--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The internet made it possible for anyone to turn creativity into income, and millions are trying. But what happens when our ideas, our language, even our culture, are shaped by what's monetizable?
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: This week, we explore the rise of the creator economy, and how new tech, like AI, could define what we value next. Listen on the NPR app, or wherever you get your podcast.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
--:-- Tamara Keith: President Trump says he is turning his attention to affordability now that the government shutdown is over.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: NPR's Tamara Keith reports polls show voters are concerned about the economy and cost of living.
--:-- Tamara Keith: A senior administration official not authorized to speak on the record tells NPR Trump will soon travel around the country with a message that while some things have improved, there's still more work to do to help people feeling economic strain.
--:-- Tamara Keith: And that was part of Trump's messaging last night at the White House.
--:-- Tamara Keith: My administration and our partners in Congress will continue our work to lower the cost of living, restore public safety grow our economy and make America affordable again for all Americans.
--:-- Tamara Keith: Again costs are way down Inflation has been persistent so far this year which has voters in a foul mood about the economy
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Tamara Keith, NPR News.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Open enrollment for health insurance plans through Obamacare is underway.
--:-- Tamara Keith: People like Virginia resident Chris O'Donnell are seeing much higher insurance premiums.
--:-- Chris O'Donnell: With my wife's diabetes and also her being a cancer survivor, not having insurance is just completely out of the question.
--:-- Chris O'Donnell: I do have enough income that by not putting any money aside for retirement next year, I can redirect that money towards the insurance premium.
--:-- Tamara Keith: President Trump suggested an alternative to Affordable Care Act health subsidies that would send funds directly to people to buy their own health insurance.
--:-- Tamara Keith: The tax credits under ACA or Obamacare are set to go away at the end of next month.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Well, this hour, President Trump is due to sign an executive order to help young Americans leaving foster care.
--:-- Tamara Keith: White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said the initiative would boost education and job training.
--:-- Tamara Keith: This afternoon, Trump is scheduled to depart the White House to spend the weekend in Florida.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: With a ceasefire in Gaza focus shifts on the Strip reconstruction
--:-- Lauren Freire: But the United Nations says Israeli troops are still demolishing residential buildings there.
--:-- Lauren Freire: NPR Lauren Freire reports from Tel Aviv Israel now controls roughly half of Gaza the eastern side
--:-- Lauren Freire: And that's where the UN says Israeli troops are behind daily detonations of residential buildings.
--:-- Lauren Freire: Based on satellite imagery, the BBC says more than 1,500 buildings have been destroyed since a ceasefire more than a month ago.
--:-- Lauren Freire: NPR can't independently verify that number.
--:-- Lauren Freire: The UN says more than 280,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed since the war began.
--:-- Lauren Freire: It also says Palestinians' access to humanitarian aid, public infrastructure, and agricultural land all remain restricted or barred altogether.
--:-- Lauren Freire: The Israeli military says it's dismantled underground infrastructure, tunnels used by militants, but did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment about residential buildings.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Lauren Freire, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Missouri National Guard troops are being deployed to assist ICE agents in the state.
--:-- Andrea Henderson: Missouri's largest black police union is objecting.
--:-- Andrea Henderson: Members fear the deployment could break trust with communities of color.
--:-- Andrea Henderson: From St. Louis Public Radio, Andrea Henderson has details.
--:-- Andrea Henderson: Early last month Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe authorized troops to help ICE agents with clerical duties as arrests spike under the Trump administration
--:-- Donnie Walters: Donnie Walters leads the Ethical Society of Police St Louis black police union
--:-- Donnie Walters: He says the heavy-handed tactics from federal agents and troops seen in some cities across the country makes them worry about what happens after they leave.
--:-- Donnie Walters: Let's say they come in for six weeks and whatever they're doing, when they leave, we now are left with the fallout.
--:-- Donnie Walters: Walter says sending in more troops and ICE agents doesn't reduce crime.
--:-- Donnie Walters: Job training and equal access to education and housing does.
--:-- Andrea Henderson: For NPR News, I'm Andrea Henderson in St. Louis.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: After a series of delays, Blue Origin planned to make another go for launch, possibly this afternoon.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The website for Jeff Bezos' company, had said the new Glenn rocket had a 90-minute launch window at Florida's Cape Canaveral just before 3 p.m. local time.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center had projected diminished risk to spacecraft and satellites from elevated solar activity today.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: NASA is using Blue Origin's new Glenn rocket to carry two satellites designed to measure space weather on Mars.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Dow has fallen now 656 points.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: It's NPR News.
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