NPR News: 08-17-2026 6PM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The deadline to establish peace talks between the US and Iran expired today with no negotiations planned and the status of the Strait of Hormuz still in dispute. NPR's Jane Araf has more.
The US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in June that called for reaching a final agreement in sixty days. There have been mediation attempts by other countries, but no US Iranian negotiations since then. Iran says the US isn't serious about negotiating. President Trump has threatened new sanctions against Iran over their restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz. While the June agreement called for the US to begin removing its naval blockade and Iran to allow transit through the Key Waterway within thirty days, neither of those have happened either. A ceasefire was broken in July with attacks by both the US and Iran. Jane Araf, NPR News, Aman.
The Trump administration is pressing state and local law enforcement to partner more directly with ICE. The new program empowers local police to enforce federal immigration laws. And here's Jacqueline Diaz reports.
Under the Trump administration, the two hundred eighty seven G program has exploded. ICE has signed more than twenty three hundred contracts with local agencies across the country, giving officers in those agencies various powers for immigration enforcement. Like interrogating or arresting immigrants suspected of being in the US illegally. Not every department in the program sees immigration enforcement as a major priority. In Florida, Walton County Sheriff Michael Atkinson says his office does some two hundred eighty seven G work. But their approach is narrow. His office joined two hundred eighty seven G last year.
We're not doing immigration sweeps because quite frankly, we have day jobs here. We have other things that are critically important to the local people here that they expect to be done.
But other agencies are participating in operations and making a lot of arrests. Jacqueline Diaz, NPR News.
The head of customs and border protection says the agency has temporarily paused construction for its border security plans in Texas's Big Bend National Park. Commissioner Rodney Scott says he's now visiting the region where he's expected to meet with county judges and sheriffs in the Big Bend area. Carlos Morales says more.
In a social media post, Commissioner Scott said he'll begin meeting with local leaders to evaluate the region's rugged and difficult terrain, balancing border security needs and protecting the national park.
Uh last night I put a pause on all activity in that park as far as construction goes, until I can get down there and do a personal evaluation, talk to some stakeholders, talk to local law enforcement in that area.
The Trump administration's one point seven billion dollar construction plan for Big Ben National Park includes a combination of vehicle barriers, patrol roads, and new surveillance technology. Opponents say the work that happened before the pause has already caused irreparable damage. For NPR News, I'm Carlos Morales in Marfa, Texas.
And this is NPR News from Washington. Luigi Mangioni's state murder trial in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been postponed indefinitely. His lawyers are seeking to have the case dismissed on double jeopardy grounds after Magioni pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges last week. Federal prosecutors are seeking life in prison, though guidelines suggest twenty four to thirty years. Mangioni's lawyers argue he's being punished twice for the same conduct. The share of US kindergartners who got exemptions from school vaccination requirements rose to another record high last year, and according to the C D C kindergarten vaccination rates fell again. NPR's Rob Stein has the story.
The CDC says that the percentage of children in kindergarten with vaccination exemptions increased from 3.6% to a record 4.2% for the 2025-2026 school year. The changing rate comes as the Trump administration has been trying to cut the number of vaccines children routinely get, and childhood diseases like measles and whooping cough have been
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