Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom. President Trump has fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Charles Q Brown. He also replaced the chief of naval operations. NPR's Tom Bowman has more.

I've been covering the military for 27 years now. This is highly unusual that early into an administration you would

remove the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and also the Chief of Naval Operations.

Clearly, the Trump administration and Secretary Hanks have long said the military is woke.

It's all about DEI.

And it's clearly important to note that this is the second black chairman of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff after Colin Powell. And Lisa Franketti is the first woman to run the Navy. So it

appears that what they're basically saying here is these folks got their jobs because of DEI. There's no question about that.

NPR's Tom Bowman reporting,

stocks tumble this week as Americans got more gloomy about the economic outlook.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

The University of Michigan's Index of Consumer Sentiment

shows people are increasingly nervous about a rebound in inflation.

Some worry that President Trump's threats to impose big tariffs could make it harder to bring prices under control.

Minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent meeting show that until there's more progress

on inflation, Fed policymakers are unlikely to make further cuts to interest rates. High mortgage rates

continue to weigh on the housing market, which also drags down demand

for furniture and appliances.

Stocks fell after retail giant Walmart warned of a possible slowdown in sales this year.

For the week, the S&P 500 index fell one and two-thirds percent, while both the Dow and

the NASDAQ drop two and a half percent.

Scott Horsley, Empire News, Washington.

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