NPR News: 04-29-2026 6AM EDT
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What warning did President Trump issue to Iran?
Early this morning, President Trump posted a fresh warning online to Iran. He says, quote, Iran can't get their act together. They don't know how to sign a non-nuclear deal. They better get smart soon, exclamation point. Trump then posted an AI photo of himself holding an assault-style rifle standing in front of bombed and burning buildings in a desert. This week, the White House said Trump and his national security team were reviewing a proposal from Iran. The Associated Press reports it postpones nuclear talks for a later stage. Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla are going to New York today. They'll visit the 9-11 memorial and meet with first responders and relatives of those who were killed.
The king delivered an address to Congress yesterday and discussed sensitive topics. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports Charles got a warm reception.
Anger toward King George III helped unite disparate colonies. 250 years later, King Charles III seemed to remind a polarized Congress, at least briefly, what its members share among themselves.
The very principle on which your Congress was founded, no taxation without representation, was at once a fundamental disagreement between us and at the same time a shared democratic value which you inherited from us.
Another common principle, the king said, is subjecting executive power to checks and balances, a point not lost on a Congress that has repeatedly ceded authority. Even after that line, many lawmakers jumped to their feet to applaud. A few remain seated. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
Former FBI Director James Comey says he is innocent of two federal indictments, accusing him of making a threat against President Trump. In a video statement, Comey says this is not how the Justice Department is supposed to be. NPR's Kerry Johnson reports that, for years, Trump has been pushing the agency to pursue Comey.
The two-count indictment in North Carolina marks the second time the Trump Justice Department has tried to pursue a criminal case against Jim Comey. A judge in Virginia threw out the first case because the prosecutor there was not legally appointed. Now DOJ is accusing Comey, a longtime critic of the president, of threatening the 47th president. referring to an incident last year when Comey posted a photo of the numbers 8647 in seashells. Comey later deleted the post and said he didn't know the slang term 86 could be considered a threat. Several legal experts say Comey's photo seems to fall in the bounds of political speech protected by the First Amendment. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
The Federal Reserve Board is expected to leave interest rates alone when policymakers finish their two-day meeting today in Washington. President Trump wants rate cuts, but the Federal Reserve policymakers have resisted, citing inflation. You're listening to NPR. The Federal Communications Commission is ordering entertainment company Disney to start an early renewal of its eight ABC local TV stations. The FCC wants them reviewed for public interest concerns. That follows President and Mrs. Trump's demand that ABC late-night host Jimmy Kim will be fired for a joke they didn't like.
What significant events are planned for King Charles and Queen Camilla in New York?
Critics say the FCC is moving to interfere in free speech. Drug maker Purdue Pharma has been sentenced to pay a quarter of a billion dollars in fines to the Justice Department. NPR's Brian Mann reports Purdue Pharma's owners and executives have avoided trial.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanch praised yesterday's fine for Purdue Pharma. He called it a prime example of the Justice Department's effort to redress past wrongs. The company admitted misleading the public about the safety of OxyContin and to paying doctors to over-prescribe opioid medications. Critics, including Ed Bish, who lost his son to an OxyContin overdose, are angry the DOJ didn't bring charges against company executives.
It's really no deterrent right now what they're doing.
Members of the Sackler family who own the company say they did nothing wrong and they've never been charged with any crime.
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