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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. bombardment of Iran is accelerating. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports defense officials also identified four of the six U.S. troops killed since Saturday.
At a Pentagon news conference, Hegseth said Iranian offensive capabilities are diminishing rapidly as the U.S. and Israel establish control of the airspace over Iran. The Iranian Navy has mostly been destroyed, including a ship sunk by a U.S. submarine in international waters.
America is winning, decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy.
Hegseth sidestepped the question about whether the U.S. is working with ethnic Kurdish rebel groups in northwestern Iran to further destabilize the Iranian regime. When asked if the U.S.
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Chapter 2: What recent developments are occurring in U.S.-Iran relations?
has enough munitions to outlast Iran's missiles and drones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Kaine said there are sufficient precision munitions for the matter at hand, but wouldn't go into detail, citing operational security. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
The Senate may take a vote today on whether to begin limiting President Trump's war powers in Iran. Democrats have insisted that Trump seek permission from Congress, as the administration keeps offering different reasons for why it went to war against Iran in the first place. Republicans are expected to block the resolution, and many say they agree with the president's actions.
The midterm elections kicked off with primaries in three states yesterday. NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports something that used to be a strength might not be as much of an advantage this year.
Usually being an incumbent is a sure sign of job security in politics, but the Texas primary saw Congressman Dan Crenshaw lose by double digits. Crenshaw is a conservative, but often wound up on the wrong side of some on the right.
Longtime Texas Congressman Democrat Al Green is in a race that's too close to call in a redrawn district against a younger member of Congress who only took office last month. A handful of others also woke up to close races that have not yet been decided.
Each is facing unique challenges, but it's something to watch in a year when people are saying they're increasingly skeptical of politics and politicians. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
Results are in from other closely watched races. In the Texas Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, Texas State Senator James Tallarico has defeated Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. It's not clear yet who his Republican opponent will be. No Republican candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote.
That means incumbent Texas Senator John Cornyn will face Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a GOP runoff election in late May. The Senate races are set in North Carolina. Former Governor Roy Cooper won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. He will face the former chair of the Republican National Committee. Michael Whatley won the GOP Senate primary.
Incumbent North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis has declined to seek re-election. You're listening to NPR. The Justice Department has reversed course. It will now press forward with President Trump's attacks on four large law firms. Trump issued executive orders against the firms last year after they hired people who had investigated him. Lower federal courts had sided with the law firms.
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