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liquefied natural gas field in Qatar overnight, around attacked after Israel struck the
Iranian side of the field. President Trump wrote online last night the U.S. did not know about the Israeli attack, but NPR's Ayah Batroy reports, Trump also issued a threat. He said Israel out of anger had violently lashed out at this major gas facility, but he said
“there would be no more attacks made by Israel on what he called this extremely important”
and valuable gas field in Iran. But Trump also said that if Iran continues attacking Qatar, the U.S. will not hesitate to quote blow up the entirety of the South-Parse gas field. And Piers Ayah Batroy, this field is shared by both Iran and Qatar. If the U.S. attacked it, it would threaten natural gas supplies to the world.
Drones are reshaping the war in the mid-East. These are increasingly cheaper, and cost plays a role, as NPR's Kat Lone Store reports. Unmanned drones mean military superpowers like the U.S. no longer automatically control the skies. But it's also about money.
Iran has fired more than 1,000 one-way attack drones since the war began. U.S. defense systems stationed throughout the region have taken out a majority of them. A typical Iranian Shaheen attack drone is relatively cheap, tens of thousands of dollars. U.S. missiles that intercept them cost millions, something Kelly Grico, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, points out, is unsustainable.
“That type of cost exchange favors the Iranians over the long term.”
And the U.S. may run out of interceptors before Iran runs out of drones. Something U.S. officials who were not authorized to speak publicly have told NPR, they're concerned about, as the war drags on. Kat Lone Store, and Piers News, Washington. A Senate panel could vote today to advance the nomination of Oklahoma Republican Senator
Mark Wayne Mullin to be homeland security secretary. The agency he wants to lead is partially shut down. That's affecting TSA agents hundreds of whom have quit or are calling out. They aren't being paid. Airports are affected, Philadelphia has closed, some of its security checkpoints.
This is causing headaches for travelers at Atlanta's main airport. From member station WAB in Atlanta, Dorma Advance reports. Others coming through the Atlanta airport are seeing longer wait-toms, plus a growing number of delays and cancellations.
Lany Deli says her Tuesday flight back home to Los Angeles was delayed and ultimately canceled.
“She was back again Wednesday for another flight.”
I'm just sitting out here right now, and I'm supposed to leave at, believe us at nine, but like it said, they did already move back again. So we'll see. It could've been canceled again. Heart school Jackson officials say they've seen over 30% of TSA employees call out,
seeing Atlanta among the most impacted airports as the DHS shutdown continues. As of now, the airport is encouraging travelers to arrive at least three hours early for all flights. For MPR News, I'm Dorma Advance in Atlanta. This is NPR.
A federal immigration judge has ruled against the asylum claims that the kindergarten are from Minnesota, Liam Kenejo-Ramos and his family. That's according to the family's lawyer, from Minnesota Public Radio, Regina Medina has more. The five-year-old boy from Columbia Heights, Minnesota, received national attention after
he was detained by U.S. immigration authorities and sent to a Texas family detention center along with his father. In February, the Department of Homeland Security filed a motion that sought to end the family's asylum claims. Attorney Danielle Maliver, who represents the family in the case, told MPR News on Wednesday
that the law firm is appealing the decision. She says an appeal could take months or years. If the family loses the appeal, Maliver says they are expected to be deported to Ecuador, their country of origin. For MPR News, I'm Regina Medina in St. Paul.
Two wildfires in Nebraska are still burning out of control. The largest, the moral wildfire in Western Nebraska has burned more than a thousand square miles.
It's about 16 percent contained.
The cottonwood fire in southern Nebraska has burned more than 200 square miles. One person has been killed. This year's world happiness report says Finland is one of the happiest countries in the world. Nations ranking the lowest are in or near zones of major conflict starting with Afghanistan.
This year, the researchers expressed concern about the heavy use of social media, saying it's hurting the sense of well-being in young people. This is MPR. This message comes from Subaru. The all-new 2026 Subaru Outback features bold, new styling, plus standard symmetrical all-wheel
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