Gallery, including necklaces, a brooch, and a tiara. A museum spokesperson told NPR the pieces are of quote, "...inestimable cultural and historical value." France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez says the thieves entered through a window shortly after the museum opened.
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