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Iran except unconditional surrender. NPR's Frank Ordonia's reports Trump plans to play
“a role in accepting the next leader in Iran. President Trump has predicted fighting”
will continue for the next four to five weeks. He's repeatedly said that Iran has wanted to reach a deal. But this morning, he wrote on social media that he'll accept no deal, except, quote, "unconditional surrender." He continued that after an acceptable leader is chosen, U.S. will work with partners to bring Iran back and rebuild its economy. He closed by writing, Iran will have a great future. Make Iran great again. Adding
in parentheses, M-I-G-A, M-E-G-A. Clearly a play on maga. This pre-M-L-E-R-I-E-H-M-A
was killed in the initial era strikes in Iran on Saturday. His replacement has yet to be chosen. Franco, Ordonia's, NPR News. The U.S. economy lost jobs in February. The Labor
“Department says employers should 92,000 jobs during the month. NPR's Scott Horsley says”
the numbers are much weaker than expected. Job losses were widespread with factories, construction companies, and the federal government, all shedding workers, even healthcare, which has been a source of strength in the job market, lost jobs in February, partly as a result of
a nurse's strike. Job gains for December in January were also revised downward with December
now showing and net loss of jobs. The unemployment rate inched up last month, to 4.4%. Policy makers had hope the job market was stabilizing after a neemachyring in 2025, but February's job loss had just continued weakness, average wages for those who are working continued to climb with hourly wages up 3.8% in February from a year ago. Scott Horsley
“in Pair News, Washington. We see the Dow is down 557 points or more than 1%. The Department”
of Homeland Security is preparing for new leadership in a matter of weeks, following months of public upheaval over immigration enforcement tactics. The DHS carried out. President Trump fired Secretary Christy Nome after lawmakers questioned her spending on ads that promoted her. He named Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullin as a replacement. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, where Minneapolis became a flash point of the nationwide
clash is over immigration enforcement told NPR how she plans to vote at Mullins confirmation hearing. I do not plan vote for him because of the present policies and things that Mark Wayne Mullins has said about police, ICE agents in my state. On the other hand, at this point, anything is an improvement. He's someone that has worked with other members of the Senate, someone who has run a business. That Senator Klobuchar speaking with NPR. The
Dow is down more than 1% or 553 points from Washington. This is NPR News. Chicago continues its celebration of the late Reverend Jesse Jackson's life today. The civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate was 84 when he died. Former President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, or scheduled to speak at the service at the House of Hope, a mega church on Chicago Southside. Former Vice President Kamala Harris will also speak. The
service will also feature performances by Chicago native Jennifer Hudson. A new study suggests certain drugs for diabetes in weight loss can lower the risk of addiction and PRS John Hamilton reports on the research in the medical journal BMJ. The study looked at data on more than 600,000 people with type 2 diabetes, all were in the VA health system. Dr. Zia Dalali of Washington University in St. Louis says those treated
with GLP-1 drugs like Ozenpick were less likely to be diagnosed with substance use disorder. They had less risk across several addictive substances including opioids, cocaine, nicotine, alcohol, cannabis and other substances. For most of these substances, the risk was about 15 to 20% lower. The study also found that people with a history of addiction were less likely to overdose or require emergency treatment. Alalese says the results are promising but need
to be confirmed in controlled trials. John Hamilton and PR News.
