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NPR News: 02-05-2026 9AM EST

05 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What are President Trump's latest actions regarding Iran's nuclear program?

0.031 - 13.925 Corova Coleman

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corova Coleman. President Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Iran to scrap its nuclear ambitions ahead of talks tomorrow in Oman. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports on the president's latest remarks to NBC News.

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14.185 - 22.173 Franco Ordonez

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.

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22.674 - 27.979 Unknown

I would say he should be very worried, yeah, he should be. As you know, they're negotiating with us.

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27.959 - 51.197 Franco Ordonez

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 reenter talks on ending their nuclear program. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

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51.217 - 73.342 Corova Coleman

During another moment in the NBC News interview, President Trump said he could use a, quote, softer touch on immigration. He says he decided to withdraw 700 federal immigration agents from Minnesota. State and local officials say that's only a beginning. Two Minnesota schools and the state's teachers union are suing the Department of Homeland Security for over Trump's immigration crackdown.

73.822 - 76.805 Corova Coleman

From Minnesota Public Radio, Elizabeth Schachman reports.

77.186 - 98.466 Elizabeth Schachman

The complaint was submitted by the Fridley and Duluth school districts as well as Education Minnesota. It claims the Trump administration violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it rescinded a DHS policy that designated schools safe zones when it comes to immigration enforcement. June Hoytel is a partner at Zimmerman Reed, the law firm helping handle the case.

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For decades, federal immigration enforcement followed one basic principle, which was keep enforcement away from schools and school bus stops so children can learn safely. But last year, however, DHS scrapped that policy.

113.06 - 120.394 Elizabeth Schachman

The suit asks the court to declare schools and bus stops as safe zones again. For NPR News, I'm Elizabeth Schachman in St. Paul.

Chapter 2: How is the Trump administration impacting immigration policies in Minnesota?

243.659 - 256.92 Tommy Tuberville

They want a larger area where they can build a bigger school infiltrate more and bring in more young people to teach them the Muslim faith, and I'd be damned if we're going to do that in the state of Alabama.

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257.14 - 266.815 Vahini Shori

The local zoning board vetoed the school's zoning request. The school has decided not to move forward with expansion for now. For NPR News, I'm Vahini Shori in Birmingham.

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267.076 - 279.028 Corova Coleman

Some Winter Olympic events have begun in Italy, although the opening ceremony is tomorrow. On tap today, women's ice hockey, the U.S., faces the Czech Republic. You're listening to NPR.

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