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What is the growing controversy over the Ukraine peace plan?
There's growing controversy tonight over the 28-point peace plan to end fighting in Ukraine that the Trump administration has put forward. Lawmakers critical of the plan say they spoke with Secretary of State Mark Rubio, who told him that the plan is not the actual proposal from Washington.
According to Secretary Rubio, it's not the administration's position. It is essentially the the wish list of the Russians.
That's Senator Angus King, an independent from Maine, who says Rubio told the group that the proposal is just a starting point, but a State Department spokesperson is calling those comments blatantly false. Rubio also later said the senators were mistaken. The Trump plan is very favorable to Moscow and includes giving up large pieces of Ukrainian territory to Russia. Representatives from the U.S., Ukraine, and several European countries are meeting in Geneva Sunday to discuss the proposal. Open enrollment is now underway on healthcare.gov, and some 22 million people are facing huge premium spikes if Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies go away. NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin has more on our story.
Republicans and Democrats appear divided over whether to continue the enhanced premium tax credits beyond December. Those have kept Affordable Care Act plan premiums down for several years. In a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing, Republican Chair Mike Crapo of Idaho explained why he opposes extending the enhanced subsidies.
We cannot simply throw good money after bad policy.
He says the enhanced subsidies paper over rising health costs and enable fraud. Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia responded that the health care system is like a patient in the ICU.
We need to stabilize the system before we can explore innovative treatment options for long-term care.
The deadline for enrollees to pick a plan that begins next year is December 15th. Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been detained after a judge ordered his preventive arrest on Saturday. The far-right leader is a Trump ally and has been under house arrest since August. Julia Carneiro reports.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the preventive arrest order in the middle of the night, alleging flight risk. The decision came a day after a vigil was called outside Bolsonaro's home, and hours after security agents received the alarm that Bolsonaro's ankle monitor had been tampered with. Moraes cited both incidents in his order, saying the vigil could be a diversion for Bolsonaro to escape to a foreign embassy, citing that the U.S. embassy was a 15-minute drive from his home. Brazil's former president is now detained in a federal police base. His defense said the preventive arrest caused, quote, deep perplexity and alleges risk to Bolsonaro's life because of the series of health issues he faces.
For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro in Rio.
And you're listening to NPR News. The organizer of the annual Eurovision Song Contest has announced major changes to the rules for the music event. As MPS Chloe Veltman reports, the European Broadcasting Union's new framework aims in part to reduce the influence of government-backed promotional campaigns on the public voting system.
In a statement, Eurovision contest director Martin Green says the contest should focus on music, unity and, quote, remain a neutral space that must not be instrumentalised. The overhaul includes placing sanctions against any government or other third party attempts to disproportionately influence voting. This move follows a widespread global backlash against the Israeli government for its push for public support in the 2025 contest, in which Israeli contestant Yuval Raphael garnered the most public votes and came close to winning. The new rules also call for fans to spread their votes across more entries and the reinstatement and expansion of the role of professional juries. Chloe Veltman, NPR News.
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