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Americans in the Middle East to leave the region as the war with Iran continues.
“The agency told Americans, in more than a dozen countries to get out."”
However, the U.S. has also closed embassies and evacuated diplomatic personnel in the Middle East. It's not clear if there will be enough U.S. officials to assist Americans who want to leave. President Trump has said he expects military action to last four or five weeks, but he also
says it could go on much longer than that. NPR has learned his really officials believe they may achieve their war goals in two weeks. Here's NPR's Daniel Estren. The question of war goals is a key one.
We are hearing a lot of mixed messages about the goals.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Fox News yesterday saying regime change is the goal. The officials, however, are walking back the idea that this is a regime change war. They're saying only that that outcome would be nice." NPR's Daniel Estren reporting.
Outside of Washington, D.C., some rank-and-file Democrats and Republicans are taking different sides on the U.S. war with Iran. Erisberg, Pennsylvania, is in a competitive congressional district, and NPR's Franklin Fit, paid a visit there. Tom Think is a Democrat who served on a nearby Burrow Council, the U.S. attack shocked
him. "I was horrified, it just reminds me of Iraq and things that have happened before. And you wonder where is Congress?" Patrick Basim has a different take. He's running for the York County Republican Committee and says he's glad to see President
Trump trying to remove any potential nuclear threat.
“"I think it's a great day for the Iranian people.”
They should feel liberated. I feel liberated as an American, not having to deal with that fought in my head." Basim said he hopes Iranians can overthrow the regime and hold free elections. Franklin Fit and P.R. News, Harrisburg. "It's primary election day in three states, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas.
In North Carolina, a Democratic congressional incumbent is facing a strong challenger who was backed by Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders. Remember, station WUNC, Colin Campbell, has more." Two-term Congresswoman Valerie Fuchsie's primary could be a litmus test for how Democrats view their party's approach to battling the Trump administration.
Her opponent, Durham County Commissioner Nita Alam, says Fuchsie should take a stronger stance to oppose federal immigration actions, including an operation last fall in North Carolina. Alam supporters like Mark McClure say they're ready to replace Fuchsie with a younger more outspoken Democrat.
“The war between Israel and Hamas and Gaza has been an important issue in this race,”
now the candidate to condemning the latest strikes against Iran. For NPR News, I'm Colin Campbell and Durham, North Carolina. "You're listening to NPR." Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam will testify before a Senate committee today. It's her first hearing since federal immigration agents shot and killed too manyapolis
protesters in January. It also comes as part of her agency is shut down. Democrats won't back a DHS funding bill without changes in how immigration agents operate.
The U.S. housing supply gap grew to 4 million homes, according to an estimate from
Realtor.com. That shortfall is spread out across the country. No region is building enough homes to match the need. NPR Steven Bizarra reports this is one reason for the U.S. housing affordability crisis. About 1.4 million homes started construction in 2025, but even more households were formed,
not a lot more, but enough to continue a supply gap that's been growing for 13 years. This gap is one reason why housing prices have remained so high. The median home costs around $400,000, more than the typical American family can afford. Realtor.com also found younger Americans are not moving out on their own until later in life, likely because of those costs.
Despite all this pent-up demand, home builders are pessimistic about the construction market, blaming and part costs in an uncertain economy. Steven Bizarra and PR News A federal appeals court says President Trump cannot delay the process to provide refunds for his tariffs. Some of his tariffs have been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump wanted to slow down the refund process for 90 days, but the appeals court has rejected that. You're listening to NPR.
