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What is President Trump's stance on the renewed US‑Iran military strikes?
Live from MPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump says he does not think the renewed military strikes between the US and Iran will last long. And speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said the upcoming midterm elections do not factor into his Iran strategy.
It's very simple. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Uh as soon as it's over, which I don't think will be very much longer. I f I don't know how much more they can take, but you know, whatever it is, it doesn't matter. And I'm not affected by the election. Number one, I'm not running. But my party's running and I'm gonna help my party. But I think my party respects the fact that we're not allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
Fighting has escalated since U.S. strikes over the weekend hit Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has been responding with attacks on U.S.
How did U.S. and European agencies dismantle the 23‑year‑old Salady botnet?
allies in the Gulf region, and Iranian state media say a US strike hit a wedding party, killing at least four people and wounding dozens. The return to military strikes follows a month long lull and the war has led to a spike in oil prices. The Justice Department has taken action to dismantle a long running malicious digital operation. It's hope the disruption will prevent bad actors from using thousands of infected devices to launch attacks, as MPR Stinner McLaughlin reports.
US and European law enforcement officers partnered with private sector organizations, including CrowdStrike and the Shadow Server Foundation, to take down a twenty three year old botnet on the internet called Salady. A botnet is a zombie army of infected devices that are controlled by a bad actor who uses them to disguise and launch cyber attacks. The public-private team conducted what's called a sinkhole operation, giving the infected devices new commands to cut them off from their criminal overlords. Instead of the infected devices linking directly back to cyber criminal servers, they communicated directly with each other, a feature that made it more difficult for officials to untangle. Cyber criminals commonly weaponize insecure devices like routers without their owner's knowledge or
Jenna McLaughlin, NPR News.
What did the Florida grand jury report reveal about the misuse of Medicaid settlement funds?
Now to Florida, where a leak grand jury report details how Governor Ron DeSantis' administration misappropriated millions from a Medicaid settlement. Douglas Sol from Member Station W USF has more.
The report says the money first went to a charity, then ultimately went to oppose an unsuccessful state ballot proposal to allow recreational marijuana. The grand jury didn't issue indictments, saying no one would take responsibility. It did recommend more guardrails. U.S. Representative Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, agrees.
My commitments are very clear. We are going to work with the legislature. We're going to make the necessary law changes so that this does not occur again.
Democratic nominee David Jolly also wants reforms, though he wants another investigation too. The report details the involvement of two officials DeSantis later appointed to higher office. Both are on November's ballot and deny wrongdoing. For NPR News, I'm Douglas Sowell in Tallahassee.
And you're listening to NPR News. A federal judge says the Supreme Court has spoken.
Why did a federal judge block the Trump administration's latest birthright citizenship order?
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland is blocking the Trump administration's latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship, pointing to the Supreme Court's rejection in June of Trump's initial effort. Boardman granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday, halting the latest executive order until a class action lawsuit is resolved. As kids go back to school in France this week, classrooms are shrinking. MPR's Eleanor Beards reports are about 160,000 fewer students compared to last year, a sign of Europe's demographic decline due to falling birth rates.
How is France’s declining birthrate affecting school enrollment and future closures?
The French Education Ministry says by twenty thirty five, schools will have one point seven million fewer students, a fourteen percent decrease. The decline is expected to first affect preschools and elementary schools before extending to middle and high schools.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What is President Trump's stance on the renewed US‑Iran military strikes?
0:00–0:49
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How did U.S. and European agencies dismantle the 23‑year‑old Salady botnet?
0:49–2:02
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What did the Florida grand jury report reveal about the misuse of Medicaid settlement funds?
2:02–3:03
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Why did a federal judge block the Trump administration's latest birthright citizenship order?
3:03–3:37
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How is France’s declining birthrate affecting school enrollment and future closures?
3:37–4:45
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What quick headlines does NPR’s Up First highlight for listeners?
4:45–5:02