Juana Summers

Adam, what would a prolonged fight over Powell's replacement mean for the Federal Reserve day in and day out?

Big picture, as you take stock of the future of the Federal Reserve at this moment in time, does it look any different to you right now?

Adam Posen is president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Thanks so much.

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I'm Juana Summers.

Thank you.

It is difficult to know what's happening in Iran right now.

Holly Dogris is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

She grew up in Iran.

Dogris told NPR that she hasn't heard from her family in days because the government there has shut down the Internet and phone communications.

What we do know is this.

The country has been rocked by days of large anti-government protests, first sparked by the crippling economy, now anger at the theocratic regime.

Videos posted online show streets where protesters are shouting and clapping and images of barricades and lit fires.

NPR has not been able to independently authenticate these videos.

More than 500 people have been killed, according to the U.S.-based human rights activist news agency.

NPR is unable to independently confirm that figure.