Chapter 1: What recent actions has President Trump taken regarding Venezuela?
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On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Venezuela is responding after President Trump said Saturday pilots should consider the airspace over and near that country closed. As Julia Canero reports, the South American country is calling it a colonialist threat against their sovereignty.
On social media, President Trump said the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela was to be considered closed in its entirety. Venezuela's foreign ministry called Trump's comments, quote, another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people and said that it was unilaterally suspending all flights deporting Venezuelan migrants.
The Federal Aviation Administration had recently warned airlines of potentially hazardous situation when flying over the country, leading companies to suspend flights and Venezuela to revoke operating rights for six major airlines. As the U.S.
increases military pressure on the country, President Trump said Thursday that it could begin targeting alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land very soon. For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro.
The White House has not responded to questions about just what Trump meant by that post.
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Chapter 2: How has Northwestern University responded to federal funding issues?
Northwestern University has agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars to the federal government. It's an agreement that restores hundreds of millions in research funding withheld by the Trump administration. The initial loss of that money contributed to the resignation of the school's president in September. NPR's Alyssa Nadworny has more.
Part of the deal would require Northwestern University, an elite school outside Chicago, to pay the government $75 million over the next three years. In exchange, the government will unfreeze $790 million in research funding that was canceled last spring over accusations of racial discrimination and anti-Semitism.
The agreement allows the college to retain full academic freedom and says the Trump administrationā will end all open investigations into the school. This deal follows similar deals the Trump administration has made with Cornell University, Brown University, and Columbia University. Alyssa Nadwarny, NPR News.
The work of the group Human Rights Watch is no longer welcome in Russia. Russia's government has blacklisted the organization as part of a wider crackdown on civil society.
Chapter 3: What impact does Russia's blacklist of Human Rights Watch have?
From Moscow, NPR's Charles Maines has our reports.
The ban stems from a Russian Justice Ministry order designating Human Rights Watch a so-called undesirable organization. The undesirable label means criminal penalties, up to four years in prison for anyone affiliated with Human Rights Watch. The group's leadership could face even stiffer sentences. HRW denounced the ruling as symptomatic of growing repressions in Russia.
The group now joins a number of international organizations whose work became untenable amid Russia's war in Ukraine. Authorities have also tarred Russian independent media, NGOs, and opposition groups as extremists and foreign agents, forcing many to close or move into exile. Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow.
And you're listening to NPR News. Dorothy Vogel, who with her late husband Herb amassed a priceless collection of contemporary art on their civil servant salaries, has died. She was 90 years old. Empire's Bob Mondello offers this appreciation.
Chapter 4: What legacy did Dorothy Vogel leave in the art world?
She was a librarian, he was a postal clerk, and in 1960s art studios, they spent pennies for works by such not-yet-famous artists as Jeff Koons, Sol LeWitt, and Christo, as Dorothy told a documentarian in 2008.
In those days... If you wanted to collect art, pop art was already too expensive, and so was abstract expressionist. So if you wanted to buy art, The only thing we could afford would be the minimal.
They endeared themselves by coming cash in hand and only taking home what they could carry in a taxi, filling their tiny rent-controlled apartment with one of the world's most important collections of conceptual art. The Vogels donated it all to D.C. 's National Gallery of Art and a 50 Works for 50 States project that shared it with museums around the country. Bob Mondello, NPR News.
A major storm system is moving through the Midwest and Great Lakes this weekend. Forecasters say snow could fall as much as one inch an hour in some places and will slow vehicle traffic and cause delays at some airports. By Saturday morning, northern Iowa had eight inches of snow.
Chapter 5: What are the weather forecasts for the Midwest and Great Lakes?
In college football, No. 1 Ohio State owned Michigan today, beating the Wolverines 27-9. Michigan was held at just 100 rushing yards and 63 yards through the air. The Buckeyes now move on to the Big Ten Championship against Indiana next weekend. No. 5 Oregon, meanwhile, beat Washington 26-14.
Chapter 6: How did major college football teams perform this weekend?
No. 7 Texas Tech blanked West Virginia 49-zip. No. 8 Oklahoma beat LSU 17-13. And Berry beat LaGrange 18-14. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.