Trump at WEF; MN officers subpoenaed; Lisa Cook dinner : NPR

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At present's prime tales President Trump plans to give attention to affordability as we speak in his speech on the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland. However his international coverage — particularly, Trump's want to amass Greenland — and his threats of tariffs on eight European international locations if he does not get his manner are overshadowing the summit. When the president takes the stage, world leaders can be paying shut consideration to indicators of the place this confrontation with allies goes subsequent.

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Ludovic Marin/AFP by way of Getty Photos 🎧 With regards to international coverage, Trump enjoys taking the world stage and setting the agenda, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben tells Up First. She provides that, for his second time period, Trump is pursuing a belligerent international coverage that alienates allies and lacks home recognition. Kurtzleben says these actions, alongside along with his aggressive ways in Minnesota, are drawing consideration away from the home economic system, which Trump needs to give attention to. The Justice Division has issued grand jury subpoenas to a number of authorities officers in Minnesota, together with Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. The company is alleging that state officers conspired to impede legislation enforcement amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

🎧 Minnesota officers counsel the subpoenas don't faze them, says NPR's Sergio Martínez-Beltrán. They are saying that these actions are an intimidation tactic by the administration that's weaponizing the DOJ. Officers say they pushed again in opposition to the administration's immigration crackdown due to what they are saying are the Immigration and Customs Enforcement company's unlawful actions of their state. This contains ICE brokers intimidating the individuals who comply with them to alert neighbors to their presence. Day-to-day lives in Minnesota proceed to be impacted as dozens of docs within the state say sufferers are avoiding the medical care they could want as a result of they worry ICE. The U.S. Supreme Courtroom hears arguments as we speak concerning Trump's efforts to interrupt with 112 years of legislation by firing Lisa Cook dinner. Cook dinner is a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board, appointed by former President Joe Biden.

🎧 The president's attorneys are anticipated to inform the Supreme Courtroom that he's not searching for a free move to fireside Cook dinner, however as a substitute fired her for trigger, says NPR's Nina Totenberg. The administration claims she dedicated mortgage fraud when she obtained loans on two totally different properties as a result of she listed two properties as her major residences, however at totally different occasions. Cook dinner denies any wrongdoing. The Trump administration argues the court docket can not overview a president's determination to fireside a Fed board member as soon as he determines he has trigger. This caveat would primarily grant him unrestricted energy to purge the Fed and set up private picks, Totenberg says.

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Getty Photos What does sexual security appear to be as of late? It's greater than entry to public well being and medicine. It is also about feeling snug together with your associate. Having the instruments it's essential to really feel assured in your personal sexual well being is a vital a part of the pursuit of enjoyment. Dr. Leisha McKinley-Seaside and Dr. Jasmine Abrams be a part of It is Been A Minute host Brittany Luse to supply listeners with the steerage they should reside their greatest intercourse lives and discover really feel safer in mattress.

Deep dive <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x3375+0+452/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F16%2F0f%2F8066e3594d188fe835befbff893a%2Fgettyimages-2256322185.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x3375+0+452/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F16%2F0f%2F8066e3594d188fe835befbff893a%2Fgettyimages-2256322185.jpg" class="img" alt="High-voltage power lines are pictured on January 14, 2026 in Miami, Fla. President Trump promised to cut energy bills in half within one year of his re-election. Gasoline prices have fallen about 20%, but electricity rates are still rising." loading="lazy"/> Excessive-voltage energy strains are pictured on January 14, 2026 in Miami, Fla. President Trump promised to chop power payments in half inside one yr of his re-election. Gasoline costs have fallen about 20%, however electrical energy charges are nonetheless rising. Joe Raedle/Getty Photos cover caption

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Joe Raedle/Getty Photos Whereas Trump was on the marketing campaign path, he promised to chop People' power payments in half and decrease gasoline and electrical energy costs. One yr in, gasoline costs are down about 20%, however electrical energy costs are going up. The Trump administration has additionally invested in nuclear energy, which may assist scale back prices in the long run. Check out how he has delivered on his objectives:

➡️ Presidents do not determine fuel costs. The price of crude oil is the most important issue. A worldwide oversupply of oil largely drove cheaper crude oil costs this previous yr.➡️ Electrical energy costs are growing as a result of three major causes: an growing older energy grid, the price of pure disasters and better gasoline prices, says Charles Hua, who runs the nationwide power shopper training nonprofit Powerlines.➡️ The administration has ended federal tax credit for big photo voltaic and wind initiatives, which offer extra cost-competitive power than pure fuel, nuclear and coal initiatives. 3 issues to know earlier than you go <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6409x3605+0+334/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F54%2F3ec2045549559eb803025762a546%2Fgettyimages-2255055528.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6409x3605+0+334/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F54%2F3ec2045549559eb803025762a546%2Fgettyimages-2255055528.jpg" class="img" alt="A general view of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 10, 2026. Artists have cancelled performances at Washington's premier performing arts center to protest its renaming to include US President Donald Trump." loading="lazy"/> A normal view of the Kennedy Middle in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 10, 2026. Artists have cancelled performances at Washington's premier performing arts heart to protest its renaming to incorporate US President Donald Trump. MANDEL NGAN/AFP by way of Getty Photos cover caption

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MANDEL NGAN/AFP by way of Getty Photos Backlash from ticket consumers, slated performers, and sure board members — together with Shonda Rhimes — was swift when Trump was named chairman of the Kennedy Middle's board virtually a yr in the past. This is the operating listing of who has canceled their performances on the venue.On this installment of NPR's "Phrase of the Week" sequence, we hint the origins of the "cravat," a voluminous neckscarf, again to the battlefields of seventeenth century Europe.The U.S. Division of Agriculture's Meals Security and Inspection Service stated Suzanna's Kitchen is recalling roughly 13,720 kilos of ready-to-eat grilled hen breast fillet merchandise that could be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. (by way of WGCU)