NPR News: 03-25-2026 12PM EDT
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
What are the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran conflict?
Iran's state broadcaster says Iranian officials have rejected a U.S. 15-point proposal aimed at ending the current U.S.-Israel war against Iran. According to Press TV, a senior political security official outlined five specific conditions under which Iran would agree to an end to the war, including a complete halt to aggression and assassinations and Iran's right to, quote, "...putting safeguards in place to prevent future military action against Iran." Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are preparing to deploy to the Middle East. This could signal possible use of ground troops in the war. Here's NPR's Quill Lawrence.
Two to three thousand troops from the 82nd Airborne, based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, have received written orders to deploy to the Middle East, according to a U.S. government official who is not authorized to speak publicly. The soldiers will come from the division's immediate response force, which is able to mobilize worldwide within 18 hours to do a variety of missions. Along with two marine expeditionary units already sailing toward the Persian Gulf, this could bring about 6,000 to 8,000 American ground troops in close proximity to Iran. President Trump has alternately said he would not put boots on the ground and that he won't rule it out. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
A deal to fund at least part of the Department of Homeland Security is still being hammered out on Capitol Hill. NPR's Barbara Sprunt has the latest.
Congressional Democrats have refused to fund DHS without implementing restraints on immigration enforcement after federal agents killed two U.S. citizens earlier this year. Republicans and Democrats have been trading offers back and forth with little progress. President Trump acknowledged the ongoing negotiations without much optimism.
I think any deal they make I'm pretty much not happy with it.
One proposal is to use a budget tool to fund the rest of ICE later, along with another priority of the president's, an election overhaul bill. But some Republicans are skeptical that that will work. Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.
The political impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security is having an acute impact on Transportation and Security Administration employees at airports. TSA officers forced to work for weeks now without pay. In Indiana, Taylor Desert spoke to the Associated Press outside a food bank.
I never thought I would be in a position to where working for the federal government that I would need to go to a food bank to supplement my groceries because I do work a full-time job.
Sarah Stell with Gleaners Food Bank tells AP that at Indianapolis Airport, roughly 300 TSA employees working without pay for some time have been turning to Gleaners for support. U.S. stocks are trading higher this hour. The Dow Jones Industrial Average now up 288 points or more than half a percent. You're listening to NPR News. The half-million-dollar World Food Prize goes to a Dutch food scientist this year for his work promoting global food safety. The Iowa-based organization credits Hobe Lelyveld and his Global Harmonization Initiative with helping prevent millions of cases of foodborne illness, reducing food waste, and dismantling barriers to trade and humanitarian aid. He gets a half-million-dollar prize again.
Critics have raised concerns about the credibility of the World Food Prize because of financial backing from big-eye corporations accused of prioritizing profit and sidelining local farmers to the detriment of food safety and climate-friendly practices. There are more older drivers on the road in the U.S. than ever before. NPR's Joel Rose reports many families are facing hard choices about when it's time for aging loved ones to stop driving.
States have policies that are supposed to stop risky drivers from renewing their licenses. But in practice, it often falls to adult children to decide when it's time to take the car keys away from an aging parent. Jacqueline Hamilton struggled to convince her 94-year-old father to stop driving and finally took matters into her own hands.
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