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This week on up first from NPR News, funding ran out for the Department of Homeland Security and Congress went home. DHS does a few important things like secure the airports or the coasts or the president. Now their funding is uncertain. And what does this say about the way Congress works or doesn't? Follow us for the latest each morning on up first on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump says the US will contribute $10 billion to the board of Peace, which held its inaugural meeting Today in Washington, D.C. the Board of Peace was created and is controlled by Trump with an initial mission to help rebuild Gaza. Other countries have promised to contribute a total of 7 billion to the effort as well.
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Board of Peace is one of the most important and consequential things I think that I'll be involved in. And we've been involved in a lot. And really I've been involved in a lot with the people up here. We work together on ending wars with their country.
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Some members of the United nations have expressed concern President Trump's attempting to create a body that rivals the Security Council, the UN Body convened yesterday to discuss the next phase of the Israel Hamas ceasefire in Gaza and protests of Israel's expansion plans in the West Bank. The United Kingdom's former Prince Andrew has been arrested in an investigation into the Epstein files. His brother, King Charles, has issued a statement. It says, quote, the law must take its course. NPR's Lauren Frere reports from London. Andrew is the first senior royal to be arrested.
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King Charles says what follows now is a, quote, full, fair and proper process, but expressed deepest concern over his brother's arrest. Police are searching properties adjacent to Windsor Castle and the Royal Sandringham Estate, where Andrew was arrested on suspicion, police say, of misconduct in public office, which carries up to a life sentence in prison. Andrew admits friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and settled a lawsuit with one of the late sex offender's underage victims. But Andrew has said he, quote, strenuously denies any wrongdoing after the latest file release by the US Justice Department. UK Police have been investigating whether Andrew passed confidential government information to Epstein when Andrew was a UK Trade envoy. Lauren Fryer, NPR News, London.
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And clarifying Andrew is the first senior royal to be arrested in centuries. President Trump's campaign to promote his economic agenda takes him to Rome, Georgia, today, as early voting begins in that district to fill Republican former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's vacant seat. Trump maintains the economy is doing well under his watch. But ahead of this year's midterm elections. Polling suggests widespread voter concern about the economic hit, from unilateral tariffs, mass deportations and cuts to key programs such as Medicaid. And an NPR PBS News Marist poll released earlier this month shows just 36% of Americans surveyed approve of Trump's handling of the economy and foreign policy. A majority of Republicans continues to stand by the President. U.S. stocks are trading lower this hour. The Dow Jones industrial average down 331points, more than half a percent. From Washington, this is NPR News. The U.S. s largest nurses union is organizing nationwide protests against federal immigration authorities. KALW's Anna Kasame.
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National Nurses United, which represents more than 200,000 registered nurses, is demanding that Congress abolish ice and use that funding for services like Medicare and Medicaid. They say immigration enforcement agencies have become a threat to public health. Pomai Neal is a registered nurse in Santa Clara, California.
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Hospitals are places of sanctuary, and to nurses, nobody is illegal and nobody should, you know, put off seeking care because of the threat of ice.
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Neil says nurses are protesting either before or after their shifts, so patient care should not be affected. For NPR News, I'm Anika Salm in San Francisco.
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Today at the Winter Olympics, it'll be the gold medal game in women's ice hockey, US Versus Canada. Here's Steve Futterman.
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This will be the seventh time the US And Canada have faced off in the gold medal match for women's ice hockey. Between them, the two countries have won every gold medal since it became an olympic sport in 1998. This year, the US is the clear favorite, having soundly beaten the Canadians last week 5 to nothing in the preliminary round game. Taylor Hicey of the US Team says the previous contest means very little.
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Nothing matters. It's the gold medal game. Everyone's going to show up, and if they don't, they're not meant to be there. So I think when we focus on what we can do, we're so good.
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The U.S. has won two gold medals in women's ice hockey. The Canadians have won five, including 2022.
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That's Steve Futterman reporting. It's NPR.
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