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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez D. Reamer is resigning after facing a probe from her department for possible misconduct. In January, the New York Post first reported that the IG was looking into complaints that she was having an affair with a member of her security detail, drinking on the job and using taxpayer funded travel to visit family and friends. NPR hasn't independently verified the contents of the investigation. Communications Director Steve Stephen Chung says she's done a phenomenal job and that Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling will become acting labor secretary. Dreamer is the third Trump Cabinet member to leave. President Trump insists peace talks will take place in Islamabad this week, though Iran hasn't said it will come this after the US Seized an Iranian flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz this weekend that the White House says violated the U.S. s blockade in the waterway. Meanwhile, as the U.S. and Iran cease fire ends in just days, Trump insists that the US has been successful and that he's not under pressure to make a deal with Iran. He also slammed media outlets for their reporting of the war. As NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports.
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In an afternoon social media post, Trump framed the war in Iran, now in its eighth week, as short compared to the U.S. s years long involvements in past conflicts, including World Wars I and 2, as well as the wars in Vietnam and Iraq. In a post shortly thereafter, he wrote, quote, I'm winning a war by a lot, and criticized multiple news outlets for reporting otherwise. President Trump tells Bloomberg that the ceasefire announced nearly two weeks ago expires Wednesday evening. A U.S. delegation plans to travel to Islamabad soon for further peace talks, according to an official familiar with the plans. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.
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The State Department says it's hosting a second round of talks between Israel and Lebanon Thursday in Washington. And Israel invaded Lebanon and has been attacking it, displacing more than 1 million civilians in the southern part of the country as it targets Iranian backed Hezbollah militants. FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and one of its reporters for a recent article alleging he has bouts of excessive drinking, emotional outbursts and frequent absences. And here's Jacqueline Diaz has more.
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FBI Director Kash Patel is accusing the Atlantic of publishing former false claims about him. In an article published on Friday, Patel is demanding $250 million in damages. He claims that the Atlantic's goal was to destroy his reputation and drive him out of the FBI. The reporter behind the story, Sarah Fitzpatrick, is also named in the lawsuit. The Atlantic responded in a statement today saying it stands by its reporting and that it plans to, quote, vigorously defend the media company and its journalists.