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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. President Trump says he will hold off on a planned military attack on Iran that he previously scheduled for tomorrow. He says leaders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE asked him to hold off because they believe a deal will be reached between the U.S. and Iran. NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports.
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Trump posted on social media Sunday a warning to Iran that the clock was ticking and and they better move fast or there won't be anything left of them. Now, though, Trump says there won't be a scheduled attack on Iran tomorrow, but he has informed military leaders to prepare to move forward with an attack, in his words, on a moment's notice if a deal isn't reached. Trump continues to be emphatic that any deal reached will ensure Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. The war with Iran has lasted weeks longer than Trump had originally predicted, and it's damaging Trump's approval ratings even in his own party. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
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Cuba's president says US Military action in the country would result in a bloodbath. NPR's Eder Peralta says this comes after a media report that Cuba was buying military drones over the weekend.
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The news site Axios cited an unnamed senior US official saying Cuba had acquired more than 300 military drones and was exploring the possibility of using them against the U.S. cuba did not deny the existence of of drones. It says it doesn't pose a threat to the United States, but that it has the right to defend itself. Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel said U.S. threats already constitute an international crime. He added, quote, should the US Take military action, it will provoke a bloodbath of incalculable consequences. President Trump has threatened military action against Cuba for months, saying the leadership there has to make fundamental changes to avoid it. Ada Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
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The Supreme Court has avoided taking up another major legal fight over the federal Voting Rights Act. As NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports, the move comes after the court's conservative supermajority weakened the law's protections against racial discrimination in redistricting.
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For decades, what's known as the Voting Rights Act Section 2 has been mainly enforced as a result of lawsuits brought by voters and advocacy groups. They've challenged hundreds of maps of voting districts and other election related procedures with claims that they discriminate against voters of color. But in redistricting cases out of Mississippi and North Dakota, Republican officials have raised a novel argument. They argue that under Section 2, private groups and individuals do not have a right to sue. Only the US Attorney general does. The Supreme Court, however, has decided not to take up that legal question for now. Instead, it's ordering lower courts to reconsider Mississippi and North Dakota's legislative districts in light of last month's ruling that put new limits on Voting Rights act protections against racial discrimination. Ansi Le Wang, NPR News.
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Lawmakers in South Carolina are debating legislation that could redraw congressional districts in favor of Republicans and give them an additional U.S. house seat in the November elections. This is NPR News. In Washington. A new study finds that teens average almost an hour on their phones on school nights, and they use most of that time on social media apps. As NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports, nighttime screen use is known to disrupt sleep and affect cognitive functioning and mental health.
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The study included more than 650 teens who downloaded an app on their smartphone, allowing researchers to passively monitor their phone use. Study author Dr. Jason Nagata is a pediatrician at the University of California, San Francisco. He says on average, teens spend more than 50 minutes on their phones between 10pm and 6am on school nights, and nearly half were on their phone at some point between midnight and 4am These
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are important windows when most children should be asleep, and the recommendation is that kids get 10 hours or 8 to 10 hours at night.
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He says 65% of weeknight screen time was spent on social media apps like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. A smaller share was spent on entertainment apps and video games. The results appear in JAMA Pediatrics. Read the Chatterjee, NPR News.
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A Spanish court has acquitted pop star Shakira in a tax fraud case and ordered the government to pay more than $70 million in previously imposed fines plus interest. The court ruled last month, but the documents were released today. The ruling related to the tax year of 2011. Authorities failed to prove that Spain was Shakira's primary home. She spent less than the 183 days that determined Spanish residency. Spain has tried to crack down on high profile people, including soccer stars, for tax evasion in recent years. This is npr.
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