Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
President Trump now says he will only accept unconditional surrender from Iran, saying
“anything else would be unacceptable in order to end the U.S.-Israeli war in that country.”
A new NPR-PBS news-marist poll shows the majority of Americans are opposed to Trump's actions in Iran, and here's Domenico Montenaro, he's more. A majority are against the military action, you know, 56% said that they oppose, and that's of the, almost 1,600 people that merit surveyed this week, and like we've seen in other polls, Democrats and independence are largely aligned, almost 9-10 Democrats and 61% of independence
are against the war, but Republicans heavily in support 84% say that they're in favor. It appears Domenico Montenaro, meanwhile the UN humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, says the Middle East is in grave danger, with tens of millions of civilians caught in the crossfire in several countries as the war escalates. A routine court filing in an immigration case in Texas has revealed a nationwide government
policy to detain undocumented family members who try to get their children out of immigration detention. Mark Bettencourt has more.
“Migrant advocates say it's the first hard evidence of a formal department of homeland”
security policy to arrest and deport the relatives of detained migrant children. The DHS document says, quote, "Operation Guardian Trace led to the arrest of an undocumented Venezuelan man late last year, during an interview about getting his teenage children out of federal custody." Mishon Roe is an attorney at the National Center for Youth Law.
She says the government is legally required to release detained children to their relatives as soon as possible. By arresting the relatives when they try to collect the children, she says, "It's violating that law." This confirms what we have known for months that the government is explicitly and deliberately
using children as bait. DHS did not respond to questions about the policy. For NPR News, I'm Mark Bettencourt.
“Stokes what were by the closing bell ending a volatile week on a downbeat with a surprisingly”
bad jobs report, impairs Maria Aspen has more. The markets have spent the week in a state of whiplash. The US and Israel attacked Iran. Oil prices have surged and companies that rely heavily on oil like cruise lines and airlines have seen their shares tumble.
Investors were hoping for some reassurance and signs of hiring from the monthly jobs report. But instead, they got another warning about the state of the economy. The Labor Department said that employers cut 92,000 jobs last month with widespread losses across industries and the federal government. The weaker than expected jobs report comes as Americans are already anxious about the high
cost of living, and are facing a sharp jump in the cost of gasoline. Maria Aspen and PR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Beatty has filed a lawsuit to stop President Trump from closing the Kennedy Center.
And here's Elizabeth Lair reports this is her second legal action against changes at the
center. The Kennedy Center was established by an act of Congress to serve as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy. Major changes are subject to congressional approval. That did not happen when President Trump's name was added or when he announced it would
close for two years for renovations. Representative Joyce Beatty and ex officio board member sued Trump and others over the renaming. Her new lawsuit challenges the unlawful shuttering or demolishing of the Kennedy Center and asked the court to stop the center from denying her access to the next board meeting. In a statement, the White House says Trump has strengthened the Center's finances and removed
"deviceive woke programming." Since Trump took over the Kennedy Center numerous artists have canceled shows and ticket sales have plummeted. Elizabeth Blair and PR News at Washington. An asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different
route around the sun.
A new study says it's the first time a celestial body's solar orbit was deliberately
changed. Scientists say the impact by the dark space craft in 2022 not only trimmed the asteroids orbit around its bigger space rock companion, but also around the sun. Researchers say their findings could help divert any incoming killer space rock given enough advanced notice.
The study was published in Science Advances. I'm Janine Herbst and PR News in Washington.
