NPR News: 04-03-2026 4AM EDT
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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. French President Emmanuel Macron has offered a thinly-veiled critique of President Trump, saying the Iran war requires a, quote, serious approach and not one that changes every day. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports on the first time Macron has called out Trump so directly.
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What critique did French President Emmanuel Macron make about President Trump?
We are talking about war and peace and the lives of men and women, the French president told journalists upon arrival in South Korea for a state visit. Referring to Trump's talk of leaving NATO, Macron said casting doubt on the defense alliance weakens and empties it of its substance. As for Trump's comments that Macron is treated badly by his wife, the French president said they didn't merit comment. He called the remarks unelegant and unworthy of a president. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
President Trump says Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will lead the Justice Department for the time being. Trump named Blanche acting attorney general after ousting Pam Bondi Thursday. Bondi's ouster follows months of scrutiny over the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files and her handling of cases against President Trump's perceived political enemies. The State Department had a self-imposed deadline this week. Back in September, officials gave themselves six months to get their new global health strategy up and running. St. Pierre's Gabriella Emanuel reports things are off schedule.
The Trump administration has been trying to shift foreign aid from largely going through nonprofits and international organizations to going through individual governments. While more than two dozen agreements have been signed with recipient governments, others are not yet hammered out, and most implementation plans are not ready to go. Meanwhile, interim funding for aid groups on the ground is sometimes arriving months late. Caspian Chariah oversees HIV work in a dozen African countries for the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
So we have to work on giving notices to staff so that we can prepare for possible termination of their contracts.
In a statement to NPR, the State Department said it's taking decisive steps to ensure continuity of life-saving services. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.
NASA's Artemis II mission with its crew of four astronauts is now bound for the moon. The Orion spacecraft called Integrity left Earth orbit Thursday after the astronauts fired up its engine for 5 minutes 50 seconds.
Integrity looks like a good burn. We're confirming.
The astronauts now on track for a lunar flyby early next week. By the time they return to Earth, the astronauts will have broken the human spaceflight distance record set in 1970 by Apollo 13, Artemis II, a key test flight in NASA's lunar ambitions. And you're listening to NPR News. Myanmar's recently elected parliament has chosen the leader of the 2021 coup against the elected government as its new president. Michael Sullivan reports from neighboring Thailand.
When Senior General Min Aung Hlaing seized power, he promised a new election and a fresh start within a year. It's taken five years for that election, and while the general resigned as its head, the military remains firmly in charge. The parliament filled with its proxies, and 25% of the seats reserved for the military itself. Myanmar, meanwhile, remains mired in a brutal civil war between the military and those who wish to see it out of politics for good. That war has left tens of thousands dead, with millions displaced and even more hungry, with no end in sight. Min Aung Hlaing has chosen another hardliner to replace him as the military's leader. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai.
The president of Wisconsin's largest mosque has been detained by federal immigration agents. The Islamic Society of Milwaukee says Salah Sarsour was taken into custody on Monday by nearly a dozen ICE agents. Sarsour is a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident. He has lived in the U.S. for more than three decades. Authorities in the Netherlands say a priceless ancient Romanian helmet has been recovered under police guard.
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