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What did President Trump say about his meeting with Iran at the UN?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Trump says he and U.S. and Iranian officials met for three hours yesterday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Trump called the meeting good. This came after he delivered a speech to the UN saying he had to decide whether to make a deal with Iran or annihilate the country. Trump's ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, says Trump was right to make the threat because Iran only listens to strength.
I'm absolutely fine with it. I think the American people are fine with it if ultimately we get to an agreement that makes the next generation safe from an Iranian regime with a nuclear weapon.
How are the U.S. stock markets reacting to President Trump's upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping?
He spoke to NPR's morning edition. Stocks opened lower this morning as President Trump prepares to welcome Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Washington. NPR Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones industrial average slid about one hundred thirty points in early trading.
She flies into the Washington area this evening and President Trump plans to be at the airport to welcome him. Leaders of the world's two biggest economies will discuss trade, technology, and geopolitics during their summit this week. Canada's prime minister says his country's trade talks with India are making good progress. Canada's working to beef up alternative trading markets in response to commercial tensions with the United States. And DoorDash has agreed to pay one hundred thirty one million dollars to settle claims that it underpaid delivery drivers in New York City. It's the largest worker settlement in the city's history. DoorDash has also agreed to new monitoring after admitting quote, we screwed up.
Why did DoorDash agree to a $131 million settlement with New York delivery drivers?
Scott Horsley in Pair News, Washington.
A federal judge holds a hearing today on three media organizations lawsuit against the federal government. CNN, MS Now and Politico want to overturn President Trump's ban on their reporting from the White House. They say it is a blatant violation of the First Amendment. The former head of the US Forest Service under the first Trump administration is speaking out against a controversial reorganization of the agency happening under the current administration. NPR's Kirk Sigler reports, former staffers argue the plan will dismantle the country's
primary wildfire agency. The Forest Service, along with its parent agency, the U.S. Agriculture Department, are undergoing a massive reorganization. Including the closure of seven regional offices, research stations, and the relocation of its headquarters from Washington DC to Utah, Vicky Christensen was a Trump appointee who ran the agency from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty one.
The reduction in the federal workforce without any real specific strategy.
What are the media organizations suing the federal government over, and why?
Is concerning
in a press call organized by environmental groups.
USDA has defended it in statements to NPR saying it will make the agency more efficient. Kirk Sigler, NPR News. You're listening to NPR
News from Washington. Reports from northern Ethiopia say Tigrayan fighters have seized the main airport in the region. The main airline there says flights have been canceled but did not say why. Tigray's regional government says its forces have started a defensive war against Ethiopian federal troops. This comes after seven Ethiopian rebel groups joined in an alliance to challenge the federal government. The African Union estimates previous fighting between Tigrayan rebels and federal Ethiopian troops left some six hundred thousand people dead. In the US, social media influencer Brayden Peters has been accused of rape.
How will the proposed reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service affect wildfire management?
A seventeen year old girl accused the man who uses the online name clavicular. And Bears Chloe Veltman reports, Peters has denied the allegations.
Twenty-year-old Braden Peters is known for looks maxing, a digital subculture focused on maximizing male physical appearance. According to court records filed in Massachusetts, the teenager began communicating with Peters on Instagram, where he paid her to appear on his livestreams to help increase her profile on social media. Peters then arranged for the minor to come to his home, where, on May 23rd, she alleges he got her drunk on vodka and had sex with her without her consent.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did President Trump say about his meeting with Iran at the UN?
0:00–0:40
2
How are the U.S. stock markets reacting to President Trump's upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping?
0:40–1:33
3
Why did DoorDash agree to a $131 million settlement with New York delivery drivers?
1:33–2:40
4
What are the media organizations suing the federal government over, and why?
2:40–3:40
5
How will the proposed reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service affect wildfire management?
3:40–4:40
6
What is happening in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and why is it drawing international attention?
4:40–4:53