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There's word this morning that civil rights icon and two-time Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84.

That's according to a statement from his family and the Rainbow Push Coalition.

They say Jackson died this morning.

Jackson's long career included marching alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

and two runs for the White House in 1984 and 1988.

Again, the Reverend Jesse Jackson has died.

President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are in Geneva today for another round of indirect talks with Iran.

The White House continues to press Iran to give up its nuclear program.

It comes amid a buildup of U.S.

naval assets in the Middle East to include a pair of carrier strike groups.

Trump and Iran's foreign minister both described recent indirect talks in Oman as having been productive.

After talks on Iran, Witkoff and Kushner are scheduled to mediate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, also in Geneva.

Here's NPR's Charles Mainz.

Airline passengers in the U.S.

might soon be feeling the effects of the latest partial shutdown of the federal government.

TSA agents at the nation's airports are among those not getting paid during this latest shutdown.

Marlon Hyde with member station WABE has more from Atlanta.

Congress-led funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed late last week.