NPR News: 02-04-2026 5PM EST
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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.
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. The emotional meeting was featured in the new documentary, Melania. The First Lady dismissed questions, though, about whether it was appropriate to promote the movie during an official White House event. For his part, Keith Siegel said he was eternally grateful to the First Lady and President Trump for bringing him and the other hostages home to their families.
Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
A federal judge appears poised again to reject President Trump's bid to erase his hush money conviction. He said the legal maneuvers of Trump's lawyers amounted to taking two bites at the apple. The judge suggested the president had waited too long to seek federal court relief. This is NPR News from Washington. The Supreme Court is allowing California to use a new congressional map that's favorable to Democrats in this year's elections. The justices had previously allowed Texas's Republican-friendly map to be used. The moves are part of a nationwide redistricting battle spurred by President Trump, who wants to make sure Republicans keep control of the House in the midterms. A new study finds that patients with depression can benefit from following the ketogenic diet, which is low in carbs and high in fat.
But as NPR's Will Stone reports, the researchers say their findings do not support recommending the diet just yet.
The last few years have brought a wave of enthusiasm for the ketogenic diet and mental health. But the field has lacked high-quality evidence from randomized controlled trials. Ming Gao, a scientist at Oxford University, led the new study, which had patients with treatment-resistant depression follow the keto diet for six weeks.
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