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What updates did President Trump provide on Iran's military capabilities?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump says the United States is successfully destroying Iran's military capabilities. The president provided an update on the conflict during an event at the White House today. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports. Trump said he had a message for Iranian military and police.
You're going to have a chance after all these years to take back your country, accept immunity, we'll give you immunity. And we'll be giving you really the right side of history because that's what it is. So you'll be perfectly safe with total immunity or you'll face absolutely guaranteed death. And I don't want to see that.
Earlier in the day, Trump told several news outlets he wants to have a hand in deciding who the next Iranian leader would be. At the White House event, Trump also hinted at future U.S. actions in Cuba, but gave no details. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been fired after weeks of increasing bipartisan scrutiny.
President Trump announced today that she'll be replaced by Senator Mark Wayne Mullen. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports the Oklahoma Republican is a vocal defender of Trump in Congress. Mark Wayne Mullen is a relatively fresh face in the Senate. He got there in 2023 after a decade in the House. As a member of the Cherokee Nation, he's the first tribal citizen in the Senate in years.
Mullen does not have a background in homeland security. His career before politics was in construction and ranching and professional mixed martial arts fighting. He now serves on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, which is in the middle of the standoff over funding for the department Mullen has been asked to lead.
DHS is shut down as Democrats push for changes on how immigration officers operate. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington. Travel industry leaders are urging Congress to end the stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. NPR's Joel Rose reports the groups warned the partial government shutdown could slow air traffic during the busy spring break season. The head of the U.S.
Travel Association, Jeff Freeman, says airport security workers deserve to get paid as they show up to work through the partial government shutdown. They're doing their job and they're not getting paid. It's not just unfair, it's reckless. DHS has been shut down for nearly three weeks after lawmakers failed to agree on changes to how immigration officers operate.
That means about 50,000 employees at the TSA, the Transportation Security Administration, are working without pay. Travel and aviation industry groups worry that those officers will call out sick and start working second jobs, just as travel volume picks up in March and April. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. At the close on Wall Street, the Dow was down 784 points. This is NPR News.
Millions of people across western Cuba remain in the dark after a blackout hit the island this week. State media report one of its largest thermoelectric power plants were a shutdown sparked the outages down. Officials say it may stay that way for at least three more days. The Winter Olympics may be over, but their legacy lives on. On the Billboard singles chart, NPR's Stephen Thompson explains.
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