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In Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. A federal judge in New York is criticizing convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein's longtime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. This after Maxwell's recent court filing cont. Confidential names as she seeks to set aside her 2021 conviction and possibly be released. She filed the paperwork on her own without a lawyer, and the document is being kept under seal out of the public's view until the judge reviews it and redacts the name of victims. In Florida, President Trump was asked about the release of the latest files and photos.
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But no, I don't like the pictures of Bill Clinton being shown. I don't like the pictures of other people being shown. I think it's a terrible thing. I think Bill's a big boy, he can handle it. But you probably have pictures being exposed of other people that innocently met Jeffrey Epstein years ago, many years ago. And they're highly respected bankers and lawyers and others.
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Meanwhile, the Senate's top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, is urging his colleagues to take action against the Justice Department over the law enforcement agency's heavily redacted, incremental release of the files on both Epstein and Maxwell. More than 1.6 million immigrants have lost their legal status since Donald Trump took office. This is the largest effort to make migrants deportable despite using legal pathways. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran reports.
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Immigration rights advocates say this figure 1.6 million people is likely an undercount, but it includes people who came to the US Via humanitarian parole, temporary protected status and visas. Todd Schulte is the president of Forward, an immigration advocacy organization.
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These were like legal pathways. People like did the thing the government asked them to do and this government went and is kind of preemptively trying to revoke that status.
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The Trump administration has said it has done more to limit legal and illegal immigration than any other administration. It has said it will continue its aggressive effort to crack down on immigration in 2026. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.
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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed a new ambassador to the US As Dan Carpentuk reports, Mark Wiseman takes over his duties in mid February.
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The 55 year old Weissmann will also lead Ottawa's negotiations with the US on the review of the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as usmca. Weissman is a global investment banker and a pension fund manager and a longtime friend of Carney's. He's a member of the Prime Minister's council on Canada, U.S. relations, which was formed to review the current trade agreement. He was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, holds a joint master of business administration and law degree from the University of Toronto, and has worked on mergers and acquisitions in New York City and Paris. Weissman replaces Kirsten Hillman, who announced earlier this month that she would end her Washington posting. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto.
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It's npr. The storms hitting the San Francisco Bay Area have already brought some brief flooding and some rescues, but is member station KQ QED reporter Samantha Kennedy tells us it's only the beginning.
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Meteorologists expect there to be winds of up to 80mph and widespread power outages across the Bay Area this week. The North Bay is expected to get some of the worst of it. Jeff Duvall of Sonoma County's Emergency Management Department isn't aware of any damages to the North Bay county so far, but.
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We did have a couple vehicles get stuck in those flooded waters overnight to where Sonoma County's public safety had to come out and do two different water rescues.
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Jan Knoll, a consulting meteorologist with Golden Gate Weather Services, says winds will pick up, which could topple trees and power lines.
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That always poses problems after we've had significant rains with trees coming down with 30 or 40, some places, maybe 50 mile an hour gusts.
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Officials say they're prepared for whatever the week brings. For NPR News, I'm Samantha Kennedy in San Francisco.
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A congressional committee on Monday released its report that is critical of the military's role in the deadly plane crash near DC's Reagan National Airport last January that killed 67 people when an Army Black Hawk helicopter struck a landing American Airlines jet. The report said there were communication issues between the helicopter and the airport control tower, and the helicopter did not follow instructions from air traffic controllers. Night vision goggles that the helicopters were using also made it difficult to see the incoming plane, and a navigation system that could have prevented the crash was turned off. I'm Dan Ronan, NPR News, in Washington.
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This five-minute NPR News Now segment covers major national and international news stories, focusing on legal developments in high-profile U.S. cases, immigration policy impacts, diplomatic appointments between Canada and the U.S., severe weather in California, and a government report on a fatal military-related aviation incident.
Overview: Over 1.6 million immigrants have lost legal status since Donald Trump took office, marking the largest effort to make migrants deportable, even those who used legal pathways.
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The Trump administration claims it has done more to limit both legal and illegal immigration than any previous administration and plans to continue these efforts in 2026.
"We did have a couple vehicles get stuck in those flooded waters overnight to where Sonoma County's public safety had to come out and do two different water rescues." — Jeff Duvall, Sonoma County Emergency Management [03:46]
"That always poses problems after we've had significant rains with trees coming down with 30 or 40, some places, maybe 50 mile an hour gusts." — Jan Knoll, Golden Gate Weather Services [04:03]
President Trump on Epstein Files:
"But no, I don't like the pictures of Bill Clinton being shown. I don't like the pictures of other people being shown...and they're highly respected bankers and lawyers and others." (00:54–01:17)
Todd Schulte on Immigration Status Revocations:
"These were like legal pathways. People like did the thing the government asked them to do and this government went and is kind of preemptively trying to revoke that status." (02:03)
Jeff Duvall on Sonoma County Rescues:
"We did have a couple vehicles get stuck in those flooded waters overnight to where Sonoma County's public safety had to come out and do two different water rescues." (03:46)
Jan Knoll on Wind Hazards in Bay Area:
"That always poses problems after we've had significant rains with trees coming down with 30 or 40, some places, maybe 50 mile an hour gusts." (04:03)
This NPR News Now update delivers concise yet comprehensive coverage of evolving legal, political, weather, and international developments, blending direct reporting with brief expert commentary.