NPR News: 03-04-2026 3PM EST
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The White House is signaling a far more aggressive stance toward Iran. Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt is defending the administration's action against Iran and says the president is determined to confront what she calls the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism.
Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, the rogue Iranian terrorist regime is being absolutely crushed. 47 years of tolerating and enabling the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism are over. Iran's murderous terrorist leaders are paying for their crimes against America, and they are paying in blood.
Levitt said the president believed Iran was preparing to strike U.S. personnel and assets in the region. She said that left him with a choice, act first using U.S. military capabilities to eliminate the threat or risk an attack by what she called the rogue Iranian regime. The Israeli military says it began striking Hezbollah targets after the Lebanese militant group launched rockets into Israel in what it called solidarity with Iran. NPR's Hadil Al-Shalchi reports officials in Lebanon say more than 70 people were killed in the attack.
Life in the village of Beit Leif in south Lebanon had started to go back to normal since a ceasefire was struck with Israel more than a year ago. Villagers had to evacuate for months to avoid Israeli strikes on Hezbollah. And now the 425 families of Beit Leif find themselves on the move again. 52-year-old Mayor Hamieh Mostafa says they received three Israeli evacuation orders in the past three days. The remaining one or two people have now left, he says.
What recent actions has the White House taken regarding Iran?
Our village is totally empty. The Lebanese government says over 80,000 people have been internally displaced since the war with Iran began. Hadil Al-Shalji, NPR News, Beirut.
A new NPR review has compiled dozens of accounts describing what it's like to be caught in the Department of Homeland Security's growing surveillance web. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports those accounts paint a picture of the broad tools the DHS is using to monitor people it seeks to deport.
ICE's budget has skyrocketed during President Trump's second term, and the administration is taking the unprecedented step of aggregating Americans' personal data and making it more accessible to the agency. NPR dug through court records and interviewed people to better understand the extensive surveillance apparatus DHS has been building. Immigration lawyers said their clients had been subjected to facial recognition technology. Protesters and journalists described agents photographing them and calling them by name, or knowing their home addresses. Lawyers worry such tactics violate the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment. DHS denies that. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.
On Wall Street, the Dow was up 314 points. This is NPR News in Washington. The number of Black-owned bookstores in the United States has risen substantially over the past decade. That's according to numbers from a new trade organization formed last year, as NPR's Netta Ulibi reports.
The National Association of Black Bookstores was founded last Juneteenth. Its report on the state of Black-owned bookstores around the country shows a growth of nearly 150% since 2014. Many independent bookstores back then were struggling after the rise of big bookstore chains and Amazon.com. But since the Black Lives Matter movement, in the wake of George Floyd's murder, Black-owned bookstores seem to be making a comeback. The organization counts 306 around the country, from Maine, where there's one, to California, where one can find more than two dozen. But 14 states currently do not have any Black-owned bookstores. Netta Ulibi, NPR News.
For the first time, Anthropix chatbot Claude has surpassed ChatGPT in phone app downloads in the U.S.
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