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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. In Iran, anti-government protests continue and activists say hundreds have been killed. President Trump says the U.S. would take military action against Iran if it killed protesters.
Chapter 2: What are the latest developments in the Iran protests?
Meanwhile, Trump says Iran called, asking to negotiate, and he says a meeting may happen. but that the U.S. may have to act before it can take place. But as NPR's Elena Moore reports, threats of strikes has some Republicans on Capitol Hill concerned.
In an interview with ABC News, Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky argued that if Trump attacks Iran to support protesters, it could end up backfiring.
So when you bomb a country, then people tend to rally around their own flag. They tend to see this is a foreign country coming in and bombing us.
He also said the U.S. shouldn't be, quote, involved with every freedom movement around the world, and that a president is required to talk to Congress before ordering strikes on another country. Paul is one of a handful of GOP lawmakers who have recently urged Trump to consult Congress before taking military action in global conflicts. Elena Moore, NPR News.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tells CNN that Minneapolis' police chief and its mayor have inflamed the public after the ICE shooting death of Renee Good last week, which sparked protests across the country. Mayor Jacob Fry says Noem is making the city far less safe.
I think it's a fair point to say, well, these ICE agents are being put in a horrible position because they're asked to do things that are not legal or are unconstitutional. But here's the thing. They're still doing them, and we are still dealing with the repercussions here in this city.
speaking there on CNN's State of the Union. Noem tells Fox News that hundreds more agents will be sent to Minnesota over a years-long federal investigation into a welfare fraud scandal. European leaders are alarmed over the Trump administration's rhetoric about owning Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark and thus a member of the European Union. And here's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
European news channels are talking non-stop about the raised stakes over Greenland, which has been linked to EU member Denmark for more than 300 years. Speaking on news channel LCI, former French ambassador to Washington Gérard Arrault said European leaders are trapped in a surreal situation where they need the U.S. to help defend Ukraine, but fear they may have to defend Greenland from the U.S.
Guntram Wolff is a senior advisor with Brussels-based think tank Bruegel.
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Chapter 3: How are U.S. lawmakers reacting to potential military action in Iran?
European leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris. This is NPR News.
Nurses in New York City could go out on strike tomorrow if a tentative agreement between the union and hospitals isn't reached. The union says 16,000 nurses are set to walk off the job over pay, staffing, benefits, and protection against violence.
New York's Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Friday in anticipation of the strike and appealed to the union and the hospitals to work out a deal. Five privately run major hospitals would be affected by a strike. Nevada's top election official says he's exploring potential new ways to identify when a ballot is mailed. As Lucia Starbuck with member station KUNR reports, the U.S.
Postal Service is advising against relying on postmarks following changes to reduce costs.
Nevada, Texas, and New York are among the states that allow mail ballots to be counted for a certain period after the election, as long as they're postmarked by Election Day. But that's been thrown into flux. The Postal Service says it's now more likely that your mail will be postmarked once it reaches a processing facility about a day after it's collected.
Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar says there are solutions.
You just put an Apple tag on every mail ballot and you know where it is at all times. But again, that's not practical.
Aguilar said the state must find a solution before its June primary. The Supreme Court could decide this year whether states can count postmarked mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. For NPR News, I'm Lucia Starbuck in Carson City.
U.S. futures contracts are trading lower at this hour. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.
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