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Chapter 1: What recent military actions has the U.S. taken against Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The U.S. is launching more of what it calls self-defense strikes against targets in Iran. According to a statement from U.S. Central Command, the strikes came at the commander in chief's direction and are, quote, in response to Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression.
Earlier today, Trump said Iran has, quote, taken too long to negotiate a deal. He says the U.S. was retaliating for Iran downing an Apache helicopter earlier this week.
We're going to be attacking them, attacking them very hard.
You're resuming bombing?
Yeah, well, based on the helicopter, I guess we have the right to do that. You know, they shot down a very... Very incredible, actually an incredible machine.
Tehran fired back at U.S. allied countries in the region today. The escalating attacks are threatening to derail efforts to end the war. Federal employees are being notified that they could soon be reclassified as at-will employees, making it easier to fire them.
From member station WAMU, Jenny Abamu reports this comes after President Trump signed an order stripping protections from thousands of federal workers.
This month, federal workers started getting emails about a new job classification called Schedule Policy Slash Career, according to multiple employees at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, all of whom requested anonymity because they feared retribution.
One message reviewed by WAMU that went out to employees at the Department of Health and Human Services said notices about classification changes would be sent throughout the week. The classification change means the employee is at will and stripped of longstanding civil service protections. This follows a June 3rd executive order from President Trump.
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Chapter 2: How is the Trump administration changing federal employee classifications?
last year increased compared to the previous year. As NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin reports, the number has increased every year for the last four years.
The Society of Family Planning launched the We Count Project to measure the number of abortions nationally just before the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
So we're now four years after Dobbs and seeing that people are still getting abortion care, although the ways that they're getting that care have shifted. That's Leah Koenig, who directs the We Count Project. We've seen this really enormous growth in telehealth abortions. which now makes up 29% of U.S. abortion.
Their latest study found that there were 1.13 million abortions in the U.S. in 2025, an increase from the previous year despite many state bans across the country. Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.
Game four of the NBA Finals is tonight. The New York Knicks lead the San Antonio Spurs two games to one in the best-of-seven series. All the victories so far have gone to the visiting team, only the second time that's happened in the NBA Finals. I'm Ryland Barton, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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