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This message comes from Wondery. Kiki Palmer is that girl, and she's diving into the brains of entertainment's best and brightest to have real conversations on her podcast, Baby, This is Kiki Palmer. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Donald Trump is defending his national security advisor, Mike Walz,

following the inadvertent inclusion of a journalist in a messaging app group about a U.S. attack on Yemen. Trump also repeating assertions no classified information was involved. Two Trump intelligence officials who were part of that chat appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee this morning for a hearing on worldwide threats. Virginia Democrat Mark Warneth sits on the committee in an interview with NPR says the security lapse is not a trivial matter. Because if it had gotten out, Americans could have died in terms of the hoodies being able to reconfigure or redirect their defensive capabilities. This is kind of security 101. If this had been a military officer or a CIA case officer, they would

be fired. Warner has called for the release of all the material from the chat if indeed it is not classified. Mike Waltz, for his part, slammed the Atlantic and the media over their focus on the matter. A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to back off its pursuit of a Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests. And here's Adrian Fulito reports, immigration agents have been trying to arrest her for weeks. Yun Seo Chung is a 21-year-old South Korean national who's lived in the U.S. since she was seven.

She's a legal permanent resident. On March 5th, she was one of several students that New York police arrested at a pro-Palestinian sit-in protest at a campus building. She was cited and let go. Her lawyers say that days later, ICE agents showed up at her parents' house looking for her. Officials said her green card had been

revoked. A few days after that, federal agents searched her Columbia dorm room. Chung sued in New York federal court to block the government from arresting or deporting her. She says she's being targeted for her activism. Now a judge has temporarily granted Chung's request while she fights the government's case against her. Adrian Fledevo, NPR News. Vice President JD Vance says he will also visit Greenland this week along with his wife Usha Vance. The second lady was previously set to pay a cultural visit to this strategically located territory with plans to attend the national dog sled race. But now the Vances will meet instead with service members at a U.S. base on the island.

And here's Deepa Sivaram reports. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark. In a White House video, the vice president says he will look into, quote, security at the U.S. Space Force base there. A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada, and of course to threaten the people of Greenland. So we're going to check out how things are going there. Greenlandic leaders were already expressing concern that National Security Advisor Mike

Walz would travel to Greenland later this week as President Trump has ramped up rhetoric of wanting to annex the island. Deepa Sivaram, NPR News, The White House. Stocks followed up one of their best trading days of the year with modest gains. The Dow rose four points today. The S&P 500 was up nine points. You're listening to NPR. Sales of Tesla electric vehicles have been sliding because of the actions taken by CEO

Elon Musk and his role as head of the Trump administration's Doge team. That seems to be especially true in Europe, where President Trump continues to disparage many of the U.S.'s longtime allies. Trump posted its, or Tesla rather, posted its first annual sales drop in more than a dozen years in January, and European sales have reportedly tumbled 49% in just the first two months of this year. Playboy Cardi has the number one album in the country.

NPR's Hazel Sills reports the Atlanta rapper's third record comes after years of delays. Playboy Cardi has been teasing his third album, titled Music, for years now. This week, the album debuts at number one on the Billboard albums chart, the rapper's second album to do so. The album has had the biggest week for a rap album in 2025, and it marks the biggest streaming week for an album since Taylor Swift released the Tortured Poets department last year. Playboy Cardi also has two songs in the top 20, Evil Jordan and Rather Lie, featuring The Weeknd.

Hazel Sills, NPR News. weekend. Hazel Sills, NPR News. Robo taxi company Waymo says it's adding Washington, D.C. to its list of cities, where it's pioneering the latest technology. There will be another year before actual driverless taxis are on the street. For now, the company's robo-taxis are mapping D.C. streets and corridors with a driver sitting behind the wheel. Waymo's roboTaxis are already

providing service in Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Austin, Texas. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington. These days, there's so much news, it can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news. We get behind the headlines. We get to the truth. Listen to the Consider This Podcast from NPR.