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President Trump faces diplomatic isolation after failing to rally allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz, while NPR correspondents report from Iraq on the humanitarian catastrophe in Iran and the military impossibility of unilateral maritime security against asymmetric warfare.
California Governor Gavin Newsom discusses his memoir 'Young Man in a Hurry,' revealing his strategy of aggressively opposing Donald Trump while simultaneously engaging conservative audiences through red state campaigning and his podcast, positioning himself for a potential 2028 presidential run.
This episode covers the Winter Olympics men's hockey quarterfinals where Team USA survived a sudden-death thriller against Sweden while Canada narrowly avoided an upset, alongside reports of defective medals breaking off ribbons and emotional highlights from Mikaela Shiffrin and Jordan Stolz.
Team USA's women's hockey team delivered a historic 5-0 shutout against Canada signaling a generational power shift in the rivalry, while American athletes navigate intense psychological pressure and achieve historic breakthroughs across curling and skiing at the Milan Winter Games.
This episode covers Olympic figure skating and snowboarding competitions, highlighting married ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates trailing French rivals by 0.4 points in their quest for a first individual medal, Ilia Malinin's historic legal backflip—the first in five decades—and US snowboarding comeback stories including former plumber Maddie Schaffrick.
NPR's Olympic team reports from Italy on the dramatic storylines heading into the 2026 Winter Olympics, from Lindsey Vonn's ACL tear comeback to rising stars and political tensions affecting Team USA.