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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says he is not happy with the way Iran is negotiating with the U.S., but as NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, Trump has made no final decision on whether to strike the country.
On his way to Texas, Trump told reporters that U.S. officials may have more talks on Iran today.
I'm not happy with the fact that they're not willing to give us what we have to have. I'm not thrilled with that. We'll see what happens. We're talking later. We'll have some additional talks today.
Trump has repeatedly threatened military strikes if Iran doesn't agree to a deal that ends their nuclear capabilities. The U.S. has amassed a large military presence in the Middle East as negotiations continue. Trump says he doesn't want to use military force on Iran, but that, quote, sometimes you have to. Asked about the risk of a long, drawn-out conflict, Trump said, I guess you could say there's always a risk. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
The Justice Department has indicted 30 more people who allegedly took part in a demonstration last month protesting ICE inside a Minnesota church. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced today on social media. As NPR's Meg Anderson reports, 39 people have now been charged in relation to the protest.
In a post on social media, Attorney General Bondi said federal authorities have already arrested 25 of the 30 people newly charged in the protest. All are facing charges related to a conspiracy to deprive others of religious rights and with interfering with the right to religious freedom. On January 18th, protesters disrupted a church service in St. Paul, where one of the pastors is also a local ICE official. Bondi wrote in her post, quote, you cannot attack a house of worship. Videos of the protest, however, show people marching and chanting and do not appear violent. Several people had already been charged for the incident, including journalist Don Lemon, a local journalist, and a prominent local civil rights attorney.
Meg Anderson, NPR News.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has rescinded a new rule to change how it calculates veterans' benefits. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports.
The rule, published on February 17th, could have lowered a vet's disability rating if medication improves their condition. More than 20,000 public comments flooded in that the rule could deter veterans from taking medication and that VA benefits aren't welfare, they're earned compensation for war wounds. Many vets saw it as part of the Trump administration's ongoing cuts of VA jobs and contracts. Coleman Nee, with the group Disabled American Veterans, spoke at a congressional hearing.
Our nation should never balance its budget on the backs of those who have stood to defend it. They already paid.
The VA secretary first called the controversy fake news, but then rescinded the rule after just 10 days, saying vets spoke and the VA listened. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
U.S. stocks sank on Wall Street today. This is NPR News. A civil rights agency says the federal government can bar transgender employees from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity, dismissing an appeal from a transgender woman who worked for the Army. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the Army didn't violate the provision in the Civil Rights Act. that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion and national identity. Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone. The Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas. The FAA shut down the El Paso airport and the surrounding area just over two weeks ago after another use of an anti-drone laser.
Pokemon is celebrating its 30th anniversary today. The franchise started as a pair of games in Japan and has exploded into a worldwide phenomenon. NPR's Andrew Limbaugh has more.
30 years ago, the games Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green dropped in Japan for the Nintendo Game Boy. In case you've been living inside a Pokeball for the past 30 years, you walk around catching monsters and use them to fight other trainers with monsters in their pocket.
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