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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
Chapter 2: What recent actions has the U.S. taken regarding Americans in the Middle East?
The State Department is telling Americans in the Middle East to leave the region as the war with Iran continues. The agency told Americans in more than a dozen countries to get out. However, the U.S. has also closed embassies and evacuated diplomatic personnel in the Mideast.
Chapter 3: What are the differing perspectives on U.S. military goals in the Iran conflict?
It's not clear if there will be enough U.S. officials to assist Americans who want to leave. President Trump has said he expects military action to last four or five weeks, but he also says it could go on much longer than that. NPR has learned Israeli officials believe they may achieve their war goals in two weeks. Here's NPR's Daniel Estrin.
Chapter 4: How are local politicians reacting to the U.S. military actions?
The question of war goals is a key one. We are hearing a lot of mixed messages about the goals. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Fox News yesterday saying regime change is the goal. US officials, however, are walking back the idea that this is a regime change war. They're saying only that that outcome would be nice.
Chapter 5: What is the significance of the primary elections in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas?
NPR's Daniel Estrin reporting. Outside of Washington, D.C., some rank and file Democrats and Republicans are taking different sides on the U.S. war with Iran. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is in a competitive congressional district, and NPR's Frank Langfitt paid a visit there. Tom Fink is a Democrat who served on a nearby borough council. The U.S.
Chapter 6: How are immigration policies affecting the upcoming Senate hearing?
attack shocked him. I was horrified. It just reminds me of Iraq and things that have happened before. And you wonder, where is Congress? Patrick Basem has a different take. He's running for the York County Republican Committee and says he's glad to see President Trump trying to remove any potential nuclear threat. I think it's a great day for the Iranian people. They should feel liberated.
I feel liberated as an American not having to deal with that thought in my head. Basim said he hopes Iranians can overthrow the regime and hold free elections. Frank Lankford, NPR News, Harrisburg. It's primary election day in three states, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas.
In North Carolina, a Democratic congressional incumbent is facing a strong challenger who is backed by Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders. From Member Station WUNC, Colin Campbell has more. Two-term Congresswoman Valerie Foushee's primary could be a litmus test for how Democrats view their party's approach to battling the Trump administration.
Chapter 7: What is contributing to the current U.S. housing supply crisis?
Her opponent, Durham County Commissioner Nida Alam, says Foushee should take a stronger stance to oppose federal immigration actions, including an operation last fall in North Carolina. Alam supporters like Mark McClure say they're ready to replace Foushee with a younger, more outspoken Democrat.
I think that she's done a lot for North Carolina, but I think we need someone who's going to ratchet it up. The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has been an important issue in this race. Now the candidates are condemning the latest strikes against Iran. For NPR News, I'm Colin Campbell in Durham, North Carolina. You're listening to NPR.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will testify before a Senate committee today. It's her first hearing since federal immigration agents shot and killed two Minneapolis protesters in January. It also comes as part of her agency is shut down. Democrats won't back a DHS funding bill without changes in how immigration agents operate. The U.S.
housing supply gap grew to 4 million homes, according to an estimate from Realtor.com. That shortfall is spread out across the country. No region is building enough homes to match the need. NPR's Stephen Bezaha reports. This is one reason for the U.S. housing affordability crisis. About 1.4 million homes started construction in 2025. But even more households were formed.
Not a lot more, but enough to continue a supply gap that's been growing for 13 years. This gap is one reason why housing prices have remained so high. The median home costs around $400,000, more than the typical American family can afford. Realtor.com also found younger Americans are not moving out on their own until later in life, likely because of those costs.
Despite all this pent-up demand, homebuilders are pessimistic about the construction market, blaming in part costs and an uncertain economy. Stephen Misaha, NPR News. A federal appeals court says President Trump cannot delay the process to provide refunds for his tariffs. Some of his tariffs have been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump wanted to slow down the refund process for 90 days, but the appeals court has rejected that. You're listening to NPR.
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