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On the Throughline podcast from npr. Immigration enforcement might be more visible now, but this moment didn't begin with President Trump's second inauguration or even his first, a series from Throughline about how immigration became political and a cash cow. Listen to Throughline in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump and congressional leaders aren't expected to meet anytime soon. Soon to discuss ending the government shutdown. House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Democrats to support a Republican bill to reopen the government at current spending levels, but Democrats are holding out. They're calling for an extension of tax credits for health plans offered under the Affordable Care Act. Johnson says Democrats are asking for a wild list of partisan priorities.
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It is selfish, it is reprehensible, and it is exactly the opposite of what they have all said themselves in their own words, very passionately, every day until now.
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Republican leaders say the Obamacare tax credits can wait since the subsidies expire at the end of the year. Russian President Vladimir Putin says it is Europe's responsibility to end the war in Ukraine. Putin's comments come at a political forum where he also touched on recent remarks by President Trump. NPR's Charles mainnes has details from Moscow.
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In his remarks, Putin blamed Europe for dragging out the war in Ukraine through its military support for Kyiv and vowed to respond to Europe's militarization amid what he argued were falsely hyped Russian threats. Yet Putin said reports that the US Was considering providing American made Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would mark a new stage of escalation. Putin also took aim at President Trump's recent comments calling Russia a paper tiger over its failure to subdue its neighbor. In response, Putin said Russia had been fighting the entirety of the NATO alliance and was still making steady advancements in Ukraine. If we are a paper tiger, asked Putin, then what is NATO itself? Charles Maynes, NPR News, Moscow.
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Many people are still having a hard time getting vaccinated against COVID 19 because of an unusual delay by the Centers for Disease control and prevention. NPR's Rob Stein has the story.
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The CDC has yet to issue final guidelines for the COVID vaccines nearly two weeks after receiving the recommendations from the agency's advisors. That's highly unusual. Typically, the CDC acts within days, sometimes even hours, of receiving recommendations from the advisory committee of the urgency of getting people vaccinated for the winter surge. The delay has prevented a federal program from shipping out free vaccines for kids and has meant that a patchwork of state rules has prevented adults from getting shots in many places, too. Federal officials have not explained the delay. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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Federal officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill, mifepristone, triggering outrage from anti abortion advocates. Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced that the FDA signed off on its form of the pill. Students for Life Action called the approval a stain on the Trump presidency and another sign that the deep state at the FDA must go. Mifepristone was approved 25 years ago and has been repeatedly deemed safe. From Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. This is NPR News. FIFA is facing growing global calls to suspend Israeli soccer teams over the country's war in Gaza, but the organization's chief says it must promote peace unity. Gianni Infantino says the governing organization for soccer can't solve global political issues. Bruce Springsteen's Born to run turned 50 this year. Recently, the Boss and the E Street Band sat down on stage for the first time to explain how they created the landmark album. NPR's Frank Lankford reports from the Bruce Springsteen archives at Monmouth University.
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Springsteen's first two albums had not sold. He needed a hit.
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It was all or nothing, because in the rest of my life at that time, I had nothing.
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Springsteen is a notorious perfectionist. He drove the band, as well as studio engineer Jimmy Iovine.
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I never met a person before or after I could say the same word over and over and over and over and over. Two words, no and again.
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It worked.
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The album peaked at number three on the Billboard chart and launched Springsteen to stardom. Frank Langford, NPR News, West Long Branch.
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N.J. a comet from another star system will swing by Mars tomorrow. The Comet, known as 3i Atlas, will hurtle within 18 million miles of the Red Planet, its closest approach during its trek through the inner solar system. The European Space Agency and NASA are already observing the comet, which is only the third interstellar object known to have passed our way. From Washington, this is npr.
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