NPR News: 02-06-2026 5AM EST
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is among those who will be sitting down with Iranian officials today in Oman. The focus will be Iran's nuclear program. The White House wants Tehran to give up its nuclear ambitions. Last June, the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear sites. Currently, there's a large buildup of American naval assets in the Middle East. Ahead of the talks in Oman, Witkoff was in the region for negotiations to end Russia's war with Ukraine, as NPR's Charles Mains reports.
Witkoff calls the two days of talks constructive, the most immediate outcome the release of some 300 soldiers and another prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. Witkoff also says the U.S. and Russia have agreed to re-establish a military dialogue channel suspended following Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, with Witkoff calling it crucial to achieving and maintaining peace. yet left unclear whether Russia and Ukraine are any closer to a deal either could accept. Months of U.S. diplomatic efforts have bogged down over Russia's maximalist demands on Ukrainian territory and Ukraine's desire for ironclad security guarantees from the West. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have agreed to testify as part of a congressional investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Elena Moore says the Clintons are sparring with Republican lawmakers over how they'll testify and whether the depositions will be public.
the Clintons agreed earlier this week to testify, but there's been a war of words since then. In a statement on X, Hillary Clinton lobbies for their upcoming testimonies to be public instead of videotaped, arguing for transparency and claiming that despite the Clintons engaging in good faith with investigators... Republicans have, quote, moved the goalposts and turned accountability into an exercise in distraction.
What are the latest developments in U.S.-Iran relations?
In response, the House Oversight Committee accuses the two prominent Democrats of trying to spin the facts, pointing to email exchanges in which the Clintons' lawyers initially agreed to the terms. Elena Moore, NPR News.
Eight more staff members at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minneapolis are resigning. That's in addition to the half-dozen who stepped down last month, as Matt Sepik with Minnesota Public Radio reports.
the latest wave of resignations stems from the Justice Department's response to the January 7th killing of Renee Macklin Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross here in Minneapolis. Administration officials have claimed the agent fired in self-defense. Witness video contradicts that. DOJ not only refused to let state police help investigate, they also pressured federal prosecutors here to investigate Good's widow. That's according to a Justice Department source I spoke with last month who requested anonymity because they're not authorized to speak to the media.
That's Matt Sepik reporting. This is NPR News. Athletes from the U.S. and around the world will be marching in Milan today as Italy hosts the 2026 Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony at San Siro Olympic Stadium is expected to last about three hours. The Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots are making final preparations for Super Bowl 60. The NFL's championship game is Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers. Big pharmaceutical companies who manufacture obesity drugs are pushing back against their competitors. NPR's Sydney Lupkin says the latest skirmish is over a new version of Wegovi.
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