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NPR News: 01-30-2026 7AM EST

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🗓️ 30 January 2026

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0:00.0

On the TED Radio Hour, if you won the lottery, your life would be amazing, right?

0:05.9

So I think everyone's got a vision of what it's like to win the lottery in their head when they're playing.

0:11.5

The reality, of course, is very different.

0:15.2

Ideas about making the most of what you've got and finding agency.

0:19.9

Listen to the TED Radio Hour on the NPR app or wherever

0:22.7

you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. President Trump

0:29.5

announced on truth social moments ago that he's nominating Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve

0:35.2

chairman. He's a former Federal Reserve Governor. Current Chairman

0:38.8

Jerome Powell's term expires in May. Trump has threatened to fire him many times and calls him

0:44.5

Mr. Too Late while pressing the Fed to cut interest rates more aggressively. Powell says he was

0:50.3

recently served with a federal subpoena over the bank's multi-billion dollar renovation project

0:55.7

at its headquarters in Washington. Senate Democrats and President Trump have reached some agreement

1:02.2

on what to do for now about funding the government ahead of tonight's shutdown deadline,

1:06.6

but it appears there will still probably be a short-term funding lapse through at least the weekend or until lawmakers vote.

1:14.6

The spending deal separates funding for agencies like Health and Human Services and Defense from funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

1:22.9

A man accused of spraying liquid onto Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar during a public event this week has been charged.

1:31.0

Minnesota Public Radio's Peter Cox reports.

1:34.8

55-year-old Anthony Kazmirsak is federally charged with assaulting, opposing, impeding, or interfering with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's official duties.

1:44.8

Tuesday evening at a town hall event in North Minneapolis,

1:48.4

Kazmirzak ran toward Omar as she was speaking,

1:51.5

spraying her with a liquid that the charging document identifies

1:54.6

as a mixture of water and apple cider vinegar.

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