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What is the current status of the U.S. war with Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. The White House says so far the war with Iran has cost the U.S. government $12 billion. NPR's Luke Garrett reports despite the high cost, President Trump's top economic advisor doesn't think the administration will need more money from Congress.
Last week, lawmakers on Capitol Hill expected a White House request for war funding, which would have given Congress a real say on the conflict. But Trump's top economic advisor, Kevin Hassett, told CBS News they might not need Congress's help.
We've got the weapons that we've already got in place to do this. And so we're not necessarily going to need any kind of supplement.
The National Economic Council director acknowledged short-term pain in the U.S. economy and rising gas prices.
How is the White House managing war funding amid rising costs?
But Hassett argued the war will create long-term benefits.
So we expect that the global economy is going to have a big positive shock as soon as this is over. And we're still being briefed that it would be four to six weeks from the beginning and that we're ahead of schedule.
The conflict in the Middle East has shown few signs of slowing down as missile strikes continue. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
In a social media post Sunday night, President Trump accused news organizations of what he said is treason for their reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Specifically, he cited without evidence that the Wall Street Journal and others have published Iranian-created AI photos of alleged war battles showing Iran attacking U.S. vessels. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is threatening the licenses of broadcasters over what he says is fake news about the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr made the threat in a social media post that accused outlets of, quote, running hoaxes and news distortions, unquote. He added, quote, broadcasters must operate in the public interest and they will lose their licenses if they do not, unquote. In the post, Carr attached a social media post in which President Trump said that outlets including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal want the U.S. to lose the war in Iran. He also characterized workers at those outlets as truly sick and demented people. The administration has multiple times accused news organizations of pushing fake news after running stories about difficulties and damages the U.S. has suffered in the war. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
A late winter storm is piling through the Midwest. Here's Mark Chouinard with the National Weather Service.
A lot of these areas are seeing one to two feet of snow, portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, northern Michigan, locally higher totals. Quite a bit of wind with this storm too, so we have the blowing snow issue as well. And then the cold temperatures behind it, Yeah, I mean, we'll have temperatures across portions of the northern plains that get below zero.
The National Weather Service is warning about potential heavy rains Monday, damaging winds and possible tornadoes from South Carolina to Maryland. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Trade and economic negotiations between the United States and China have begun in Paris. The talks are being led by the U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett and China's Vice Premier He Lifong as the top negotiator for Beijing. The two sides met for more than six hours on Sunday. Lebanon's president is proposing ceasefire talks with Israel, but Israel's foreign minister is not publicly weighing in about the possibility of those talks. Itai Stern reports from Tel Aviv.
Speaking with reporters at the site of an Iranian missile strike in northern Israel, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar would not comment on the reports. But a person familiar with the matter, not authorized to speak publicly, tells NPR that Ron Dermer, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has been appointed to lead potential negotiations with Lebanon. This comes after a weekend of heavy rocket fire from Hezbollah tower in northern Israel.
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