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Korva Coleman
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Trump says the US could be ending its Iran offensive in two to three weeks. The White House has announced the president will speak to the Nation tonight. NPR's Mara Liasson has more.
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Mara Liasson
White House press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the president will give the country an important update on Iran. The televised address comes a day after Trump reversed himself, dropping his demand that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He had threatened to, quote, completely obliterate Iran's civilian electric plants, oil wells, desalinization plans if Iran didn't open the straight shortly. But now he says the US Will be leaving Iran very soon. And if other countries want to get oil through the strait, they can, quote, fend for themselves. Trump says we're not going to have anything to do with it. With gas prices in the US breaking $4 a gallon, the president seems eager to find a way to end the war, even if many of his political objectives, including unconditional surrender, have not been met. Mara Liasson, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
Meanwhile, in an interview published today by the British newspaper the Telegraph, Trump says he is considering pulling the US out of NATO. He described the Western military alliance as a, quote, paper tiger. Investors are hoping for an end to the war in Iran. The major stock indexes all gained well over 2.5% at yesterday's close. NPR's Maria Aspen says investors have been spooked this past March.
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Maria Aspen
They've spent the month worried about how badly the war and its shock to oil prices will damage the wider economy. But even after the one day rally, US Stocks ended the month in the red. The dow broke a 10 month winning streak and the benchmark S&P 500 had its worst month since 2022.
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Korva Coleman
NPR's Maria Aspen reporting. The Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case about birthright citizenship. President Trump has signed an executive order attempting to end the constitutional right. He plans to attend oral arguments this morning. NPR's Adrian Florido has more on the lead plaintiff in the case, titled Trump v. Barbara.
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Adrian Florido
Barbara is not her real name. The aclu, which filed the case used a pseudonym out of fear of retaliation from the Trump administration. Barbara came to the US from Honduras in 2024 and requested asylum. She's living in New Hampshire while her asylum case moves forward. She had a baby year. If it hadn't been temporarily blocked by lower courts, President Trump's executive order would have denied the baby US Citizenship. The order says at least one parent must be a citizen or legal permanent resident for their baby to be a citizen. The 14th Amendment has long guaranteed citizenship to babies born in the U.S. researchers estimate that if the Supreme Court upholds The president's order, 250,000 babies born in the country each year will be denied citizenship. Adrian Fladillo, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
On Wall street, in premarket trading, Dow futures are up. This is npr. It's the first day of April, but there are winter storm warnings and advisories for some of the Northern Plains and Great Lakes states. There's an ice storm warning for central and northern Wisconsin this morning. NASA is preparing to launch the Artemis 2 moon mission later today. The four member crew includes the first black man and the first woman to fly on a lunar mission. The But NPR's Katie Ariddle reports that lately NASA has not been talking much about these firsts.
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Katie Ariddle
When the crew was first announced a few years ago, NASA officials were proud to highlight these achievements. But that was before President Trump returned to office and signed executive actions targeting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across federal agencies. Since then, NASA has removed language from their website celebrating the crew's diversity. AJ Link is from the group Black and Astro.
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AJ Link
I think it's really important to explicitly highlight the inclusion of not just black folks, but other marginalized folks that have been left out of the industry and to back away from that or to erase that, I think is wrong.
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Katie Ariddle
After this mission, NASA is planning for another possibly returning to the moon's surface. Katie Riddle, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
The field of teams is complete for this year's men's World cup soccer tournament. Iraq is the last team to qualify. Also going, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC has not appeared in more than 50 years, when the country was then called Zaire. But one historic team is not going. Italy has failed to qualify for the third time. The Italian men have won the World cup four times previously. You're listening to npr.
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Maria Aspen
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