NPR News: 04-09-2026 10PM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's authorized negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the countries. The nations have technically been at war since Israel was established in 1948. Meanwhile, President Trump posted on social media that Iran is doing a very poor job of allowing oil through the Strait of Hormuz, and it is, quote, not the agreement we have.
What negotiations is Israel pursuing with Lebanon regarding Hezbollah?
As NPR's Daniel Estrin reports, after more than a month of war, Iran is feeling emboldened. The regime is still there.
It is proven that it can withstand the most powerful army in the world and the most powerful army in the region, Israel. And it discovered the Strait of Hormuz and what havoc it can wreak, not only on the Gulf, but on the entire globe.
NPR's Daniel Estrin reporting, a California court has unsealed the secret warrants that a sheriff used to seize hundreds of thousands of ballots. The warrants raise questions as to whether the sheriff's investigation is valid. From member station KVCR, Madison Aument reports.
At issue is whether a crime was committed to justify a judge signing off on the warrants. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, obtained them to investigate an alleged vote count discrepancy in a statewide election last year. In that election, Californians voted to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats. Bianco recently seized some 650,000 of those ballots. Loyola Marymount law professor Justin Levitt says probable cause must be established to get a warrant, and that didn't happen.
Most disturbingly, there doesn't seem to be any indication of criminal wrongdoing.
The California Supreme Court has halted Bianco's investigation while it reviews the case. For NPR News, I'm Madison Ahmet in San Bernardino.
A private investigator accused of orchestrating a hacking campaign against U.S. climate activists has been extradited to the U.S., NPR's Michael Copley reports the hacking was allegedly commissioned by a former ExxonMobil lobbyist.
Israeli private investigator Amit Forlet has been extradited from the U.K. on charges including conspiracy to commit computer hacking. Forlet's U.K. legal team has said the hacking is alleged to have been carried out at the behest of former ExxonMobil lobbyist DCI Group. Federal prosecutors say the goal was to discredit climate activists and fight lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry. Prosecutors told a federal judge the case involves multiple alleged co-conspirators, and that they expect to produce a lot of information from search warrants on email and other electronic accounts. ExxonMobil and DCI deny having any involvement in hacking. Forlet has denied ordering or paying for hacking. Michael Copley, NPR News.
Eligible men between the ages of 18 and 25 will automatically be registered into the U.S. military draft pool starting in December. That's a change from the current requirement to self-register. The military has not held a draft since 1973 during the Vietnam War. This is NPR News. Calls are increasing for Congress to investigate the prediction market platform PolyMarket, AP reported at least 50 new Polymarket accounts placed substantial bets on a U.S.-Iran ceasefire hours before President Trump made the announcement. It isn't the first time such well-timed bets have occurred. Donald Trump Jr. has a sizable stake in Polymarket. Russia's highest court has designated the country's most storied human rights group as an extremist organization.
It's the latest crackdown on Russian civil society that accelerated amid the war in Ukraine. NPR's Charles Maines has more.
Formed in the later years of the USSR, Memorial has often been at odds with the Kremlin, not only documenting the darker chapters of the Soviet past, but also abuses in Vladimir Putin's Russia. For that work, Memorial was among human rights groups awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023. Now, Russia's highest court has effectively criminalized any and all of Memorial's activities.
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