Line from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman, Iran has retaliated for ...
of a top leader, firing missiles at Gulf countries and at Israel.
“The missile fired killed two people in Central Israel as NPR's Daniel Aston reports”
from Tel Aviv. After Israel's killing of top Iranian leader, Aliyla Rijani, Iran says it targeted the Tel Aviv area with multiple warhead missiles, also known as cluster munitions. A man and woman were killed in their apartment in Ramad Ghan, a suburb of Tel Aviv. The Iranian missile attack also caused damage and other parts of Central Israel, including
a train station in Tel Aviv. Iran's missile attacks across the region have been the most lethal in Israel, where at least 14 people have been killed since the war started. Israel's military says that struck air defense systems in Tehran and has Bala rocket launchers in Lebanon Tuesday and has Bala fired more rockets into northern Israel Tuesday.
Daniel Aston and PR News Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, Israel's defense minister says that the Israeli military has killed Iran's intelligence minister Ismail Cuntib today. Israeli defense minister says "significant surprises are expected throughout this day on all fronts."
He did not explain.
“On Capitol Hill, the Senate is beginning a marathon debate on what the administration calls”
the Save America Act. As MPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, the election's bill is a top priority of President Trump and is unlikely to pass. The Senate voted to begin to bait an exercise that may take several days or even longer. The legislation would require proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote.
President Trump has said he won't sign most other bills until Congress passes this legislation. Republicans need support from Democrats in order to reach the 60 vote threshold to get the bill over the finish line. Democrats do not support this bill. Republicans' citizens cannot legally vote in federal elections and officials and other
experts say instances of them doing so anyway are rare. Barbara Sprunt and PR News, the Capitol. As Senate committee will open confirmation hearings for Homeland Security Secretary nominee Mark Wayne Mullen today.
“The Oklahoma Republican Senator was tapped as his agency is partially shut down in a congressional”
dispute. Results are in for closely watched primary races in Illinois. Lieutenant Governor Julianne Stratton has won a competitive Democratic primary for the Senate nomination from that state. Candidates are seeking to fill the seat of retiring Illinois Senator Dick Durbin at her
victory party Stratton thanked her competitors. "I'd also like to thank Congressman Rajak Krishnamurti, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, and all of my other opponents in this race."
Prishnamurti had spent $29 million on campaign ads, but Stratton got millions in support
from Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker. You're listening to NPR News. The final death toll isn't clear from an air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Afghan officials blame Pakistan for striking a drug rehabilitation facility, killing at least 75 people.
The United Nations says the toll could be higher. Pakistan says it targeted the facility, but Pakistan officials say the target was an ammunition depot. Tennessee could become the first state to require proof of immigration status to enroll in public schools.
As NPR's Genaki Method reports, this potential legislation could challenge federal law. Plyler Vito was a landmark 1982 Supreme Court decision that confirmed the right for all students regardless of immigration status to get a free K-12 public education. That means schools do not collect the immigration status of their students. But now, at the Tennessee House, has approved a bill that would require schools to track
and report the legal status of students. Last year, the state senate passed a partner bill that would allow schools to deny students who don't have legal status. The two chambers will meet again to reconcile the bills. Margaret advocates have been expressing concern that if Tennessee does pass such a law,
the constitutional right to an education could be in question for nearly two million
children. Genaki Method and Pair News. The National Weather Service says an unusually early heat wave is getting stronger and spreading across the West and Southwest. Forcasters say there could be new daily and even monthly highs for March and many locations.
temperatures could soar into the triple digits in the desert Southwest. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News. Want to understand the reason and the meanings of the narratives that led us here and maybe had to head them off at the past? That's on the media specialty.
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