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Chapter 1: What recent developments are there in the U.S.-Iran ceasefire situation?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. President Trump suggests that the ceasefire with Iran is holding. As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, this follows another set of airstrikes by U.S. forces and retaliatory strikes by Iran.
The latest set of deadly strikes between the two countries threatened to upend peace talks and the already fragile ceasefire between the two nations. Trump said there was a reason behind the U.S. strikes, echoing a U.S. military assessment that they were a defensive move
And I'd say in that part of the world, ceasefire is when you're shooting in a more moderate manner.
But he insisted talks continue to go, quote, very well and that it's possible they could reach an agreement in a matter of days. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
President Trump has issued an executive order turning some 8,000 federal workers into at-will employees, citing the need for greater accountability. Critics say it's an unlawful attempt to politicize the civil service. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports.
Civil servants have long enjoyed job protections much stronger than what workers in the private sector have. Michael Martinez says that's by design. He's a former government attorney who's now part of the legal team at Democracy Forward, which is suing the Trump administration to block the reclassification.
It's a mission-driven work here in government. That's really for the American people so that when they hear labor statistics or weather patterns, they can actually trust their government.
The Trump administration says those job protections have hampered government efficiency. The administration argues that like a CEO in the private sector, the president must be able to remove those in policymaking roles who don't support his mission. Andrea Hsu and PR News.
Copper prices are near an all-time high, in part because of AI data center in the construction. This means copper wire theft is on the rise. NPR's John Rewich reports.
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Chapter 2: How is the Trump administration changing federal employment policies?
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