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President Trump has delayed a threatened U.S.

strike on Iranian energy infrastructure and extended a deadline for reopening the Strait of Hormuz until April 6.

Trump says talks with Iran are going well and Iranian leaders are begging to make a deal.

NPR's Aya Batraoui reports on back-channel messages.

Iran has said it is not engaged in talks with Washington and has rejected a 15-point ceasefire proposal as one-sided and unfair.

With Congress struggling to reach a deal funding the Department of Homeland Security, President Trump says he will sign an order to pay TSA workers...

as they face another missed paycheck on Friday.

Lawmakers are preparing to leave town this weekend for their spring recess.

Federal courts in parts of the country straining under an unprecedented flood of habeas corpus petitions from people trying to get released from immigration detention.

NPR's Martin Costi reports that in some courts, the immigration petitions are delaying other court business.

Ohio Democratic Congresswoman Joyce Beatty is asking a federal court to force the Trump administration to stop calling the Kennedy Center the Trump-Kennedy Center.

NPR's Anastasia Siolkas reports.

Transgender women athletes are being excluded from Olympic events.

The International Olympic Committee agreed Thursday to a new eligibility policy that aligns with President Trump's executive order on women's sports ahead of Los Angeles Games in 2028.

The IOC says eligibility for female events at the Games or any other IOC event is now limited to biological females.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill renaming the Cesar Chavez state holiday to Farm Workers Day.

Newsom signed the bill Thursday after state lawmakers approved it earlier in the day.

The change came after sexual abuse allegations against Chavez.

For decades, whether the U.S.

gave foreign aid for family planning has depended largely on whether Republicans or Democrats control the White House.