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Kristen Wright
In Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. President Trump has issued four new executive orders related to the US Military. One of the orders ends diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the Armed Services. NPR's Ayanna Archie has more.
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Ayanna Archie
In the order, Trump said no individual or group within our armed forces should be preferred or disadvantaged on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, color or creed. Pete Tegseth, the newest secretary of defense, has about three months to show the Trump administration all the Defense Department's current DEI programs and offices and 30 days to submit a plan to achieve the mandates in the order. The order also stops the military from teaching gender ideology or or that the documents America was founded on are racist or sexist. Last week, the president signed an executive order cutting DEI programs from the federal government and placed employees in those offices on paid leave. Ayanna Archie, NPR News, NPR has learned.
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Kristen Wright
The acting attorney general is taking steps to fire several Justice Department employees who worked on the criminal investigations into the president. James McHenry writes in Termination letters, they can't be trusted to faithfully implement the president's agenda. President Trump says he plans to meet with the leaders of Israel and India in the near future. NPR's Asma Khalid reports on Trump's remarks while traveling aboard Air Force One.
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Asma Khalid
Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming to the United States to meet very soon. This trip could come at a critical moment amidst the fragile ceasefire hostage deal. Trump also doubled down on his prior comments that Palestinians ought to move out of Gaza.
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Kristen Wright
You know, when you look at the.
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Sean Ruich
Gaza Strip, it's been hell for so many years.
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Asma Khalid
He said he'd like to get people living in areas that are, quote, safer and maybe more comfortable. Trump also said he'll be meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon, likely in February. The two men have had a close relationship, though Trump is pushing India on trade and immigration. Asma Khalid, NPR News.
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Kristen Wright
Investors are watching tech stocks closely. They took a dive yesterday, a reaction to reports that a Chinese company developed a competitive AI model called Deep Seek at a fraction of the cost cost compared to American models like ChatGPT. NPR's Sean Ruich reports from China. There is a caveat.
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Sean Ruich
Deepseek says that it spent under $6 million to make this thing that's tiny relative to the hundreds of millions of dollars that others are investing, even billions. But analysts say that that low figure is easy to misinterpret because it doesn't include, for instance, the cost of developing various versions from which this latest version was distilled.
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Kristen Wright
Shares of chip company Navidea lost nearly $600 billion in market value yesterday in pre market trading. Today, the tech heavy Nasdaq is rebounding. You're listening to NPR News. Climate change has boosted the number of days that temperatures are dangerously hot while also trimming the number of dangerously cold days. As NPR's Alejandra Barunda reports, a new study focused on Europe suggests human driven climate change will soon alter the balance of those risks.
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Alejandra Barunda
Humans are sensitive to temperature. When it gets too hot, people die not just from heatstroke, but from all kinds of other medical problems like heart attacks or even mental health issues. But people also die when it gets really cold. And in many parts of the world, cold causes more deaths than heat. That balance could change in coming decades, at least in Europe, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine. Because climate change is likely to balloon the risks of heat, the scientists write it's a warning to cut greenhouse gas emissions quickly to keep climate change from getting even more dangerous. Alejandra Arunda, NPR News.
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Kristen Wright
The three largest wildfires in Southern California are more than 95% contained, and rain has now moved out of the area without major mudslides that were anticipated. Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia are poised to be the first in the Amazon grocery chain to unionize. Employees of the Center City supermarket voted in favor of joining the United Food and Commercial Workers union yesterday by a margin of 130 to 100. The Whole Foods workers want higher wages and affordable health care benefits. The National Labor Relations Board still needs to certify the results. Amazon could also challenge any ballots. This is NPR News from Washington.
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Ayanna Archie
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