Trump's Terms

Banners bearing the face of President Trump vie with satiric statues and protest posters in a propaganda battle playing out in and around the National Mall in Washington, DC.

Huge banners bearing President Trump’s face hang from several federal buildings. One within eyeshot of a statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein that went up earlier this month. NPR’s Frank Langfitt spoke with visitors about this visual tug-of-war.

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The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has voted to approve the design for a new commemorative gold coin.   On one side, an eagle in flight – on the other, a portrait of President Trump, staring directly at the viewer. 

Federal law prohibits living people from being featured on U.S. coins – though the Trump administration believes the Treasury Department has authority here. 

Moreover, it breaks a norm that dates to the beginning of the country. 

Caroline Turco, a curator at the Money Museum of the American Numismatic Association, explains.

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Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike, just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn. Support NPR and hear every episode of Trump's Terms sponsor-free with NPR+. Sign up at plus.npr.org.

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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historian Daniel Immerwahr about how President Trump is forging a new world order through his foreign policy. Support NPR and hear every episode of Trump's Terms sponsor-free with NPR+. Sign up at plus.npr.org.

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In statements made as part of lawsuits against the Trump administration's handling of immigration enforcement, NPR found several people who said they were arrested while protesting ICE and then had officers take or try to take what appeared to be a sample of their DNA. NPR's Meg Anderson reports. Support NPR and hear every episode of Trump's Terms sponsor-free with NPR+. Sign up at plus.npr.org.

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The Trump administration's unprecedented expansion of migrant detention facilities is igniting fierce opposition in communities across the political and geographic spectrum.

NPR’s Jasmine Garsd and Kate Dario of New Hampshire Public Radio have been talking with people in communities slated to host mass detention facilities. They’ve found fierce, bipartisan opposition to the plans.

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A federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling that puts a hold on the Trump administration's overhaul of vaccine policies, including cuts to the number of recommended vaccines for children.

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Seven years after it was lowered, the American flag is flying again over the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, as Washington eyes Venezuelan oil to ease fuel prices amid global tensions.

NPR's Eyder Peralta reports. 

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Medicaid has promised that recipients' names, addresses and immigration status would stay private for decades. A December court ruling changed that. Now, some data can be shared with immigration authorities.

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While cities in blue states like Minnesota and California resist ICE enforcement, some Democrat-led cities in red states, like Austin, Texas, are in a heated debate over how to respond.

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