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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The U.S.
Chapter 2: What military actions is the U.S. considering against Iran?
may be on the verge of taking military action against Iran, but NPR's Franco Ordonez reports President Trump didn't make much of a case for why that may be necessary during his State of the Union address last night.
President Trump spent more time celebrating the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team and other staged moments. But near the end, he did speak about the Iranian regime killing thousands of protesters. He mentioned its nuclear ambitions and the threat it presents building missiles that he said will soon be able to reach the U.S.
But one thing is certain. I will never allow the world's number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon. Can't let that happen.
But Trump shared no new rationale for any more strikes, which is concerning to many Americans, including Republicans who are worried about the U.S. being drawn into a long and complicated conflict. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News.
The House narrowly rejected a bipartisan aviation safety bill that was written after the deadly mid-air collision near Washington, D.C. last year. The bill has the support of safety investigators and families of the crash victims, but just before the vote, the Pentagon withdrew its support.
More than 130 Republicans voted against it, including several powerful committee chairmen who are pushing their own bipartisan safety bill. NPR's Joel Rose has more on what happens next.
The GOP committee chairs in the House have their own bipartisan safety bill that they are pushing. It's known as the Alert Act. But it does not have the backing of safety investigators at the NTSB who say it would not go far enough to close loopholes and to truly require this safety technology everywhere that it needs to be.
The Rotaract sponsors say they will keep pushing for another vote in the House. They note that a significant majority... of the representatives voted in favor. But under the fast-track rules in the House, the bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass and came up just a few votes short.
NPR's Joel Rose reporting. Cities across the state of Jalisco in Mexico are returning to normal after the killing of the country's biggest drug lord. NPR's Ada Peralta reports authorities have lifted its red alert.
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