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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens.
What health care proposals are being debated in the Senate?
Senate Republican leaders say lawmakers will vote on a health care proposal later this week. NPR's Deidre Walsh reports on the debate over health care subsidies that expire at the end of the year.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans support a plan that redirects money from health care subsidies to consumers to use in health savings accounts.
It delivers the benefit directly to the patient. not to the insurance company, and it does it in a way that actually saves money.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is urging Republicans to back the Democratic bill that extends the current subsidies for three years.
The choice is simple for them. Vote with Democrats to keep costs down or vote to send premiums through the roof.
The Senate will vote on both bills on Thursday, but neither plan is expected to get the 60 votes needed to advance. If Congress fails to act... Millions of Americans will see health care costs go up in January. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.
President Trump promoted his economic policies during a rally tonight in northeastern Pennsylvania town of Mount Pocono. Trump told those gathered that his administration has already secured pledges for billions of dollars in new investments thanks to his tariffs.
All of the companies that are pouring their money to building right now, building plants in Pennsylvania and many other states, auto plants, AI plants, plants of every type, which we would have never had if we didn't put the tariffs on. Did you see where Europe now is saying, I think we've got to start doing what Trump is doing?
Trump blamed inflation on Democrats, but says prices are starting to fall. The president also called Pennsylvania a dumping ground for migrants from what he called the most dysfunctional places on Earth. For the first time in its history, the city of Miami has a female mayor. From member station WLRN, Joshua Ceballos reports that some observers say the vote may signal a blue wave in Florida.
The ballroom of the Miami Women's Club shook with a throng of supporters chanting for Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins. Higgins' victory marks the first time in nearly three decades that a Democrat will hold the mayor's seat in Republican-dominated Miami. Laura Kelly is chair of the Miami-Dade County Democratic Party, and she sees the result as a major shift after the 2024 election cycle.
But this is a resounding indictment on President Trump. He tried to interfere in this election. And the fact of the matter is, his policies, and more importantly, his party, is deeply unpopular.
President Trump endorsed Higgins' opponent, Emilio Gonzalez, who lost by 19 percentage points. For NPR News, I'm Joshua Ceballos in Miami.
On Wall Street, stocks closed mixed ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrials lost 179 points. The Nasdaq added 30. This is NPR. Pope Leo XVI is criticizing the Trump administration's effort to loosen U.S. ties with the European alliance. When asked about the US peace plan for Ukraine, The Pope said what he's read indicates a huge change in what was a true alliance. Leo has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Rome, saying that Europe's role is crucial to any peace deal. The Pope says that securing any agreement without Europe's input is unrealistic. A museum in Washington state currently houses the largest display of nutcrackers in the United States.
NPR's Vanessa Romo takes us inside.
The two-story jewel of whimsy and obsession is called the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum. It houses more than 9,000 handcrafted nutcrackers. And presiding over it all is Arlene Wagner, who just celebrated her 101st birthday. She says she's been collecting all manner of nutcrackers since 1976. And in 1995, with a collection of 7,000, she and her husband thought it was time to share it with the public.
That was the whole idea of starting the museum, was to let other people enjoy what we enjoy.
Wagner traces it back to the nutcracker she got when she ran a ballet company that was performing, well, you know.
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