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Donald Trump is starting his second term as president. What will his administration do and what policies will it promote? On the NPR Politics Podcast, we'll break down what the new administration does and explain why it matters. Listen to the NPR Politics Podcast every day. Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corva Coleman, President Trump will view disaster relief efforts today on two sides of the country. He's traveling to Los Angeles.

He's hinted this week he could withhold wildfire relief aid to California. And here's Deepa Shivan reports Trump will first fly to North Carolina. Trump is headed to Asheville which was ravaged by flooding when Hurricane Helene hit the state in September. Trump has accused Democrats of leaving the state behind. He repeatedly made a number of false statements about aid relief during the presidential election using the crisis to score political points. The president's next stop will be LA where wildfire recovery will be costly. Trump appears to regard this too as an opportunity for political leverage. In an interview this week with Sean Hannity on Fox, Trump said Democrats wanted a lot of money for wildfire relief in California, but he wants the state to change its water policies before it gets any aid.

Deepa Sivaram, NPR News, The White House. President Trump has pardoned some anti-abortion activists who were convicted of blocking the entrances to women's clinics that perform abortions. His action comes ahead of today's March for Life by anti-abortion activists in Washington, D.C. Vice President Vance is expected to address the gathering. Other guests are expected to include House Speaker Mike Johnson. President Trump's press secretary says the administration has arrested hundreds of people, she says, who are in the U.S. illegally and are criminals. Carolyn Levitt also claims

the administration deported hundreds more migrants by military aircraft. That has not yet been confirmed. One raid was on a seafood business in Newark, New Jersey. It's owned by Luis Janata. I feel that we have to be a country with law, but go after bad people, not working people. These are family people. These are people that show up to work every day.

The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, is furious. Mayor Ross Baraka says federal agents detained American citizens in that raid, including a U.S. military veteran. He says people are being unlawfully terrorized. A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order that attempts to limit birthright citizenship. NPR's Martin Cosdy reports the judge says Trump's order is blatantly unconstitutional. The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, but on Monday, President

Trump signed an order withholding citizenship from children born to mothers who are in the country illegally or on temporary visas. Several states immediately sued, and a federal judge has now ordered the administration to hold off changing the citizenship rules. Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown welcomed the move. We're back to the status quo. We're back to the rule that has been the law of this land now for generations, that you aren't American if you were born in the United States. But this is just a two-week pause as the states and the Justice Department prepare for the

next steps in lawsuits over birthright citizenship. NPR's Martin Costey reporting. This is NPR. Health insurance company United Health Group has named a company executive as its new CEO. Tim Noel will take the job after former CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York last month. That slaying shocked many. Noel recently ran UnitedHealthcare's Medicare and Retirement Division. Cable news outlet CNN is cutting 200 jobs. From member station WABE, Melissa Fatow reports CNN officials say this is part of a pivot to digital operations.

CEO Mark Thompson says the move isn't to cut costs but to make a turn further into digital operations. With most of the layoffs concentrated in the TV division, the network looks to keep a leaner staff and transfer some of its technical operations to Atlanta. Parent company Warner Brothers Discovery is investing $70 million into CNN's digital ventures. And Thompson says many of the lost jobs will eventually be replaced by new hires to support the growth in digital. Last fall, the network's website launched an online subscription plan for frequent readers priced at $3.99 a month. CNN is also reconfiguring some of its popular

programming, including moving the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer to mornings and adding co-anchor Pamela Brown. For NPR News, I'm Melissa Fatow in Atlanta. Aircraft maker Boeing says it lost a lot of money at the end of last year. The company says it lost more than $3 billion between October and December. Part of that loss is because of the long strike by machinists against Boeing and then large company layoffs. Also a year ago, one of Boeing's jets lost a door plug in flight. This is NPR. 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.