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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump continues to try and explain why the U.S. took action against Iran when it did.
NPR's Franco Ordonez reports on the various explanations Trump has given for going to war.
President Trump again reiterated the long threat posed by the Iranian regime. At a roundtable discussion at the White House, Trump boasted of U.S. military power. He said the U.S. obliterated Iran's nuclear program, but also said Tehran was trying to reconstitute the program and was close to having a nuclear weapon. And he said the U.S. needed to act before Iran did.
And I think if we didn't do it first... they would have done it to Israel and give us a shot if that was possible. The White House argues the U.S. didn't make the decision in a vacuum and that its decision to launch this operation was based on what it calls the cumulative effect of various direct threats. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
Chapter 2: What actions did President Trump take against Iran and why?
The last two names of the six U.S. soldiers killed in an attack in Kuwait have been released by the Pentagon, and they're from California and Iowa. The soldiers identified were Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzen of Sacramento and Major Jeffrey O'Brien from Indianola, Iowa.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was back on Capitol Hill today, this time testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. NPR's Ximena Bustillo has more.
The committee's ranking member, Democrat Jamie Raskin, was one of several who pressed Secretary Noem over her labeling of two citizens killed as, quote, domestic terrorists after their deaths.
What happened in Minnesota in those two incidents was an absolute tragedy. Were they domestic terrorists, as you said, to the country? My condolences to their families, because I know that their lives will never be the same.
There was a large split between Republicans and Democrats over whether immigration enforcement tactics have gone too far. Meanwhile, lawmakers are still trying to negotiate a deal to fund Nome's department. DHS is in the third week of a shutdown, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal workers are working without pay or furloughed. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
The Trump administration plans to move the Energy Star efficiency program to the Department of Energy. NPR's Jeff Brady reports the change comes after the administration tried to eliminate the program.
Energy Star awards its blue and white logo to the most efficient appliances and buildings. The Environmental Protection Agency has operated the program for more than three decades. The Trump administration effort to end or privatize the program failed. Congress specifically instructed that the EPA spend just over $33 million this year on Energy Star.
But now the EPA has signed an agreement to transfer responsibility to the Energy Department. The U.S. Green Building Council says EPA has been very successful in creating and managing Energy Star and is concerned about the administration abruptly moving the program after Congress showed bipartisan support for it. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
The U.S. stock market rebounded today. This is NPR News. Elon Musk took the stand today in a shareholder trial where he's accused of making false and misleading statements that drove down Twitter's stock price before he bought it in 2022. It claims Musk violated federal securities laws by making false public statements that were carefully calculated to drive down Twitter's shares.
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