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What is President Trump's stance on Iran and his UN address?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says he has a big decision to make on Iran. Does he make a deal with them or quote annihilate them? NPR's Michelle Caluman reports on Trump's address to the UN General Assembly today.
President Trump says he has some options on Iran. He says he thinks they'll make a deal after the US midterm elections, but he's also warning Iran that the US could quote drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope for future greatness for generations. The US launched the war without international backing, and many countries are looking to the US and Iran to de-escalate. And reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranian backed Houthis in Yemen are threatening another key trade route in the Red Sea. And the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says it's time to resolve this.
How is the UN urging de‑escalation in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea?
Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the United Nations.
The Supreme Court won't intervene in a custody dis custody dispute over a five week old child who was born in Texas after a surrogate refused a California couple's wishes to have an abortion The child was born with a life-threatening heart condition. Justice Elena Kagan denied the request from McKenna West, who was seeking conservative conservatorship over a baby boy she gave birth to in Dallas. Former Democratic Vice President K Kamala Harris joined Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El Sayed in an event on black maternal health. As Michigan Public Radio's Russ McNamara reports, Harris's endorsement aims to heal fractures within the party.
I'm here to support doctor El Sayed. Because on this subject, I know he will be a champion. Vice
President Harris had received the endorsement of El Saed in her twenty twenty-four presidential run, but El Saed remained critical of her policy towards Israel's attacks in Gaza. At a news conference earlier in the day, El Saed explained why she got his vote in twenty twenty-four.
What did the Supreme Court decide in the Texas surrogate custody dispute?
I understood that she would be the better option, and that's why I endorsed her. It's why I campaigned for her. Uh and it's also why um you know worked with the campaign to try to move on that issue.
In a statement, Al Sayed's opponent, Republican Mike Rogers, called the endorsement desperate. For NPR News, I'm Russ McNamara in Detroit.
The attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he still has a bullet lodged in his back and is being held in a detention center. Lawyer Kate Lincoln Goldfinch says twenty eight year old Wilbur Rafael Garces Perez is in pain and has been placed in isolation.
This morning he reported to me that they shackled him yesterday afternoon and took him to a hospital where he was given an IV drip. He was not provided surgery. He still has the bullet uh in his body.
Why did Kamala Harris receive an endorsement on black maternal health in Michigan?
He's got his arm and a sling. And he's back at the detention center now reporting to me that he's been placed in isolation with a regular bed as opposed to a medical bed and he's in a lot of pain. He's just on Tylenol and ibuprofen.
She says he was shot while making a DoorDash delivery in Austin. You are listening to NPR News from Washington. Hurricane Polo is gaining strength as it moves along Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5. The National Hurricane Center reports polo is an extremely dangerous storm with sustained winds of 175 miles an hour. Mexican authorities have suspended classes in several coastal areas as polo brushed along the coastline. Ella Langley has set a new all-time billboard chart record, as NPR's Stephen Thompson reports, she's taken taken the throne from Mariah Carey, though perhaps not for long.
What are the conditions of the Venezuelan man shot by a federal officer in Texas?
This week, Ella Langley's Choosin' Texas is the number one song in the country. He's
choosing Texas, I can tell.
The track has now spent 23 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 that's never been done before. Last winter, Mariah Carey reached 22 weeks at number one with All I Want for Christmas Is You. That song returned to the top of the charts during the most recent holiday season. And it's a hit every December, so Langley has her work cut out for her in the weeks to come.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is President Trump's stance on Iran and his UN address?
0:00–0:49
2
How is the UN urging de‑escalation in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea?
0:49–1:50
3
What did the Supreme Court decide in the Texas surrogate custody dispute?
1:50–2:37
4
Why did Kamala Harris receive an endorsement on black maternal health in Michigan?
2:37–3:29
5
What are the conditions of the Venezuelan man shot by a federal officer in Texas?
3:29–4:14
6
How is Category 5 Hurricane Polo impacting Mexico's southwestern coast?
4:14–4:53