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It's a new year, and according to Pew, 79% of resolutions are about one thing, health. But there are so many fads around how to keep ourselves healthy. On It's Been A Minute, I'm helping you understand why some of today's biggest wellness trends are, well, trending. Like why is there protein in everything? Join me as we uncover what's healthy and what's not on the It's Been A Minute podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Just hours after President Trump signed an executive order

that he set outlaws birthright citizenship, a number of states filed lawsuits to protect the right, which is part of the Constitution's 14th Amendment. Cody Wolske is with the American Civil Liberties Union. What the order does is purports to deny citizenship to babies born starting 30 days from the date of the order who lack a parent who's either a U.S. citizen or has some kind of permanent immigration status. What that means is that the Trump administration is going to be ripping away citizenship from babies.

It's an incredibly cruel and illegal and unconstitutional action. The Trump administration also announced a new policy that will allow the Department of Homeland Security to give immigration agents the authority to enter schools, health care facilities and places of worship to arrest people that may be in the country illegally. New York Representative Elise Stefanik is telling senators she will push the Trump-America first agenda at the United Nations if she's confirmed as the next U.N. ambassador. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports. Even before Elise Stefanik appeared at her confirmation hearing, President Trump signed an executive order pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization. Stefanik says

the Trump administration will review all funding at UN agencies. Our tax dollars should not be complicit in propping up entities that are counter to American interests, anti-Semitic, or engaging in fraud, corruption, or terrorism. If confirmed, she said she would work to counter China's influence at the UN and defend Israel. She even sided with far-right Israeli politicians who claim Israel has a biblical right to the West Bank, the occupied Palestinian territory. Michelle Kelliman, NPR News, the State Department.

It's snowing in the deep south, including Macon, Georgia, which has not seen snow in seven years. Grant Blankenship of Georgia Public Broadcasting has more. Snow's just beginning to fall when homeless outreach workers from the United Way of Central Georgia stop in one of the large encampments on their list. Stanley's alone in a cluster of tents when Pam Pinkston tells him about where he can go get warm. They've extended shelter hours in the actual shelter. Jake Hall leads this work. He says the weeks-long forecast worked to his advantage.

Past two weeks we've been sending bus buses out into the system. Hall's glad there's some slack still in the shelter system here, but he's worried too about the people still unsheltered in the cold to come. For NPR News, I'm Grant Blankenship in Macon, Georgia. On Wall Street, all three stock market indexes posted gains. The Dow was up 537 points. The NASDAQ added 126. This is NPR News.

The world's wealthiest people are even getting more wealthier, according to Oxfam International. As NPR's Maria Aspin reports, there's not a trillionaire yet, but the anti-poverty group now predicts five trillionaires will exist within the next decade. Billionaire wealth and power is growing faster than ever. And Oxfam is raising the alarm about what this income inequality could mean for our society. Billionaires saw their wealth grow three times faster

in 2024 than the year before. Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. Oxfam published this report at a time when billionaire power over U.S. politics is increasingly visible. Several tech CEOs and other billionaires attended the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who has assembled the wealthiest U.S. administration in history. Trump is also being

advised by the world's wealthiest person, Elon Musk. Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York. Canada's outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the leader of the oil-rich province of Alberta say they're confident that their nation can avoid a 25 percent tariff that President Trump said he will impose on February 1. Trudeau said because Canada is energy-rich and a superpower, it has the resources and the critical materials that Trump will need to help fuel a booming U.S. economy. But the leader of Ontario believes a trade war is coming and Doug Ford, the Ontario minister,

says Canada should prepare with immediate retaliation. From Washington, this is NPR News. Support for NPR. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have outlined their plans to slash the federal workforce with the help of a team of quote small government crusaders. What's in store for federal workers and how are they planning for change? This January 1A's.gov series guides you through various government agencies and the people working for you. Listen to the 1A podcast from NPR.