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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump says the United States is successfully destroying Iran's military capabilities. The President provided an update on the conflict, during an event at the White House today, and P.R.'s Danielle Kurt Sleben reports. Trump said he had a message for Iranian military and police. "You're going to have a chance after all these years to take back your country except

immunity will give you immunity and will be giving you really the right side of history because that's what it is so you'll be perfectly safe with total immunity or your face absolutely guaranteed death and I don't want to see that." Earlier in the day, Trump told several news outlets he wants to have a hand in deciding who the next Iranian leader would be. At the White House event,

Trump also hinted at future U.S. actions in Cuba but gave no details. Danielle Kurt Sleben

and P.R. News the White House. Homeland Security Secretary Christine Nome has been fired after weeks of increasing bipartisan scrutiny. President Trump announced today that he'll be replaced by Senator Mark Wayne Mullin, and P.R. Sam Greenglass reports the Oklahoma Republican is a vocal defender of Trump and Congress. Mark Wayne Mullin is a relatively fresh face in the Senate. He got there in 2023 after a decade in the House. As a member of the Cherokee Nation, he's the first

tribal citizen in the Senate in years. Mullin does not have a background in Homeland Security. His career before politics was in construction and ranching and professional mixed martial arts fighting.

He now serves on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, which is in the middle of the

standoff over funding for the Department. Mullin has been asked to lead. DHS is shut down as

Democrats push for changes on how immigration officers operate. Sam Greenglass and PR News Washington.

Travel industry leaders are urging Congress to end the stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, and PR's still rose reports the group's worn the partial government shutdown could slow air traffic during the busy spring break season. The head of the U.S. travel association, Jeff Freeman, says airport security workers deserve to get paid as they show up to work through the partial government shutdown. They're doing their job and they're not

getting paid. It's not just unfair. It's reckless. DHS has been shut down for nearly three weeks after lawmakers failed to agree on changes to how immigration officers operate. That means about 50,000 employees at the TSA, the transportation security administration are working without pay. Travel and aviation industry groups worry that those officers will call out sick and start

working second jobs, just as travel volume picks up in March and April. Joel Rose and PR News

Washington at the close on Wall Street, the Dow was down 784 points. This is NPR News. Millions of people across Western Cuba remain in the dark after a blackout hit the island this week. State media report one of its largest thermo electric power plants were a shutdown spark the outages down. Officials say it may stay that way for at least three more days. The winter Olympics may be over but their legacy lives on. On the billboard singles chart, NPR Steven Thompson explains.

This week's pop charts demonstrate that there's more than one way to make a song a hit. When figure skater Alyssa Lou won gold twice last month, her fame skyrocketed. Near the end of the winter Olympics, Lou performed in a non-competitive gala skating to the song state side by pink pantheris featuring Zara Lars. Lose performance went viral and now state side takes a huge leap up the billboard hot 100 climbing from number 41 to number 13. The song's chart

success can be directly linked to the timing of the Olympic figure skating gala which makes Alyssa Lou not only a two-time gold medalist but also a taste maker. Steven Thompson and PR News. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office in California says pop singer Brittany Spears was arrested after a traffic stop late last night. The Grammy winning artist emerged from a year's long conservatorship in 2021 and has since spoken publicly about legal battles with family

and struggles with mental health. Officials have not said what charges Spears may face. This is NPR. Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmid

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