NPR News: 02-07-2025 5PM EST
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump is starting his second term as president. What will his administration do and what policies will it promote? |
| 0:07.3 | On the NPR politics podcast, we'll break down what the new administration does and explain why it matters. |
| 0:12.7 | Listen to the NPR politics podcast every day. |
| 0:16.1 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Donald Trump met today at the White House |
| 0:23.2 | with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishaba, the two announcing that Japanese Nippon Steel |
| 0:29.4 | would be making an investment in U.S. Steel, though details were sketchy. More from NPR's Daniel |
| 0:34.4 | Kurtzleben. Nippon had attempted to purchase U.S. Steel, but the Biden administration blocked the purchase. |
| 0:40.0 | Trump had likewise opposed the deal. |
| 0:42.2 | Standing alongside Ishiba at the White House, President Trump said he didn't like the idea of an iconic company being sold. |
| 0:48.5 | It was the greatest company in the world for 15 years, many years ago, 80 years ago. |
| 0:53.8 | And we didn't want to see that leave. |
| 0:57.2 | And it wouldn't actually leave, but the concept, psychologically, not good. |
| 1:01.9 | The White House did not give details on what the investment might look like, |
| 1:05.1 | but Trump said he'd be meeting with the head of Nippon Steel next week. |
| 1:09.0 | Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News, the White House. |
| 1:11.4 | The Justice Department is agreeing not to make public for now the names of FBI agents who |
| 1:16.5 | are involved in the Capitol riot cases. |
| 1:19.1 | It comes in response to two lawsuits filed by FBI personnel, try to protect agents' identities |
| 1:24.1 | from being released to the public. |
| 1:26.0 | More from NPR's Ryan Lucas. |
| 1:27.2 | The FBI Agents Association and two groups of anonymous FBI employees filed suit after the |
| 1:32.5 | Justice Department demanded a list of all FBI personnel involved in investigating January 6 cases. |
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