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Leaders in Iran are warning of a harsh response of the U.S.

and Israel attack Iran over the protests that have engulfed the country over the past two weeks.

Iranian security forces are cracking down.

Human rights groups say that more than 100 people have been killed, thousands others detained.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Minnesota officials are urging protesters to remain peaceful as more demonstrations are expected to protest the deadly shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an ICE agent.

The protesters are also following the shooting of two people in Portland by federal officials.

NPR immigration correspondent Sergio Martinez Beltran explains.

The Trump administration says it's freezing all USDA funding to Minnesota, including SNAP food aid.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the reasons why.

And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

China says it opposes what it terms Somaliland's collusion with Taiwan as authorities seek its independence.

As Michael Koloke reports, the statement follows Israel's decision to formally recognize the self-declared republic of Somaliland as an independent state.

The Washington National Opera is now the latest arts organization that says it will cut ties to the Kennedy Center as a result of President Trump assuming control over the center's governing board and adding his name recently to the facility.

The opera has been based at the Kennedy Center for more than 50 years.

In a statement to NPR, the opera said it made the decision to end the relationship between

because the center's new policies are causing strain on its financial model.

However, the decision was announced by the Kennedy Center's leadership, and it now says it made the decision to sever names with the opera.