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U.S. and Israeli air strikes continue against Iran marking one week since the war broke out.
“Tehran has responded with missile and drone attacks raising fears of a wider Middle East conflict.”
NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports the UN's top humanitarian official says the war is costing
about a billion dollars a day."
President Trump says there will be no deal with Iran, but only in his words unconditional surrender, and he says in the aftermath partners in allies will bring Iran back from the brink. The UN's humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher is calling for de-escalation now, saying he's worried about the knock-on effects.
"Wall doesn't stay neatly within borders, or I'm desktop military plans. It tears through markets, supply chains, food prices." And he says when that happens, the world's most vulnerable people tend to suffer the consequences. Michelle Kellerman and PR News, the State Department. President Trump will travel to dover Air Force Base in Delaware today to attend the
“dignified transfer of six U.S. service members killed in the conflict with Iran.”
The ceremony marks the return of the flag-drape transfer cases of troops killed overseas, a solemn military tradition honoring those who died in service. Protein court filing in an immigration case in Texas has revealed what appears to be a nationwide government policy. Mark Fletcher reports the filing suggests undocumented family members who try to remove their
children from immigration detention could themselves be detained.
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." Michon Row 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." It 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 Bittencourt. Surgeon rescue operations are underway across Eastern Oklahoma, where at least two people were killed after a suspected tornado touched down near the city of Begg's last night. EMS Chief James Nichol says there are reports of severe damage in some communities.
One home, according to my crews, was completely leveled. In Southern Michigan, at least four people were killed after a tornado struck on Friday. This is NPR. The FDA's top vaccine regulator is stepping down, Dr. Vinay Prasad has been criticized for making it more difficult for manufacturers to get approval for new vaccines, and
removes to limit access to existing vaccines that have been shown to be safe and effective. He also rejected treatments for several rare diseases. Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Bady has filed a lawsuit to stop President Trump from closing the Kennedy Center.
NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports this is Bady's second legal action against changes at the
center. 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 Bady, an ex officio board member, sued Trump and others over the renaming. Her new lawsuit challenges the unlawful, shuddering, 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 of canceled shows and ticket sales have plummeted. Elizabeth Blair and PR news, Washington. Gasoline prices in the U.S. jumped again Friday as the war with Iran continues to
push oil prices higher, Triple A says the national average for a gallon of regular gas is now about $3.40. This is NPR News in Washington.
