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Live from NPR News in Washington, on Korova Coleman, President Trump says today he'll announce new 25 percent tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. That will likely hit Canada the hardest, as steel industry groups as Canada exported the most steel into the U.S. last year, along with Mexico, Brazil and South Korea. That's not all. Trump says he's ready to impose reciprocal tariffs on other nations that he did not name. I'll be announcing probably Tuesday or Wednesday at a news conference reciprocal tariffs and very simply it's if they charge us we charge them. Trump's threat comes as China imposed counter

tariffs of its own today these go from 10 to 15 percent they hit US products from farm machines to crude oil. Last week Trump imposed his own additional tariffs on China worth about 10 percent. Trump says he's trying to stop the chemicals for fentanyl from getting into the U.S. and China is a major source. Critics of Elon Musk's entity known as Doge say it's operating in secret. NPR's Bobby Allen reports Doge is cutting federal government spending and Musk and his workers aren't fully revealing what they're doing. Musk's Doge staffers are diving into records at at least half a dozen federal agencies,

proposing severe cuts or attempting to gut agencies down to the studs. And he's doing it all without holding press conferences and without detailing exactly what's being done. Multiple unions representing federal employees are calling the lack of Doge transparency alarming. Journalists have figured out that Doge seems to have 40 staffers, many loyalists of Musk, and others young and experienced software engineers. But who is at the top of the Doge pecking order under Musk remains unclear.

The White House insists that Musk publicizing canceled federal contracts and ending leases of federal buildings shows Doge is extremely transparent. Bobbi Allen in PR News. Doge's work comes as the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has told workers to stay home today. In fact, they were told, don't bother to come in all week. The Washington office is closed. Acting Bureau Chief Russell Vogt is seeking to scuttle all future money for the agency.

Unionized federal workers are already suing to stop him. France and India are co-hosting a two-day summit in Paris on artificial intelligence. And Pierre's Eleanor Beardsley has more. In an interview about the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron said France and India have shared interests and philosophies and are joining forces on artificial intelligence. The two-day Paris summit involving world leaders and tech CEOs will try to address how to harness AI's potential so that it benefits everyone while containing the technology's risks. We want our Indian and European AI language creation models, said Macron.

We don't just want to depend on the Chinese and Americans. Eleanor Beersley, NPR News, Paris. On Wall Street and pre-market trading, stock futures are higher. This is NPR. President Trump is doubling down on his claim that the United States is going to seize the wrecked enclave of Gaza, home to Palestinians displaced by the war between Israel and Hamas. Think of it as a big real estate site and the United States is going to own it and will slowly, very slowly, we're going to rush, develop it, we're going to bring stability to the Middle East. But there are few supporters of Trump's view in other countries. Egypt announced over the weekend that it will host an emergency Arab summit on February 27th. Egypt says this is to discuss

quote new and dangerous developments. The Philadelphia Eagles shall act the Kansas City Chiefs last night in the Super Bowl 40 to 22 and Biers Becky Sullivan reports Philadelphia denied Kansas City's bid to win a third Super Bowl in a row. The Eagles punted on their first drive of the game but that might have been Philadelphia's lowest moment. The Chiefs turned in one of the worst first halves in the history of the Super Bowl. They managed just a single first down and only 23 total yards. And quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw two costly interceptions, both of which led to Philadelphia touchdowns. It was 24 to 0 at halftime, and afterward the Eagles kept pushing the lead.

27 to 0, 34 to 0, 40 to 6. Eventually the final result was so inevitable that Eagles players grabbed the Gatorade and showered head coach Nick Sirianni with almost three minutes left to play. It's Philadelphia's second Super Bowl title, while the Chiefs are now 3-2 in their five recent Super Bowl appearances. Becky Sullivan, NPR News. And I'm Koriva Kuhlman, NPR News in Washington.