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Chapter 1: What military actions did the U.S. take against Iran this weekend?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The U.S. military says it hit Iranian radar as well as command and control sites for drones this weekend. In a statement on social media Sunday night, the U.S. Central Command says the attacks were in response to aggressive Iranian actions, including the shoot-down of a U.S. drone over international waters.
Congress returns to Washington this week after a Memorial Day break, but the problems they left behind haven't gotten any easier, and PR's Eric McDaniel has more.
In order to pass a party-line bill to fund immigration enforcement operations for the rest of Trump's term, the rules say Senate Republicans have to allow Democrats the chance to put amendments up for a vote. That's become a problem. Democrats are planning an amendment to ban President Trump's new fund of taxpayer dollars for those claiming to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions.
And GOP leaders think the amendment has more than enough Republican support to pass. It's an awkward situation for the party in power and one that could provoke the ire of the president. Some hoped the president would walk away from what he describes as an anti-weaponization fund while lawmakers were back home meeting with constituents. That didn't happen. Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
Ukraine launched strikes on Russian energy facilities overnight on Sunday. Russian reports say drones set fire to a fuel storage facility in the Rostov region. Speaking on Face the Nation Sunday, Ukrainian President Zelensky asked the West for more military aid because he said Ukraine's supplies are being depleted.
It was 90 missiles and more than 600 Iranian drones. So it was... very difficult to destroy it.
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Chapter 2: What challenges is Congress facing upon returning to Washington?
We use all our weapons, what we have, what we produce, and of course we use anti-ballistic missiles. This is the biggest deficit for us.
The head of the World Health Organization has called on communities in areas affected by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure that they carry out burials in a safe manner.
As Michael Koloke reports, this comes as the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a total of 263 Ebola cases have been identified in Congo and neighboring Uganda, with 43 confirmed cases, while 1,100 suspected infection cases are being investigated.
WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus warned that the bodies of Ebola victims are highly contagious and called for safe burial practices to be adhered to. His comments come in the wake of recent attacks on Ebola treatment facilities in eastern Congo by crowds seeking to reclaim bodies for traditional burials.
The WHO Safe Burial Protocol calls for a trained team to assist in burials while honoring religious and cultural practices. Procedures include ensuring the body is handled only by those wearing personal protective equipment and ensuring disinfection is undertaken.
Traditional burial rites often involve direct contact with a victim's body, which the WHO warns creates a high risk of exposure to the disease. For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaluki in Nairobi.
And you're listening to NPR News. Colombia's presidential election is heading to a runoff with many of the votes already counted. Abelardo de la Espriella is in the lead with 44 percent of the votes. He's known as the tiger and is a tough on crime supporter. President Trump, Ivan Cepeda, has almost 41 percent of the tally. The runoff in the South American nation will take place in June.
With a Tony Award set to be handed out on June 7th, the theater trade organization says ticket sales are up, but the number of audience members is slightly down. Jeff London reports.
From the perspective of box office grosses, it appears that Broadway has recovered from the pandemic. The 2025-26 season brought in $1.91 billion in ticket sales, the most ever. and 90.8% of available seats were filled, with over 14.5 million people. But that represented slightly fewer audience members than the previous season. In all, 35 productions opened over the year.
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