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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Leaders in Iran are warning of a harsh response if the U.S. and Israel attack Iran over protests that have engulfed the country the past two weeks. Iranian forces are cracking down. Human rights groups say that more than 100 people have been killed, thousands now detained. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
Iran's parliament speaker said Tehran would consider U.S. military facilities and Israel legitimate targets for preemptive strikes if there are signs by either country of an imminent attack. Iran's military was badly weakened after the 12-day war with Israel last June. President Trump has warned the U.S. will hit hard if Iran kills protesters. He reiterated that in a social media post Saturday evening, saying the U.S. stands ready to help. The protests that began at the end of December over the economy have quickly spread to all corners of Iran, with people shouting death to the dictator, meaning Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
More than a week after U.S. forces removed Venezuela's now-deposed President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and brought them to the United States to face charges, some Republicans in the Senate are pushing back against the White House. Five Republican senators voted with Democrats in support of using the War Powers Act to limit presidential power. NPR's Mara Liason explains.
That measure is not likely to become law. It is a rare pushback from members of the president's own party, and it prompted Trump to call for all five Republicans who voted with the Democrats to lose their seats. Of those five, only Susan Collins of Maine is up for reelection this year. So Trump does not seem to be in any danger of losing his base or Republican support in Congress over Venezuela.
The War Powers Measure passed the Senate 52-47. President Trump contends the War Powers Act, aimed at limiting executive power, is unconstitutional. More than 160 faith leaders from across Texas have signed an open letter to local school boards urging them not to adopt rules carving out time for school prayer. From Houston, public media reporter Andrew Schneider has more.
The law requires public school boards and charter school governing bodies to vote on whether to set time aside during the school day for periods of prayer or Bible readings. Reverend Laura Mayo is the senior minister of Covenant Church in Houston and the mother of two students in Houston Independent School District.
One of my professors in graduate school, Reverend Dr. James Dunn, used to say, as long as there are math tests, there'll be prayer in school. Students can already pray. They can already form religious clubs. This is not needed. It does not solve a problem. It creates problems.
The deadline for Texas school boards to vote on school prayer policies under the law is March 1st. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
And from Washington, you're listening to NPR. China says it opposes what it terms Somaliland's collusion with Taiwan authorities as they're seeking independence. As Michael Koloke reports, the statement follows Israel's decision to formally recognize the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent state.
Somalia has condemned Israel's move, claiming that Somaliland is an inseparable part of Somalia. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is on a tour of several African countries, said today that China supports Somalia in safeguarding its sovereignty. Yi added that Beijing opposed what he claimed as Somaliland's collusion with Taiwan authorities to seek independence. Authorities in Taiwan, a self-governed democracy of about 24 million people that is claimed by China, are reported to have welcomed Israel's recognition of Somaliland. For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaloki in Nairobi.
Bob Weir, the legendary and longtime guitarist and songwriter, one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78. In 1964, while still a teenager, Weir joined guitarist Jerry Garcia to form a group that later became one of music's most influential bands.
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