NPR News: 06-04-2026 12AM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Renron.
What recent nomination did President Trump announce?
President Trump Wednesday night said he intends to nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch to the role permanently on Thursday. Blanch is Trump's former personal lawyer and has been actively pursuing the president's agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role since the president fired Pam Bonte. Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a new ceasefire deal. It will include a series of pilot security zones where Hezbollah fighters would be banned. This according to a joint statement released after the fourth round of U.S.-mediated talks in Washington. Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Yaiko Leiter, says under the agreement, Hezbollah fighters will have to leave the area around southern Lebanon with Israel.
If Hezbollah is intent on disrupting the ceasefire, The result is going to be on them.
Israel and Lebanon plan more talks beginning June the 22nd in an attempt to reach a permanent ceasefire deal. A bipartisan majority in the Republican-led House is voted to end the war with Iran. NPR's Claudia Grisales reports this is the clearest rebuke yet of President Trump's handling of the conflict and the subsequent fallout.
New York Democrat Gregory Meeks helped force the vote to end the Iran war that's now 90 days in. He thanked the five Republicans who joined Democrats to get the war powers resolution over the finish line.
We're at the point where you have to put people, the American people, over politics.
One of those Republicans, Pennsylvania's Brian Fitzpatrick, argued once a conflict passed the 60-day mark, it violated the War Powers Act.
I follow the law. People have a hard time being consistent around here. They apply different rules to different presidents, different wars, different eras. The law is the law.
For now, the vote remains symbolic. Even if it were to pass in the Senate too, Trump would be able to veto it. Claudia DeSalvis, NPR News, the Capitol.
Water officials in California, Arizona, and Nevada Wednesday agreed to explore selling Colorado River water across state lines.
What are the details of the new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon?
From member station KPBS, Katie Astazis has more.
Millions of people rely on Colorado River water. Water officials signed a memorandum of understanding to kick off efforts to sell Colorado River water across state lines. The San Diego County Water Authority has added to its water supply by desalinating seawater. Dan Dunham is the water authority's general manager. He says that could allow the agency to leave some of its Colorado River water in Lake Mead for other states to buy.
Nevada can take it through their intake at Lake Mead, or it can travel south through the Central Arizona project into the communities of Phoenix, Tucson, etc.
The next step is for water officials to negotiate prices and other terms. For NPR News, I'm Katie Anastas in San Diego.
And you're listening to NPR News. Game one of the NBA Finals belongs to the visiting New York Knicks, who stunned the hometown San Antonio Spurs. The final score, New York 105, San Antonio 95. Game two, Friday night in Texas. The Tribeca Film Festival, it opened Wednesday in Manhattan. It started 25 years after the September 11th terrorist attacks. NPR's Mandelit Del Barco reports the event was created by actor Robert De Niro.
This year's festival opens with a documentary about the soul funk band Earth, Wind & Fire. It was directed and produced by Questlove. Over the next 12 days, the festival will feature films from around the world, as well as podcasts and video games. There's also a retrospective celebration of the 1976 film Taxi Driver. You talking to me? Actor Robert De Niro, who starred in that movie, created the Tribeca Film Festival along with his producing partner Jane Rosenthal after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.
Surreal. The whole thing was so strange.
People were saying they were afraid to come downtown. Rosenthal and De Niro say the festival was their way of revitalizing Lower Manhattan. 25 years later, cinephiles are still flocking there.
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