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

Episode Date: February 26, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. President Trump, in his State of the Union address Tuesday, announced that on Tuesday announced that Vice President J.D. Vance would be leading what he called his administrations, quote, war on fraud. And the very next day, Vance, speaking alongside Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator, Memit Oz, had this announcement. We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota

takes its obligation seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money. That will affect almost $260 million in Medicaid payments. That follows scandals in Minnesota with allegations that some education in daycare centers fraudulently enrolled students to funnel money to themselves. Officials from Ukraine and the United States are expected to meet today ahead of high-stakes peace talks

with Russia in Geneva early next month. Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky, told reporters that Ukrainian land currently held by Russia remains a major sticking point. We understand that Americans want to stop this war as quick as possible. The problem is with the political will to stop this war and the question of territories. This question, I repeat again and again, this question, I think, has to go to the level of leaders. Thus far, there have been no signs of any major breakthrough ahead of upcoming talks with Moscow. Go. The bidding war for Warner Brothers' discovery is heating up once again. World's Benjamin Iker has more. Warner Brothers says Paramount has raised the price of its takeover offer to $31 per share,

potentially reopening a bidding war with Netflix over the future of the Hollywood giant. The company previously had offered $30 per share when it first went directly to Warner stakeholders with its all-cash, hostile bid in December, just days after Warner struck a deal to sell its studio and streaming business to Netflix for just under $28 per share. Unlike Netflix, Paramount wants to acquire Warner Brothers in its entirety, including legacy cable networks

like CNN and Discovery. For World, I'm Benjamin Eicher. Police in New York City are calling on the public to help identify two suspects accused of assaulting officers with snow and iceballs earlier this week. Police said the uniformed officers involved were treated for head, neck, and face injuries, Mayor Zahamam Dani.

Officers have been on the front line of helping our city respond to this blizzard. Our entire city workforce deserve to be treated with respect. Police released photos of the suspects on Tuesday. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts in biblical truth, visit worldradio.News.

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