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What updates did President Trump provide regarding the U.S.-Israel war against Iran?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. In President Trump's first public cabinet meeting since the start of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, today the Republican leaders said talks to end the conflict have been productive. NPR's Tamara Keith has new details.
Earlier this week, Trump teased that Iran had given him a present. Now he's saying what it was.
They said to show you the fact that we're real and solid and we're there. We're going to let you have eight boats of oil, eight boats, eight big boats of oil. This was two days ago.
Then Trump said he saw on the news that the tankers had been allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz unharmed.
And I said, well, I guess we're dealing with the right people.
Trump's Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff said U.S. negotiators presented a 15-point action list that could form a framework for a peace deal. Iranian state TV says Tehran does not want a temporary pause. Tamara Keith, NPR News, the White House.
Venezuela's ousted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were back in federal court today in Manhattan. It was their second court appearance since they were captured in a U.S. military raid in January and brought to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, have pleaded not guilty to the charges. At the hearing in federal court in lower Manhattan, both Maduro and his wife were dressed in beige jumpsuits and headphones, through which they listened to the proceedings via an interpreter. The hearing focused on a dispute over allowing the Venezuelan government to pay for the Maduro's legal defense.
Maduro's attorney says the U.S. isn't allowing Venezuela to pick up the tab. He says that interferes with Maduro's constitutional right to counsel and the case should be dismissed. Prosecutors say the Venezuelan government can't pay because it is under American sanctions. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein did not rule from the bench on the matter and noted that this case is unique.
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