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What recent actions has President Trump taken regarding Israel and Lebanon?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump says he has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reduce his country's attacks on Lebanon. Trump confirmed the request in an interview with NBC News, as NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports.
President Trump told NBC that, quote, I spoke with Bibi and he's going to low-key it. I just think we have to be sort of a little more low-key, unquote. After a ceasefire was announced on Tuesday between the U.S. and Iran, Israel continued attacking Lebanon where the Iran-backed group Hezbollah is based. There has been disagreement among the countries involved in the ceasefire as to whether attacks on Lebanon are a part of that agreement. Trump posted on social media late Wednesday night that U.S. military personnel will remain in and around Iran until there's a, quote, real agreement.
What are the implications of the ceasefire agreement involving the U.S. and Iran?
Vice President J.D. Vance will lead a delegation to Pakistan for Saturday peace talks.
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House. aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants. He made the announcement Thursday, giving a potential boost to ceasefire talks Lebanese authorities have not yet responded. Health officials say Wednesday's Israeli attacks against Hezbollah in central Beirut and other areas in Lebanon killed more than 300 people and wounded more than 1,150. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the keynote speech at a conference for those who say climate change is not a problem. He championed the Trump administration's efforts to roll back climate policies, as NPR's Lauren Summer reports.
Zeldin spoke at a conference of the Heartland Institute, a free market group that denies that humans are contributing to climate change. Scientific research shows that burning fossil fuels has increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the highest level in human history. That traps heat, raising temperatures and making weather events like hurricanes more extreme. Zeldin celebrated the EPA's decision to stop regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. He says that policy was government overreach and focused too much on the worst-case scenarios. Lauren Sommer, NPR News.
According to the American Gaming Association, Americans wagered more than $166 billion on sports in 2025. Young adults and teens are joining in legally or otherwise, leaving parents to think about how to talk to children about gambling. NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reports.
Experts say the most common mistake parents make is waiting to talk about gambling until they're worried about their kid.
You're coming in and talking with your teenager about problem gambling, but you're coming in, you know, fire and brimstone. This is the worst thing in the world. That's Matt Massar. He's an addiction counselor in Pittsburgh. Teenagers are going to shut down. They're not going to want to have that conversation.
Most of Massar's clients are boys and young men. He says parents need to take a beat and avoid a confrontation. Whether or not you're worried, approach it with curiosity, not judgment. Sequoia Carrillo, NPR News.
This is NPR. First Lady Melania Trump delivered a statement at the White House Thursday denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and any knowledge of his crimes.
How is climate change being addressed by the Trump administration?
She called allegations that she was involved in Epstein's crimes baseless lies. Her statement seemed to come out of the blue. A spokesman for the First Lady said the West Wing knew beforehand that she'd be giving a statement, but it's not clear if her specific remarks were known. A new analysis finds the emperor penguin species is at risk of extinction. NPR's Nate Rott reports that melting sea ice and changing food availability are causing the decline.
The world is getting warmer, thanks to human activities, and temperatures at the poles are rising significantly faster than the global average. Hotter temperatures means less sea ice. And for emperor penguins, which rely on sea ice for breeding and as places to rest, it means fewer penguins are surviving. Twice in recent years, the ice has broken up early, causing thousands of chicks to drown in the frigid water.
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