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NPR News: 02-17-2025 5PM EST

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🗓️ 17 February 2025

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0:00.0

Donald Trump is back in the White House and making a lot of moves very quickly. Keep track of

0:05.7

everything going on in Washington with the NPR Politics Podcast. Every day, we break down the

0:10.8

latest news and explain why it matters to you. The NPR Politics Podcast, listen every day.

0:17.9

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

0:22.6

At least eight people are injured one critically after a commuter plane crashed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport today.

0:31.4

The Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis with 80 people on board flipped over as it landed.

0:36.5

NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

0:38.0

Videos on social media show the Delta Airlines commuter plane upside down on the snowy

0:43.0

tarmac shortly after landing in Toronto.

0:45.8

Emergency crews worked to put out of fire while passengers and crew got off, according to Toronto

0:50.7

police.

0:51.8

The airport says arrivals and departures have been temporarily stopped.

0:55.9

Since the flight took off from Minneapolis, National Transportation Safety Boards in the U.S. and

1:00.8

Canada will work together to determine the cause of the crash. Winds were gusting about 40 miles an hour.

1:07.4

There has been heavy snowfall in the area for the past three weeks, and a winter travel

1:11.7

advisory was in effect. Jackie Northam, NPR News. The Energy Department is rescinding the firings of

1:18.8

many workers responsible for overseeing the nation's nuclear weapons. NPR's Jeff Rohnfield

1:23.7

reports the reversal came within hours of mass terminations. Over the weekend, several

1:27.9

employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration told NPR they've been hastily rehired after being

1:33.9

fired last Thursday. Sources inside the agency said hundreds were fired at first, but in a

1:39.8

statement sent late Sunday night, a Department of Energy spokesperson said that fewer than 50 employees ultimately lost their jobs.

1:46.8

Those jobs were in, quote, primarily administrative and clerical roles.

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