NPR News: 04-25-2026 12AM EDT
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What recent diplomatic efforts are being made between the U.S. and Iran?
President Trump has sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran's foreign minister for ceasefire talks. But Iran's government says Abbas Arachi will have no direct negotiations with American representatives during his visit. The White House continues to say that meeting is on for Saturday. As a candidate in 2024, President Trump promised many things, from fixing the economy and bringing down prices to creating lasting peace in the Middle East. But so far, all of those things have eluded him. And as NPR's Deepa Shivram tells us, he's struggling to regain momentum as the midterm elections get closer.
His message is basically, you know, it could have been worse. This war could be going on longer. Gas prices could be higher. He wants to try and talk about, you know, other issues and his other economic messaging things like no tax on tips in Las Vegas or his plans to lower the cost of drugs. Meanwhile, people are in polling clearly showing that they're really, really worried about the economy. And he's standing in front of voters saying that the economy is booming. So his message right now is to sort of dance around the main topic without hitting it head on.
That's NPR's Deepa Shivram with our report. Georgia's governor says almost 1,000 homes are in danger from wildfires in the southern part of that state. Raul Bali of member station WABE reports that more than 120 homes and structures have been destroyed, and that's the most in state wildfire history.
Governor Brian Kemp spoke after flying over the wildfire zone.
Unfortunately, we believe that fire activity is going to remain extremely high throughout the weekend. And really we need a change in the weather.
All of this is happening as the southern part of the state deals with extreme to exceptional drought conditions. There's now a mandatory outdoor burn ban in place.
Any fire that breaks out that we have to go chase or the locals do takes resources away from us dealing with these devastating fires that potentially can burn another home.
The governor says one of the largest wildfires is believed to have started when a balloon hit a power line. For NPR News, I'm Raoul Bally in Atlanta.
Ukraine and Russia carried out another prisoner exchange Friday. In the words of President Volodymyr Zelensky, 193 Ukrainian defenders returned home. NPR's Hannah Palomarenko has our report from Kyiv.
The president of Ukraine and the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War released a video showing the first moments of the Ukrainian soldiers' return. Most of them were held in the Chechen Republic. Two of the released prisoners are celebrating their birthdays.
How is President Trump's economic messaging evolving as elections approach?
I wished to spend my birthday at home. I will remember this day for the rest of my life, says one of them. This exchange is a part of the Easter Exchange and the implementation of related agreements with the assistance of the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates. Hanna Palomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv.
And you're listening to NPR News. A federal appeals court has blocked President Trump's executive order that suspended asylum access at the southern border. The court ruled Friday that immigration laws allow people to apply for asylum at the border and it cannot be stopped by the president. Trump made the decision on his inauguration day last year. Arizona's attorney general filed a federal lawsuit Friday to stop the Department of Homeland Security from turning a warehouse in a Phoenix suburb into a detention facility. Cameron Sanchez of member station KJZZ reports.
Attorney General Chris Mays, a Democrat, says the location of the facility in the city of Surprise is inappropriate for housing human beings and says DHS didn't submit necessary environmental reviews. The warehouse is across the street from a hazardous chemical storage facility. Mays says the government is obligated by its own laws to conduct a safety analysis.
In their rush to expand detention capacity across the country and implement a deportation system that operates, quote, like Amazon Prime but with human beings, DHS and ICE have run roughshod over federal law.
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