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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
Who received the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and why?
The Norwegian Nobel Committee is presenting this year's Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Machado has been living in hiding, and Venezuela has imposed a travel ban on her. So her daughter is accepting the award on her mother's behalf. The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Vatne Fridnes, says Machado is coming to Norway.
Although she will not be able to reach this ceremony and today's events, we are profoundly happy to confirm that she is safe and that she will be with us here in Oslo.
What are the implications of the health care proposal being voted on this week?
Maria Corina Machado was barred from running in Venezuela's presidential election last year. That's even though she overwhelmingly won her primary election. Senate Republican leaders say that lawmakers will vote on a health care proposal later this week. And Pierre's Deirdre Walsh reports on the debate over health care subsidies that will expire at the end of this year.
How is redistricting impacting Missouri's political landscape?
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans support a plan that redirects money from health care subsidies to to consumers to use and 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.
What new law has Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed regarding immigration enforcement?
If Congress fails to act, millions of Americans will see health care costs go up in January. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.
In Missouri, opponents of a new congressional map have submitted enough signatures to put the issue of redistricting on the state ballot next year.
How does the new bionic hand utilize artificial intelligence?
If this referendum goes forward, the redrawn congressional map would be suspended until Missouri voters have a say. From St. Louis Public Radio, Jason Rosenbaum reports, President Trump has pushed this redistricting effort.
Trump cajoled Republicans to pass a new map that could provide the GOP with an additional seat in Congress. Now opponents of that plan have delivered more than 300,000 voter signatures to Missouri's Secretary of State. If the signatures are verified, the new map would not be in play for the 2026 midterm elections. Richard von Glahn, with the group People Not Politicians, expects Republicans to try and stop the referendum. Our democracy belongs to us. not to politicians. The Republican secretary of state could try and block the ballot measure, but redistricting opponents say that may not hold up in court. For NPR News, I'm Jason Rosenbaum in St. Louis.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed a new law that restricts how federal officers can conduct immigration enforcement in the state. Immigration officers are banned from conducting enforcement operations within a thousand feet of an Illinois state courthouse. Republicans are angry. They say the new law makes it harder for federal agents to work. Scientists have developed a bionic hand that uses artificial intelligence to figure out what a user is trying to do. NPR's John Hamilton has more on a study in the journal Nature Communications.
A natural hand doesn't need much guidance. Just think about picking up that cup of coffee and subconscious circuits in the brain and spine take care of the details. So researchers at the University of Utah set out to make a bionic hand that could mimic some of those circuits. The result is a system that uses machine learning to help a person carry out a task. And Marshall Trout says it worked in a study of four people who tried to use the bionic hand to drink from a cup. Without the machine assistance, the person just crushed it or dropped it every single time. But when participants got help from the system's machine learning function, they were able to bring cup to lip without a hitch.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:03
2
Who received the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and why?
0:03–0:40
3
What are the implications of the health care proposal being voted on this week?
0:40–1:03
4
How is redistricting impacting Missouri's political landscape?
1:03–1:42
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What new law has Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed regarding immigration enforcement?
1:42–1:59
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How does the new bionic hand utilize artificial intelligence?
1:59–4:29
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What tragic news surrounds Grammy Award-nominated singer Jubilant Sykes?
4:29–4:39