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Joe Buechner, The Washington Post, and the New York Times. President Trump is back in Washington, pursuing major policy changes on his own terms. We know from the past that means challenging precedent, busting norms, and pushing against the status quo. NPR is covering it all with Trump's Terms, a podcast where we curate stories about the 47th president with a focus on how he is upending the way Washington works. Listen to Trump's Terms from NPR. Giles Snyder, The Washington Post, and the New York Times.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada did not ask for this but will not back down. He held a news conference last night saying Canada will put a matching 25% tariff on US imports after President Trump signed an order imposing stiff tariffs on Canada, as well as Mexico and China. Trudeau said the coming weeks will be difficult for Canadians, but that Americans will also feel the bite.

Tariffs against Canada will put your jobs at risk, potentially shutting down American auto assembly plants and other manufacturing facilities. They will raise costs for you, including food at the grocery stores and gas at the pump. Trudeau says Canada's retaliatory tariffs include American beer, wine and bourbon, as well as fruit and orange juice from Trump's home state of Florida. Mexico is also planning retaliatory tariffs, and China says it will take the issue to the World Trade Organization. The director of the country's consumer financial watchdog has been fired by President Trump. NPR's Laurel Wamsley reports Rohit Chopra lasted longer in the role than many observers had expected.

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for Chopra's removal, complaining of overregulation. Chopra said in a statement that the watchdog agency's work is especially critical now, quote, with so much power concentrated in the hands of a few. After news of his ouster, consumer groups praised Chopra's many wins on behalf of consumers, including limiting overdraft fees, capping credit card late fees, and banning medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Trump has not yet named his choice to lead the Bureau. Laurel Wamsley and PR News Washington.

To Philadelphia now where officials have confirmed that seven people were killed and Friday night's plane crashed and at least 19 were injured. But they say it could be days or more before the full scope is known. From Emmer Station, WHYY, Emily Neal has more. Emergency responders are continuing to assess damage and clean up debris in Northeast Philadelphia, less than 24 hours after a medical jet crashed a minute after takeoff in the heavily populated neighborhood. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro says local, state, and federal authorities are working

together to provide resources. Our neighborhood has expanded over the last several hours. Northeast Philly to the entire city of Philadelphia, to the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and of course to our neighbors all across the world. The six passengers aboard the plane were all Mexican nationals. A person on the ground was also killed. For NPR News, I'm Emily Neal in Philadelphia. And you're listening to NPR News.

Russia and Ukraine are blaming each other for a deadly missile strike on a boarding school in Russia's Kursk region, which has been under Ukrainian control for the past five months. Ukraine's military says at least four people were killed, four others seriously wounded, with more than 80 people rescued from the rubble. After the terrorist attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans, extra security measures are in place for the Super Bowl and the French Quarter. Brooke Thorington of Member Station WRFK reports.

The Department of Homeland Security had upgraded its security assessment of the Super Bowl following the truck attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 people and left dozens injured. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry says beginning February 5, security checkpoints will be set up for the French Quarter and the area surrounding the Superdome. Coolers and ice chests will be prohibited and any bag or container larger than 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches will be searched. If an officer at the enhanced security checkpoint in the quarter asks to search your bag, you are free to refuse it, but

you are not free to enter. Only emergency vehicles will be allowed in the two zones. For NPR News, I'm Brooke Tharrington. Grammy Awards are to be handed out in Los Angeles tonight. Beyoncé leads the nominations with 11. She now has a career total of 99, making her the most nominated artist in Grammy history. The Grammys are being held as crews clean up from those wildfires that devastated whole neighborhoods in LA. Officials said this weekend that the two biggest, the Palisades and Eaton fires, are fully contained. This is MPR News.

This is Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air, and I just talked to Pamela Anderson about her big career comeback after years in the tabloids and not being taken seriously. She's entered a new era on stage and screen. Suzanne Somers had a great line, she said, you can't play a dumb blonde and be a dumb blonde. Find this interview with Pamela Anderson wherever you listen to Fresh Air.