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Chapter 1: What updates did President Trump provide on the U.S.-Iran ceasefire?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump says the U.S. ceasefire with Iran is on, quote, massive life support. He's rejecting Tehran's counterproposal to the U.S. 's plan for ending hostilities. NPR's Aya Batrawi has the latest.
The details of the latest U.S. proposal for ending the war haven't been made public. But Trump has repeatedly said he wants Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment and open the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping. Iran's control of that vital waterway since the start of this war has given it leverage it didn't have in previous negotiations with the U.S.,
Iranian President Massoud Pazeskian said that Iran will never bow its head before the enemy. Iran says any deal with the U.S. should include steps by both sides, including the U.S. lifting sanctions and unfreezing Iranian assets. And while the ceasefire is still holding, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Iran each report intercepting drones over their territory. Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
More than 20 countries are receiving or treating passengers from a cruise ship with a head of virus outbreak. They include 18 in the U.S. One American is tested positive. Admiral Brian Christine, Assistant Secretary of Health, sought to reassure the public today.
Let me be crystal clear. The risk of hantavirus to the general public remains very, very low.
The U.S. Supreme Court is planning to discuss this week how it will handle a set of cases that could severely weaken enforcement of the Federal Voting Rights Act. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports the court's conference comes after a recent ruling that has limited the landmark law's protections against racial discrimination in redistricting.
For decades, legal protections for racial minority voters under what's known as Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act have been mainly enforced through lawsuits by voters and advocacy groups. But Republican officials in North Dakota, Mississippi and Alabama have made a novel argument that only the Justice Department can sue.
The Supreme Court is set to discuss this Thursday how it will handle three redistricting cases that question whether private individuals and groups can keep suing under Section 2. Last month, the court made it harder to use that part of the Voting Rights Act to claim that maps of certain voting districts discriminate against minority voters of color.
The three redistricting cases now on the court's conference schedule could end up further weakening the landmark law from the civil rights movement. Anzila Wong, NPR News.
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Chapter 2: How is the U.S. handling the recent virus outbreak from a cruise ship?
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