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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Ram. President Trump spent more than an hour today talking with reporters about the rescue mission over the weekend that recovered a U.S. airman whose plane was downed in Iran. Trump also threatened Iran, saying the U.S. will start bombing aggressively tomorrow night. NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports.
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It was the president's first press conference since the US And Israel launched a war with Iran more than a month ago. Trump repeated threats to Iran that he's been making for days. A on social media over the weekend, Trump said Iran has until 8pm on Tuesday to make a deal.
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The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night.
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Trump was flanked by CIA Director John Radcliffe, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Kaine. The president claimed Iran, quote, got lucky when they took out the US Fighter jet a few days ago. It was one of two combat planes shot down that day. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, Washington.
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The Artemis II crew has now traveled farther from Earth than any other human spaceflight mission. As Central Florida Public Media's Brendan Byrne reports. The Orion spacecraft broke the record set by the Apollo 13 mission.
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The crew of four surpassed the record of 248,655 miles set in 1970 by the Apollo 13 astronauts and are continuing to rack up miles. Artemis II mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, we
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will continue our journey even further into space before Mother Earth succeeds in pulling us back to everything that we hold dear.
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That journey continues as the Orion capsule loops around the far side of the moon from more than 4,000 miles above the lunar surface, the crew is taking detailed observations and photos of geological features on the moon from a vantage point never before seen by human eyes. The loop will sling them Earthward with a plan to splashdown Friday off the coast of California. For welcome to NPR News. I'm Brendan Byrne in Orlando.
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Farm laborers are suing to stop a Trump administration rule change cutting pay for foreign guest workers that it drives down wages for all farm workers. Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports
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American farmers face a labor shortage exacerbated by President Trump's immigration crackdown. To ease labor costs, the administration has cut mandatory wages for guest workers holding H2A visas. Farmers appreciate the change, but Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers Union, says this cheaper foreign labor means lower pay for American workers.
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We are not lowering the pay only of H2A workers. We're lowering the pay of domestic workers. We're making these workers more vulnerable.
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By law, domestic workers are supposed to be protected from harm by the guest worker program. And a comment period is supposed to precede major changes. The farmers union is challenging the guest worker wage cut on both grounds. For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris.
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This is NPR News. In Washington. Vice President J.D. vance heads to Budapest tomorrow to support Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who's facing his toughest election since he seized power in 2010. Orban is a right wing populist and has a friendly relationship with President Trump. The Supreme Court today threw out an appeals court ruling that had upheld the contempt of Congress convention of of Trump's ally, Steve Bannon. This clears the way for the dismissal of all the charges. He's already served four months in prison. A recently published study from the University of Southern California finds that being vaccinated against shingles may help slow the process of aging. Ashley Mill Tite reports.
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This study is part of a growing body of research that shows receiving the shingles shot may do more than prevent the painful illness itself. Eileen Crimmins is a professor of gerontology at the University of Southern California. She's co author of the new study that looked at adults who had received the shingles vaccine.
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They looked younger in ways that are basic differences in biology compared to those
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who hadn't had the shot. Crimmins says those who had been vaccinated showed fewer signs of aging at the molecular level and showed improvements in a key immune response. They also had less inflammation. For NPR News, I'm Ashley Milntight.
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In college basketball, UCLA won the women's championship yesterday, beating South Carolina. The men's final is tonight. Michigan will take on UConn, a team which has won two of the past three titles. On Wall street, the Dow closed up 165. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News, in Washington.
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