President Trump says he's already ended several conflicts around the globe and is working to conclude several more. We look at his approach to foreign policy.
Greg Myre is a national security correspondent with a focus on the intelligence community, a position that follows his many years as a foreign correspondent covering conflicts around the globe.
Tamara Keith has been a White House correspondent for NPR since 2014 and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast, the top political news podcast in America. Keith has chronicled the Trump administration from day one, putting this unorthodox presidency in context for NPR listeners, from early morning tweets to executive orders and investigations. She covered the final two years of the Obama presidency, and during the 2016 presidential campaign she was assigned to cover Hillary Clinton. In 2018, Keith was elected to serve on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association.
An update from planning consultants on possible routes for a future North Fort Myers biking and hiking trail is the focus of a Dec. 9 meeting of the North Fort Myers Recreation Center. The trail would link the new Caloosahatchee sidewalk with upcoming paths on Littleton Road and Kismet Parkway, eventually reaching Punta Gorda.
Lee County Utilities is alerting customers to a scheduled water outage and upcoming precautionary boil water notice along Orange River Boulevard east of Interstate 75. Interruption is due to construction as part of the Lee County Orange River Boulevard Sidewalk and Utility Improvements Project.
Economic uncertainty surrounds the US, due to rises in tariffs, a soft job market and the recent government shutdown. Yet that doesn’t seem to be dissuading shoppers this upcoming holiday season.
The Florida Wildlife Commission is reporting the death of a 5–6-year-old, male Florida panther whose remains were collected Wednesday in Hendry County. The FWC said the suspected cause of death is by vehicle collision.
In November alone, more than 1.7 million people living in counties along or near Southwest Florida’s Gulf Coast were plunged back into a moderate drought. And drought often precedes wildfires.