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Zelenskyy Visits DC, Tate Brothers In Florida, USAID Standoff, AOC and DOJ

2025/2/28
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Amy Martinez: 乌克兰总统泽连斯基正在访问华盛顿,预计将与特朗普总统会面,并签署一项关于乌克兰稀土和矿产资源开发的协议。这笔交易的具体内容和对乌克兰的潜在益处尚不明确。 Michelle Martin: 除了与特朗普总统会面之外,此访还将涉及乌克兰稀土矿产资源的开发协议。协议的细节尚不明确,但乌克兰希望获得未来安全保障,以应对来自俄罗斯的威胁。 Joanna Kikisa: 这项协议的核心是利用乌克兰的自然资源收入来换取美国的持续支持,以帮助乌克兰在战争结束后重建家园。泽连斯基总统最初拒绝了协议的早期版本,因为这些版本要求用收入来偿还美国已经提供的援助。当前版本对乌克兰更有利,收入将用于美国对乌克兰未来的投资。乌克兰民众对这次会晤抱有复杂的心情,既希望获得益处,又担心会造成损失。 Greg Allen: 泰特兄弟在罗马尼亚面临性虐待和人口贩卖的指控,目前已抵达佛罗里达州。安德鲁·泰特坚称自己是无辜的,并表示自己和兄弟受到了误解。关于特朗普政府是否在解除他们的旅行限制中发挥了作用,存在疑问。佛罗里达州州长德桑蒂斯表示,州政府没有参与此事,并对泰特兄弟的行为表示谴责。 Frank Langford: 美国国际开发署(USAID)的资金纠纷涉及特朗普政府暂停对数千个援助组织的资金支持,导致这些组织面临财务困境。此举引发了多起诉讼,案件已提交至最高法院。政府辩称需要进行付款完整性审查,但批评人士认为政府可以随时恢复付款。 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 众议员奥卡西奥-科尔特斯要求司法部披露她是否正在接受调查,此前她因鼓励选民了解宪法权利而受到特朗普政府官员的关注。她坚称自己只是在向所有选民提供宪法保护方面的建议。

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The Ukrainian President is arriving in Washington to discuss a deal involving his country's rare earth minerals, social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were charged with human trafficking in Romania and have now arrived in Florida, and the Supreme Court weighed in on a case involving frozen funds at USAID. Also, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez asks the Justice Department if she is under investigation. *Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? *Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.)*Today's episode of Up First was edited by Ryland Barton, Russell Lewis, Catherine Laidlaw, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams, Christopher Thomas and Paige Waterhouse. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent, and our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Our Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.*Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)