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Live from NPR in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. A new NPR-PBS News Marist poll [民调] shows President Trump's immigration and enforcement tactics [策略] are widely unpopular. Two-thirds say federal law enforcement agents have gone too far, and that's up significantly since last summer. NPR's Domenico Montanaro has more. His approval overall is just 39 percent, with 30 percent of independents [自认为不属于民主党共和党任何一党的独立选民] approving, and they're always key in those swing [摇摆选区] districts. His approval rating has now been below 40 percent in the Marist poll since November. On the economy, which is what got Trump re-elected in the first place, 6 in 10 disapproved. NPR's Domenico Montanaro. This comes on the heels of the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
The Trump administration has finalized a new rule, making it easier to fire [解雇] federal workers. NPR's Shannon Bond reports the overhaul [大修] will strip [除去] job protections from around 50,000 civil servants [公职人员]. The new rule reclassifies [重新归类] about 2 percent of career federal jobs as, quote, at-will [任意雇佣的职位] positions. The administration says it applies to those in jobs that influence policy. President Trump has said the change is necessary to make sure civil servants support his directives [命令]. Opponents [反对者] of the change say it will open the door to politically motivated firings of employees who are meant to be nonpartisan. The new rule also puts agencies in charge of creating protections for federal whistleblowers [吹哨人] rather than the independent office of special counsel [特别检察官]. Federal worker unions and advocacy groups are suing the administration to block the change.
Authorities in Arizona think NBC Today show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, Nancy, is, quote, still out there, but they say they have no suspects [嫌疑人]. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanno says DNA shows blood found on the front porch [前厅] belongs to Nancy Guthrie. And investigators say they're taking the ransom [赎金] notes sent to media outlets seriously.
King Charles was heckled [喝倒彩] today over his disgraced [不光彩的] brother, Andrew, who was stripped [被剥夺] of his title over his friendship with the late [已故的] sex offender [性罪犯] Jeffrey Epstein. The royal family has been under pressure to speak up for Epstein's victims, as NPR's Lauren Frayer reports. A heckler yelled [嚷嚷] at the king, asking him whether he would pressure police to investigate his brother. Charles and Queen Camilla were visiting a village in southeast England, where protesters tacked up [张贴] photos from the latest Epstein files, showing Andrew on all fours [四肢着地] kneeling over a woman. He settled [和解] a lawsuit with one of Epstein's underage victims, but denies wrongdoing. Andrew has now moved off Windsor Castle grounds, but U.K. media say servants at another royal estate in Sandringham are refusing to wait on [服侍] him. U.S. authorities have asked Andrew to testify [作证] to what he saw at Epstein's properties, but the former prince is not believed to have yet done so. Lauren Frayer, London.
The Olympic opening ceremony doesn't take place until tomorrow, but some events are already underway. NPR's Becky Sullivan reports from Milan, the Team USA's women's hockey [冰球] team won its first game against Czechia, five goals to one. The Americans overwhelmed [完胜] the Czechs for most of the game, out shooting them 42-14. The moment of the match was when U.S. Captain Hillary Knight muscled through [用身体对抗越过] a defender [防守队员] to sling [扔进，此处指打进] in her 13th career Olympic goal. It's the fifth Olympic Games for Knight. That's a record for any American hockey player, man or woman. Meanwhile, it was the debut [首次亮相] for 22-year-old star Layla Edwards, the Wisconsin Badgers college hockey standout, who is now the first black woman to play for the U.S. in Olympic hockey. She felt honored, she said afterward, saying, quote, I'm trying to take pride in it because representation matters. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were in attendance. Becky Sullivan, Milan.
Meanwhile, the Winter Olympics will feature a new sport for the first time in over three decades. While the Games regularly add events within existing disciplines, they haven't introduced an entirely new sport since the return of Skeleton [钢架雪车] in 2002, but that changes this year with the debut of Ski Mountaineering, or SkiMo. The sport involves hiking up and then skiing down a mountain, and it features three events, women's sprint, men's sprint, and mixed relay. That's in addition to five brand-new competitions in long-time Winter Olympic sports for a grand total of eight new medal opportunities at this year's Games.
Preliminary closing numbers on Wall Street, the Dow down 592 points, the NASDAQ down 363, the S&P 500 down 84.
