Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What recent military developments did President Trump announce?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. President Trump says the U.S. will begin producing battleships for the first time since World War II, the announcement made at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. From member station WHRO in Norfolk, Steve Walsh has more on the newest warships in the pipeline.
The new ships would be larger than the current generation of destroyers and cruisers. They would be armed with everything from sea-based nuclear weapons and lasers to the 16-inch guns used by battleships of the Second World War.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of appointing a special envoy to Greenland?
These are the best in the world. They'll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built. A Navy official says the vessel is in the design phase and could be under construction by the early 2030s. Battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers. The last one appeared in combat during the First Gulf War in 1991.
Chapter 4: What legal challenges are faced by Kilmar Abrego-Garcia?
For NPR News, I'm Steve Walsh.
President Trump is raising the ire of officials in Denmark and Greenland with his new special envoy to Greenland. And he's also raising a tricky question domestically with the appointment of a sitting governor to serve in that post. Brooke Thornton of member station W.R.K.F. has more on the appointment of Louisiana's Governor Jeff Landry.
Chapter 5: How is the FDA's approval of the Wagovi pill significant for weight loss?
to the so-called voluntary position.
According to the Louisiana Constitution, a statewide elected official shall hold no other public office except by the virtue of their elected office. However, Loyola University law professor Dane Cialino says he doesn't think the special envoy position qualifies as a public office because, among other things, it doesn't include rulemaking or enforcement powers.
He's not going to be a, quote, officer of the United States, and the position likely would not violate the Louisiana Constitution.
For his part, Landry posted a response to Trump on social media, quote, It's an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland part of the U.S. This in no way affects my position as governor of Louisiana. For NPR, I'm Brooke Thornton in Baton Rouge.
Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, a Salvadoran national living in Maryland, remains free after a federal judge ordered his release earlier in the month. He'd been mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March and after returning in June was arrested, charged with human smuggling, then held in Tennessee before being freed once more. Now, U.S.
District Judge Paula Zinnis, noting the government had no final removal order to deport him, is ruling that Abrego Garcia should continue to remain free, at least for now, while she reviews the government's latest arguments. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the Wagovi pill, a drug designed to assist in weight loss. Novo Nordisk says the bill is the first approved oral GLP-1 therapy.
The Dow closed up 227. This is NPR. For audiences everywhere, the Nutcracker is synonymous with the pageantry of winter. And as NPR's Anastasia Tsoukas reports, it's the production that helps many American ballet companies stay in business.
Generations of fans and aspiring dancers have grown up with visions of the Sugar Plum Fairy dancing in their heads. Many major dance companies now depend on the Nutcracker and even more so after the pandemic. The organization Dance USA tells NPR that between 2022 and 2024, Large American dance companies reported that Nutcracker revenue has been zooming up from $57 million to $84 million.
Attendance is also up by 18%.
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Chapter 6: Why is 'The Nutcracker' crucial for American ballet companies?
The trick is getting Nutcracker fans to return for other performances and not to become so reliant on Nutcracker that it endangers their other work throughout the year. It's enough to keep any dance company on its toes. Anastasia Tsilikas, NPR News, New York.
The nation's largest bourbon distiller is pausing production at one of its facilities as of January 1st. Jim Beam's flagship distillery in Claremont, Kentucky, is halting operations to let the market catch up with an oversupply of bourbon. Jim Beam is owned by Japan-based Suntory Holdings.
The company's larger distilling operation elsewhere in Kentucky will continue percolating the Beam bourbon stills. The wine and spirits business has been struggling with declining alcohol consumption. I'm Louise Schiavone and PR News.