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Ryland Barton
In Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. After months of striking boats allegedly transporting drugs off the coast of Venezuela, President Trump is hinting that the US could soon attack the country by land.
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President Trump
Every one of those boats you see get shot down, you just saved 25,000American lives. But we knocked out 96% of the drugs coming in by water. And now we're starting by land, and by land is a lot easier, and that's going to start happening.
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Ryland Barton
The statement comes days after the US Seized an oil tanker in the Caribbean, saying it was illegally transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela to Iran. The US has killed at least 87 people in strikes that have destroyed 23 alleged drug boats. This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner didn't make it in time to formally accept her prestigious prize at the Oslo ceremony. Getting out of the South American country was tough. Maria Corina Machado's been in hiding since President Nicolas Maduro declared victory in last year's election widely deemed fraudulent. NPR's Kerry Khan spoke with the man who helped the opposition leader get out of Venezuela.
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Brian Stern
Brian Stern runs Gray Bull Rescue with fellow US Military vets. They couldn't get Machado out by land. Too many checkpoints. By sea it was I didn't want.
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A big giant boat with a lot of big engines that can go real fast and cut through the waves because that's what the narcos use and the U.S. military likes to blow them up.
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The U.S. has struck nearly two dozen boats, killing at least 87 people they allege are drug traffickers. Stern says U.S. officials knew when they were crossing, and he says Machado toughed it out better than his fellow military vets.
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We're all bitching and moaning and it's cold, it's wet, we're hungry, we're tired, it's dark. She didn't complain once.
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He thought she was dubbed the Iron lady because of her solid convictions, but he says she's awesome. Kerry Kahn and Pierre, a non profit.
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Ryland Barton
Group, is suing President Trump and his administration, arguing his White House ballroom project hasn't gotten legally required approvals. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is asking for a temporary halt to construction activity.
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Carol Quillen
The east wing of the White House was torn down to make way for President Trump's ballroom, and the work continues even as no plans have been submitted to the relevant oversight bodies. Carol Quillen is president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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We feel like we have no choice here. We need to fulfill our mission. We need to speak on behalf of the American public, and we need to make the case that these processes are important and that respecting them matters because our history matters.
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White House spokesman Davis Engel says President Trump has full legal authority to beautify the White House just as his predecessors did. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
U.S. stocks fell from record highs today. The s and P500 dropped over a percent. The Nasdaq dropped more than one in tenths of a percent, and the Dow fell half of a percent. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Trump administration is delaying a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies. The U.S. fish and Wildlife Service last year announced adding monarchs to the threatened species list by the end of 2025, but the administration has quietly listed the effort as a long term action. Moving a dairy cow full of milk out of the way of flooding is not an easy operation, but that's exactly what farm Washington state have been forced to do. NPR's Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King reports.
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Anna King
Jason Vandercoy, near Mount Vernon, Washington, said flooding is the number one fear for farmers in his area. Vanderkooy's farm is still dry, but some of his neighbors had to move their herds. Milk cows can get stressed out when their milking times change, he says.
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They love routine, they love schedules, and they don't like to be moved and trying to figure out a new facility or different feed or even a different milking barn.
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Van der Kooy's farm is in the same area where tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes. For NPR News, I'm Anna King.
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Ryland Barton
Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who composed scores like the Good, Bad and the Ugly, will have his only opera perform for the first time. A theater in Naples will stage Partanope 30 years after he wrote it. It's based on the legend of a siren who drowned after failing to enchant Ulysses, her body growing into the city of Naples, which is celebrating its 2,500th anniversary this year. This is NPR.
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Carol Quillen
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