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What are President Trump's latest actions regarding Iran's nuclear program?
President Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Iran to scrap its nuclear ambitions ahead of tomorrow's scheduled talks in Oman. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports on the president's latest remarks to NBC News.
President Trump issued another warning to Iran's supreme leader, saying that bad things will happen if he tries to restart Iran's nuclear program.
I would say he should be very worried, yeah. He should be. As you know, they're negotiating with us.
The president has been threatening another major strike on Iran as the U.S. continues to build up its military forces in the region. Trump previously threatened to strike if more protesters were killed, but as deaths continue, he appears to have shifted his focus to pressing Iran to re-enter talks on ending their nuclear program. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, The White House.
President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, among those scheduled to take part in the negotiations in Oman. The talks were moved from Turkey at Tehran's request. The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing California to move forward with its new congressional map. As Steve Futterman reports, state Republicans had challenged the redrawn map as unconstitutional, citing racial gerrymandering.
California voters approved the redrawn congressional districts in November, with nearly 65 percent of voters giving them a thumbs up. The move came in response to similar action in Texas. In Texas, it was Republicans at the urging of President Trump who pushed to give the GOP up to five additional seats in the House. In California, it was Democrats leading the drive to give their party five new seats. Governor Gavin Newsom has been a key supporter.
We can't stand back and watch this democracy disappear district by district all across this country.
Republicans challenged the California map, but the high court rejected a request to block it from taking effect. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in San Francisco.
Authorities in Arizona and the FBI have yet to locate the mother of NBC Today show host Savannah Guthrie. Investigators believe 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home in the Tucson area. She was last seen at her house five days ago. The Guthrie family has released a video on social media asking for proof that their mother is still alive.
We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen.
That's Savannah Guthrie speaking on the video in which she acknowledges the family has heard media reports about a possible ransom note. The sheriff of Pima County says there's no evidence that the elder Guthrie was targeted. This is NPR News. Authorities in Pennsylvania say all patients, staff and visitors were evacuated safely from a hospital near Scranton last night after a fire broke out there. The flames engulfed a section of the Lehigh Valley Hospital before first responders could tamp down the fire. The cause is under investigation. The National Institutes of Health is entering into talks to convert the largest primate research center in the U.S. into a sanctuary. As Amelia Templeton reports, that facility is in Oregon.
The Oregon National Primate Research Center is one of seven facilities in the U.S. that provide monkeys to scientists working on government-funded research. It's home to more than 5,000 monkeys and played a part in IVF and new treatments for cancer. Now the Trump administration has taken the position that animal models are no longer at the cutting edge of research, and the National Institutes of Health has asked to start talks about making the center near Portland a sanctuary for retired research animals instead. Leaders in Oregon plan to decide next week whether to start those talks and agree to an immediate pause on monkey breeding at the facility. For NPR News, I'm Amelia Templeton in Portland.
The International Olympic Committee says it's open to the idea of moving future Winter Games to January because of global warming.
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