WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 1-13-26 (2/3)

Episode Date: January 13, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. The Department of Justice is investigating Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The DOJ is confirming that it has issued subpoenas tied to Powell's testimony last year about the design and price of a costly renovation of Federal Reserve buildings in Washington. The renovation totals about $2.5 billion, but Powell contends. No one, certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve, is above the law. But this unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration's threats and ongoing pressure. This new threat is not about my testimony last June or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings.

He says this is really about President Trump's displeasure with him for the Fed not more aggressively cutting interest rates to boost the economy. The White House, though, for its part, says it is not involved in that the Justice Department is acting independently. U.S. Attorney Janine Piro says her office sought information after report. repeated outreach to the Fed, adding that the legal process was used only after those efforts failed. Powell refutes that, saying the Fed was forthcoming. Arizona Senator Mark Kelly is suing the Pentagon, arguing it overstepped its authority by trying to discipline him over comments about military orders. World's Benjamin Iker reports.

Senator Kelly, a retired Navy captain, filed the lawsuit after Pentagon Chief Pete Hegeseth formally censured him. The action followed Kelly's appearance in a video with other Democratic lawmakers that warned service members not to follow unlawful orders. The Pentagon leaders say that what Kelly and other Democrats in the video were clearly implying was that troops should disobey directives from the Trump administration. Hegzeth says the censure could lead to a review of Kelly's retired rank in military pay. Kelly argues that the move amounts to retaliation for political speech and violates the Constitution. For World, I'm Benjamin Eicher. Thousands of nurses walked off the job in the Big Apple Monday after contract talks broke down.

Picket lines formed outside of several major hospitals. Nearly elected mayors, Zora Mamdani visited one of those picket lines. These nurses are here for New Yorkers. They show up and all they are asking for in return is dignity, respect, and the fair pay and treatment that they deserve. Hospitals stayed open and brought in temporary. nurses to cover shifts. Nurses say short staffing has made their jobs unsafe and pushed workloads too far. Hospital leaders say they have improved staffing in recent years and argued that the union's demands would drive costs sharply higher. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound

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