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at his Florida Resort this hour as the GOP faces growing voter concerns this midterm
“election year about the U.S. economy as well as the war against Iran. Meanwhile, the Iranian”
government has announced that the sun of the slain Ayatollah al-Hamini will take his father's place as supreme leader. 56-year-old Wajtaba, how many? It has long been considered by Iranians as a hard liner in the clerical regime. Here's NPR's Ruth Sherlock." Outside of the government's core of supporters in Iran, criticism over the selection of Mujtabaqam and Ayah's supreme leaders spread quickly. "I'm a mid-union king, Olamam. You're got her limits." We know he's a murderer like his
father, a woman in Tehran says. She asks MPR not to use her name because security forces threaten
to arrest those who speak with foreign media. She believes he will soon be killed in a U.S. or
Israeli air strike too. Another Iranian woman told MPR though that she is worried about what this
“means for the war. This news supreme leader's mother and wife were also killed in the strikes”
that assassinated his father. She said, "Can you even imagine the hatred he is holding?" Ruth Sherlock and Pion use Turkey on the border with Iran. The State Department says it has offered advice to 23,000 Americans to help them leave countries that have been targeted with Iranian missiles and drones. We have more from NPR's Michele Kalimans. The State Department has been running a 24/7 hotline to give Americans advice on how to leave. There have been more
than two dozen evacuation charters, but the agency says most Americans have declined assistance when offered. It's as most U.S. citizens are either booking their own commercial options or staying in the region. Embassies across the Middle East are closed to the public providing only emergency services for Americans. The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia, which was hit by two
“Iranian drones last week, was the latest to go on what's called order departure when non-essential”
personnel and family members have to leave. Michele Kalimans and PR News, the State Department. The U.S. is top disaster agency is shrinking dramatically more from NPR's Rebecca Hersher. The federal emergency management agency is responsible for the federal response to hurricanes, wildfires, floods, earthquakes, and other major disasters. The Trump administration is seeking to dramatically reduce the size of the agency by not renewing contracts for thousands of workers.
In January alone, FEMA shrank by 499 people, according to new data released by the government's
Office of Personal Management, about a third of those were emergency specialists who worked
directly on helping disaster survivors. Trump administration officials have repeatedly argued that the cuts will make FEMA more efficient. That's NPR's Rebecca Hersher reporting your listening to NPR News. And Thropic is suing the Trump administration for alleged retaliation over the company's position on artificial intelligence security. It filed two federal lawsuits today. Last week, the Defense
Department cited national security concerns in designating Anthropica Supply Chain Risk. That was after Anthropica CEO declined to allow the company's Claude AI Model be used for autonomous weapons or surveillance of Americans. Drugmaker Novo Nordisk and Telehealth Company hymns have reached a deal to end their legal fight. The companies have been feuding over hymns' promotion of a knockoff version of Novo's Wugovie Obesity Pill. Here's NPR's in E-Lupkin.
Novo Nordisk will drop its lawsuit against hymns. In exchange, hymns will stop advertising its compounded version of Novo Nordisk Wugovie. Compounded drugs are made by a specialized pharmacy, not a drug company. hymns will continue to offer compounded Symiculotide, the active ingredient in Wugovie, but on a more limited scale, it says. It will also offer brand name Wugovie injections and pills on its telehealth platform starting later this month. hymns launched a compounded version
of Novo Nordisk's brand new weight loss pill in February. After Novo threatened to sue and federal regulators signaled a crackdown, hymns said it would drop its copycat pill. Novo Nordisk then sued hymns for patent infringement and now has withdrawn that suit. Sydney Lupkin and PR news. Well US talks have ended the day higher. The Dow closed up 239 points are roughly half a percent. It's NPR News.
