NPR News: 06-25-2026 1AM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
What emergency measures has Venezuela's acting president declared after the earthquakes?
Venezuela's acting president, Delce Rodriguez, has declared a state of emergency after back-to-back earthquakes. Injuries and fatalities remain unclear, but the U.S. Geological Survey warning of the potential for heavy casualties. BBC's Will Grant.
The Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, has been on state television and said that there are collapsed buildings in Caracas.
What details have emerged about the casualties and damage from the earthquakes in Venezuela?
So we're trying to find out exactly how many and whether or not people are trapped inside. Of course, we've seen images of emergency services on the scenes there. A tsunami warning has now been lifted. It was triggered for parts of the Caribbean, Aruba and Bonaire, and obviously for Venezuela itself. The tremors were felt as far away as the Colombian capital, Bogota, and it does seem that many thousands of residents of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, remain outside their homes. Their buildings may have been cracked or they may simply be too scared to fearful of aftershocks to go back inside their apartments at this stage.
On Capitol Hill, the Republican-led Senate has taken a vote on a second war powers resolution a day after four Republicans joined Democrats to pass a similar measure. The Senate has now voted to reject a different resolution following a tense meeting earlier Wednesday with President Trump. Lebanese state media say Israel carried out a drone strike that killed two men in southern Lebanon Wednesday. The attack came Despite a U.S. and Iranian-brokered ceasefire, Jawad Rizqalab reports.
Israel struck the men's SUV near the strategic hill of Ali Tahrir, along the northern edge of Israel's self-declared security zone. The Israeli military said the men were terrorists who posed a, quote, imminent threat. The strike came near where Israeli forces killed two men Tuesday who were clearing roads for residents returning to their villages. Lebanese and Israeli officials are in Washington discussing proposed pilot zones where Israeli forces would withdraw and the Lebanese army would take control. Before the talks, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Lebanon would accept nothing less than a complete Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon. Jawad Rizqallah, NPR News, Beirut.
The Trump administration has been blocked from making arrests at immigration courthouses. NPR's Vanessa Romo reports a ruling from a San Francisco-based judge. It's the first to apply nationwide.
U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts called ISIS enforcement practices arbitrary and capricious, noting that the agency allowed the arrest of people appearing at some courthouses but not others. The judge also says the agency failed to undertake a thorough evaluation of its own orders before implementing policy. Immigration enforcement was prohibited near criminal and civil courthouses under President Biden, but a 2025 ICE memo cleared the way for arrests when immigration officials believed a potentially dangerous individual might be present at a courthouse. It also expanded enforcement to include immigration courts where people seeking asylum or those with pending cases must appear. Vanessa Romo, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. Fertilizer prices starting to come down for the first time in months now that the Strait of Hormuz has reopened. But NPR's Kirk Sigler reports American farmers do not expect to see much relief for months.
Farmers are watching the tentative peace deal with Iran closely. The conflict and the straining of global shipping of diesel and fertilizer has been just the latest economic shock for the heartland. Most of the fertilizer farmers like Dave Walton are using right now was bought by local co-ops before the Strait of Hormuz reopened. Walton grows soybeans in Iowa.
It'll take a while to move through the system. So, I mean, right now there's high-priced fertilizer in storage that has to get worked through before the cheaper stuff hits the markets.
Walton is also now trying to figure out whether he should start buying fertilizer he'll need for the fall now with the prices finally going down.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:03
2
What emergency measures has Venezuela's acting president declared after the earthquakes?
0:03–0:25
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What details have emerged about the casualties and damage from the earthquakes in Venezuela?
0:25–4:56
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How are U.S. Senate Republicans responding to war powers resolutions?
4:56–5:04