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President Trump says that Iran has just given the U.S. a big present as NPR's
“Franco-Ordonia's reports, Trump says it's related to the state of Hormuz.”
>> Trump T's that this latest development is worth a tremendous amount of money. >> I'm not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant price, and they gave it to us, and they said they were going to give it, so that meant one thing to me would deal with the right people. >> Trump said it wasn't nuclear-related, but oil and gas-related, and tied to the
state of Hormuz, but he would not get into specifics. Trump has said the U.S. is in productive negotiations with Iran to end the war, Iran has denied
conducting negotiations with the U.S. Franco-Ordonia's NPR News.
>> The commander of the 82nd airborne division in members of his headquarters staff will deploy to the Middle East as the White House in Pentagon way sending troops from the division. That's according to an official not authorized to speak publicly. President Trump has said he's not putting boots on the ground in the conflict, but has continued to send more troops to the region.
Thousands of Marines are expected to arrive in the Middle East later this week.
“A key deadline is coming up for the Trump administration to nominate a new director for the”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and PR's ping-pong reports on how a law on federal vacancies is setting the timetable. >> The last CDC director, Susan Minaris, was fired by the Trump administration in August, when she stood up to changes to vaccine policy that her boss, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted to make. This week marks two hundred ten days since
the firing, the limit to which the role can be filled by temps, according to the federal vacancies were format. Senior officials have run a search for a new director with a deadline in mind. The nominee needs to be aligned with President Trump and secretary Kennedy, and also be able to get Senate confirmation. The role is currently filled by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who also leads the National Institutes of Health. He joined the CDC last month and could continue in the acting
“role on official nominee Navigate Senate confirmation, ping-pong and PR news.”
>> Oil prices are climbing, and that's showing up at the gas station, and Pearson Scott Horsley has the latest on pump prices. >> Triple A says the average price of retail gasoline has jumped to $3.98 a gallon. Diesel prices have jumped by nearly $1.60 a gallon. They have the International Energy Agency, says the U.S. is rarely war with Iran, poses a "major, major threat" to the global economy. The Labor Department says
U.S. workers were not as productive in the fourth quarter, as initially reported, productivity rose at an annual rate of 1.8% during October, November, and December. That's down from an earlier estimate of 2.8%. Scott Horsley and PR news, Washington. >> The average price of regular gas in California is $5.82. You're listening to NPR news from Washington. President Trump has cast a mail-in ballot in
Florida, as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice. Trump voted today in a special election for state legislative seats. The White House says Trump's focus is on states with universal mail voting, not on individual voters who need accommodations. Nearly one in five pediatric deaths in hospitals are linked to sepsis, according to a new study. As NPR's Maria Godoy reports, sepsis is a life-threatening
condition that occurs when the body has an extreme reaction to an infection. >> Until now, the true burden of sepsis in U.S. children has been hard to measure.
In the new study, researchers looked at data from nearly 4 million children in the U.S. admitted
to hospitals between 2016 and 2023. Overall, they found that 18% of deaths in hospitalized children were related to sepsis. The researchers estimated more than 18,000 children hospitalized in the U.S. have sepsis each year, and more than 1800 died annually. The researchers say the findings underscore that sepsis is a major contributor to childhood illness and death. The study appears in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Maria Godoy and Pair News. >> The University of Mississippi is launching a center on collegiate gambling. Researchers described the center as the first of its kind of mid-rising national concern about bedding on collegiate sports. Officials say it will study the heightened risks for college students and athletes caused by the growth of legalized sports bedding and online gambling. U.S. Stock Index is wobble today,
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