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Chapter 1: What recent developments have occurred in the Iran-Israel conflict?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Iran and Israel appear to be holding their fire after clashes over the weekend threatened to derail diplomatic attempts at securing an agreement that ends hostilities in the Middle East. It's been more than three months since the U.S. and Israel initiated their war with Iran.
NPR's Jana Raff is monitoring the on-again, off-again clashes from Beirut.
Iran has made clear from the start of negotiations with the U.S. that it won't agree to a ceasefire without a ceasefire in Lebanon. President Trump on Fox News Sunday said Israel hadn't informed the U.S. beforehand of the strike in Beirut, and he said he was not happy about that. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said Monday that the events of the last 24 hours made Iran distrust the U.S.
even more. NPR's Jane Arath. The Government Accountability Office finds the Trump administration jeopardized preparations for the 2030 census with last-minute changes to a field test for the national headcount. And Pierre-Sensi Leong has more on the report.
With little explanation, the Trump administration canceled plans for a 2026 census test in rural areas and on indigenous tribal lands. It also removed forms in Spanish and Chinese and got rid of tests for counting residents in college dorms and other group-style living quarters.
Lisa Van Arsdale, an acting director of the Government Account Billing Office, says these changes could hurt the 2030 census. The census might not know that they work, and then they'll run the 2030 decennial, possibly using features that might affect the quality of the information they collect.
That matters because the census underpins congressional districts, it helps determine where hundreds of billions of federal dollars go annually, and it supports private sector decision-making. Doorknockers are now trying to interview households for the 2026 census test in parts of Alabama and South Carolina. Anzila Wong, NPR News.
A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on employers seeking to hire H-1B visa applicants, ruling that authority rests with Congress. Apple has announced a long-awaited new version of Siri, its digital personal assistant with artificial intelligence built in.
NPR's John Rewich reports it's part of the deeper integration of AI into Apple systems, and it comes after repeated delays.
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Chapter 2: How did the Trump administration impact the 2030 census preparations?
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