Federal Worker Email Confusion, UN On Ukraine, Colorado River, France Surgeon Trial

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

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Confusion remains after the "What did you do last week?" email that federal workers received, the Trump administration's break with European allies over Ukraine was reflected in several votes at the UN, funds set aside to keep the Colorado River flowing have been halted, and a surgeon in France is on trial for abusing his young patients.

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0:00.0	Good morning. We're having a heated discussion in here, not really heated, about the apostrophe in its IT-A-Postrophe S versus ITS.
0:10.9	And the discussion consists of, I wrote it wrong.
0:13.6	You were wrong. I'm sorry. The discussion is Layla's wrong.
0:18.2	It sounds the same. Layla's rarely wrong.
0:21.3	That's wrong. It sounds the same. Layla's rarely wrong. That's true.
0:25.1	The United States broke with allies at the UN, refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
0:30.9	Is the U.S. burning its allies?
0:32.2	Oh, my God.
0:32.8	You did it a third time.
0:34.2	I eliminated two of the apostrophies, and there's yet a third one. Oh my gosh.
0:40.6	Why do you got to point out all my flaws, Steve? No, I'm sorry. That's terrible to me.
0:47.4	The United States avoids blaming Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. allies differ at the U.N.
0:53.2	The terms of the peace must send a message
0:56.3	that aggression does not pay. Is the U.S. breaking with its friends? I'm Steve Inskeep with
1:01.6	Lel Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News. The Colorado River drought could get worse.
1:10.3	The Trump administration put billions of dollars aimed at keeping the river flowing on hold.
1:14.6	These are not woke environmental programs.
1:18.1	These are essential to continued ability to divert water.
1:24.6	Okay. Can the money be found elsewhere?
1:26.3	And a surgeon is on trial in France. He's accused
1:29.1	of abusing hundreds of his patients, most of them children. Stay with us. We'll give you the
1:34.2	news you need to start your day. This message comes from Wise, the app for doing things in other currencies.
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