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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Border Czar Tom Homan said today he doesn't know what President Trump was thinking when he said he wants Somalis out of the country. The president had called them garbage. But Homan said he agrees 100 percent with Trump's efforts to target Somali immigrants in Minnesota. He said the Trump administration is concentrating on public safety and national security threats.
We also know there's a large illegal Somali community there. There's a large illegal alien community there. If you're a U.S. citizen, you have nothing to fear. We're looking for criminals. And also, if you're a resident alien, you have a felony conviction by statute, you could be set up for deportation. So we're looking for public safety threats, national security threats, and illegal aliens.
Homan was interviewed on CNN. A deal between the U.S. and the United Kingdom would spare the U.K. 's drug exports. New drugs typically cost a lot more in the U.S.
than they do in other countries. And the Trump administration has been announcing deals with drug companies to try to even the playing field. Now the U.S. has a deal with another country, the U.K., The U.K. will increase the prices its health service pays for new medicines by 25 percent and will reduce rebates paid by drug makers. That's according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. In exchange, U.K. drugs, drug ingredients and medical technology will be exempt from U.S. tariffs for at least three years.
Sydney Lepkin, NPR News. The government of Benin says it's foiled an attempted coup. Soldiers had appeared on state television today and announced they'd deposed the president and taken over the country. It's the latest of several attempted coups in West Africa in recent years. NPR's Emmanuel Okinwutu reports.
The soldiers took over the state broadcaster and announced in a live address they had deposed President Patrice Talon. Gunshots were heard near the president's residence in the capital Port Novo. But later on Sunday, the interior minister announced they had regained control and a government spokesperson told the AFP news agency that the president was safe. Talon has been in power since 2016 and was due to step down next April after elections. He has faced accusations of authoritarianism, but attempted military coups in the region have grown common, and last year Benin's government said it had rested with multiple officials for planning a takeover. Emmanuel Akimotu, NPR News, Lagos.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he expects negotiations will move forward soon on the next stage of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza. Netanyahu also said that if he is granted a presidential pardon on corruption charges, he would not withdraw from political life. This is NPR News in Washington. Early voting is underway in Miami for a new mayor. Election day is Tuesday. Although it's a local race, it's seen as an early test of the nation's political move before next year's midterm elections. The Democrats are hoping to win the mayor's office for the first time in nearly 30 years. Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, the rock band Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, and English actor and singer Michael Crawford all received Kennedy Center honors tonight, which celebrates achievements in the performing arts.
NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports this year's Kennedy Center honors will be different from past years.
A Kennedy Center Honor is traditionally for artists who've made a major contribution to the performing arts. It's considered to be a prestigious lifetime achievement award that in theory has cultural gravitas. Past winners include people like Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight, George Clooney, LL Cool J and Alvin Ailey. In the past, the selection process took several months and involved a lot of different stakeholders.
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