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Live from NPR in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says he wants to make health care into a Republican issue heading into the fall elections [此处指中期选举]. But as NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports, his remarks during the State of the Union last night left out [忽略了] many health-related topics he's previously highlighted. In this year's speech, President Trump did not mention his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., or the Make America Healthy Again effort. I think that it may signal a pivot [转向] away from the high-profile anti-vaccine activism [反疫苗活动] of RFK. That's political scientist Jonathan Oberlander of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their actions are not terribly popular with the American public about vaccination, and I think it's a liability [负担] going into the 2026 midterms. Other missing health topics? Measles [麻疹], abortion [堕胎], Medicaid [医保] cuts, rural [乡村地区] health, and scientific research. In a statement, the White House told NPR that health care affordability [可负担性] and MAHA [make america healthy again] remain top priorities [优先事项] for the Trump administration. Selena Simmons Duffin, Washington.
Iran is pushing back against President Trump's pressure tactics [压力策略] ahead of talks in Geneva [日内瓦] over Tehran's [德黑兰的] nuclear program. Meanwhile, Iranians are facing a surge [骤升] in prices for food and daily essentials [基本必需品], and many families say they can't keep up [跟上]. The U.S. has assembled [集结] its biggest deployment [部署] of aircraft and warships into the Middle East in decades, part of Trump's efforts to get a deal while Iran struggles at home with growing dissent [异议] following nationwide protests last month.
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee wants answers from the Attorney General's office after an NPR investigation found some Epstein files are missing from a public database. The files relate to allegations [指控] of sexual abuse [性虐待] against President Trump. NPR's Stephen Fowler reports. After an NPR investigation revealed dozens of pages of interviews and notes weren't published in the Epstein files, House Oversight Democrats said they would investigate. In a letter first shared with NPR, ranking member [排名第一的] Robert Garcia is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain what happened. The missing documents relate to a woman who said she was sexually abused by both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump when she was a minor [未成年人] in the early 1980s. The Justice Department has said any files not made public are because they're duplicates [重复的], privileged [需要权限的], or part of an active investigation. So, Garcia wants the AG to answer if there's an active investigation into Trump.
NASA is moving its Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad [发射架] back to the hangar [机库] for more repairs. It's a slow four-mile trek [艰难跋涉] expected to take all day at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Managers ordered the rollback over the weekend after a problem developed with the rocket's helium [氦气] pressurization [加压] system. The launch team had been targeting March for the Artemis II astronaut mission, humanity's first trip to the moon in decades, but now it's off until at least April.
A federal judge has again ruled the Trump administration can't freely deport [遣返] migrants to third countries where they have no ties [关联]. The judge says migrants have the right to be notified [被通知] and given an opportunity to object [拒绝] before they're sent to a third country. The decision will be delayed for 15 days, allowing the government to appeal [上诉]. The Supreme Court ruled in the administration's favor [支持政府的主张] last year.
A pair of celebrity bald eagles [明星白头鹰] living in the mountains east of Los Angeles have welcomed a new egg into the world. It comes after a month of heartbreak [伤心] for a live stream's 700,000 subscribers [订阅者]. From member station KVCR, Madison Aument reports. Thousands of fans were tuned in [此处指观看] this week as Jackie, the female eagle, whistled [发出口哨的声音] and then laid an egg [下了个蛋]. It was a welcome sight [场景] after a raven [乌鸦] ate two eggs that Jackie laid a few weeks ago. Jenny Voysard works for Friends of Big Bear Valley, which runs the live stream [直播]. It was a lift I think all of us needed after the excitement of the eggs and then losing the eggs and then losing Sandy. Sandy Steers created the eagle live stream a decade ago and was a staunch [坚定的] advocate [倡导者] for eagles for many years prior. She passed away last week. Eagle eggs incubate [孵化] for 40 days, meaning a chick could hatch [出壳] in early April.
Bad Bunny has turned a jacket worn by soccer legend Pele [贝利] at the 1966 World Cup into a pop culture hit after using it at concerts in Sao Paulo. He borrowed it from a collector's [收藏家] soccer shop. Pele's Instagram account said when someone like Bad Bunny honors the king on Brazilian soil, it means the crown is still shining.
