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The World and Everything In It

2.9.26 Sovereign immunity and corporate state agencies, the Dow hits a milestone, and the example of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Legal Docket on sovereign immunity and corporate state agencies, Moneybeat on the Dow hitting 50K, and History Book on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s discipline and resistance. Plus, the Monday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from The Master’s University, equipping students for lives of faithfulness to The Master, Jesus Christ. masters.eduFrom The Joshua Program at St. Dunstan’s Academy in Virginia ... a gap year shaping young men ... through trades, farming, prayer ... stdunstansacademy.orgAnd from WatersEdge. Competitive rates and supporting churches. 4.5% APY on a 13-month term investment. WatersEdge.com/invest

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0:00.0

Good morning. Today on Legal Docket, the Supreme Court questions whether a state can enjoy the power of sovereign immunity without the responsibility that comes with it.

0:14.5

It's kind of hard to say it's part of the state if you're not going to cover it when they get into trouble.

0:18.4

Also, today the Monday money beat the Dow Jones hits 50,000, economist David Bonson, standing by.

0:25.4

Later, the world history book, How Dietrich Bonhofer became a theologian everyone wants to claim.

0:31.2

Everybody reads Bonhoeffer these days and sees a representation of something they value and aspire to be.

0:46.7

It's Monday, February 9th.

0:48.9

This is The World and Everything in it from listeners supported World Radio.

0:52.9

I'm Mary Rinkert.

0:53.8

And I'm Nick Eichker. Good morning.

0:57.7

Now news. Here's Kent Covington. The United States and Iran have restarted indirect talks in Oman,

1:05.2

focused on Iran's nuclear program. Both sides described the first round as a good start and agreed to keep talking. But

1:12.3

deep disagreements remain, especially over Iranian uranium enrichment and missile limits. Leaders in

1:17.8

Tehran say they will not give up their nuclear rights. Last year, the U.S. carried out a surgical

1:23.4

military strike against nuclear targets in Iran, and U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee says.

1:29.0

If they didn't learn it the first time, they probably aren't going to learn it the second time.

1:32.9

If they stand behind that mule once again, there's going to be a resounding kick.

1:37.8

And they need to be serious about negotiations and not to use it as just a stall tactic.

1:43.3

U.S. envoy Steve Whitkoff and unofficial envoy Jared Kushner also visited the flight deck of an

1:48.1

aircraft carrier parked in the Arabian Sea to observe flight operations. Some saw that as another

1:54.0

failed threat to Iran that the U.S. may act to dismantle the country's nuclear program by force

1:59.3

if necessary. Negotiations are expected to resume soon.

2:03.9

In the wake of a weaker-than-expected jobs report,

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