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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Iran's foreign minister says nuclear talks with the Trump administration will begin Friday in Oman. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's not sure if the U.S.
Chapter 2: What are the latest developments in U.S.-Iran nuclear talks?
can reach any deals with the Iranian government, but he says President Trump prefers to have negotiations about a range of issues.
And that includes the range of their ballistic missiles. That includes their sponsorship of terrorist organizations across the region. That includes the nuclear program. And that includes the treatment of their own people.
Rubio brushed off concerns that a meeting now would legitimize the Iranian regime after thousands of protesters were killed there. Trump had told the protesters last month that help was on its way. and that the U.S. was, quote, locked and loaded. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
The White House is pulling hundreds of federal immigration agents out of Minnesota today. Border Czar Tom Homan says he's looking for more cooperation from local leaders and from the community. Estelle Timar Wilcox of Minnesota Public Radio reports.
Homan said more county jails in the state have agreed to collaborate with ICE so the agency can detain people straight from jail.
Homan said he's looking to end the operation, but... That depends on people that want to intimidate and interfere and put hands on ICE officers. Tone down the rhetoric. Stop violating the law and impeding and interfering with us, and they'll draw down quicker.
ICE observers across the Twin Cities say federal agents are still detaining people in their neighborhoods. Homan said the agency is focused on arresting people with criminal records, but not stopping other arrests altogether. For NPR News, I'm Estelle Timar-Wilcox in Minneapolis.
First Lady Melania Trump welcomed a freed Israeli-American hostage, Keith Siegel, to the White House today. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports Siegel was released by Hamas in February 2025 after 15 months of captivity.
The meeting was part of celebrations for his one year of freedom following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The First Lady met with Siegel's wife Aviva Siegel, who also was held in captivity, just weeks before President Trump took office. Melania Trump says that served as a catalyst to the events that led to Keith Siegel's release.
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Chapter 3: How is the U.S. handling immigration enforcement in Minnesota?
Firefighters came to the rescue of a swan found stuck in a frozen Connecticut river this week. Initially thinking it had died, the Norwalk Fire Department used ropes to carefully go out on the ice-covered Norwalk River. They soon saw movement and found the swan's feet were frozen into the ice. It took them about 30 minutes to free the bird and bring it to shore.
More drops for technology stocks weighed down Wall Street during a day of mixed trading today. This is NPR News from Washington.