"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
officials in the U.S. Iran and Israel to try to end a war that's escalated across the
“Middle East. Turkey's among 12 Muslim and Arab countries that met in Saudi Arabia today”
after Iran bombed a major, liquified, natural gas complex in Qatar last night, and Pierre's Emily Feng reports. "Turkey is so far state out of the regional conflict over Iran. Appearing alongside his Qatari counter-part, Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakkan Fidan said through an interpreter that Turkey is mediating and is in contact with Israel and other
countries." "We are just speaking to the Americans and Iranians as well.
First of all, we'd try to understand where they stand.
Turkey says it's intercepted three Iranian missiles since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran. Iran denies firing them at Turkey. But this week, NATO, of which Turkey is a member, deployed a third U.S.-made patriot
“heir and missile defense system to protect Turkey's insure-like airbase in the south of”
the country. Emily Feng and Pernu's van Turkey." Major reports out this month say President Trump has damaged American democracy at remarkable speed, pushing the country closer to authoritarianism, and Pierre's frank length of reports on the striking consensus on Trump's first year back.
Right-line watch, which surveys more than 500 U.S. scholars, finds that through tactics
such as a massing executive power and attacking the media, Trump has pushed the U.S. system to a point nearly mid-way between liberal democracy and dictatorship. Dartmouth-Brent and Naihan co-directs the survey. "I would say the goal is to govern as an authoritarian." Another report out by Sweden's V-Demonstitute found America's democracy ranking plunged
last year from 20th to 51st out of 179 countries, a sign that said that U.S. democracy is being dismantled at an unprecedented pace. The White House dismissed the findings calling it, quote, "a ridiculous claim made by an irrelevant, blatantly biased organization," Trump has repeatedly said he's no dictator. Franklin and P.R. News, Washington."
More than three dozen Democratic-led states and local governments are challenging the Trump administration's decision to repeal climate pollution regulations, and Pierre's Jeff Brady reports the filing argues the administration is required to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The Trump administration last month repealed the endangerment finding, a 2009 decision that
greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels in danger public health and welfare. It's the basis for much of the federal action that's been taken to rain in climate pollution. Trump's environmental protection agency concluded the EPA doesn't have legal authority to regulate greenhouse gases even though the Supreme Court determined in 2007 it does. This case likely will end up before the Supreme Court again, with more conservative
justices deciding the case this time. Jeff Brady and P.R. News U.S. stocks largely drop today year listening to NPR news from Washington. The FCC says it has approved the sale of some local TV stations from Tegna to its rival next star. The approval comes after a group of eight states sued to block the merger saying
that it would lead to higher prices and further losses in an already struggling local news market.
“Next star CEO says the merger is "essential to sustaining strong local journalism."”
Today's first round win in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament for the Nebraska Corn Huskers. Erase is a dubious distinction. Greg Eklin reports from Oklahoma City where the game took place. Before this year's tournament, the Huskers were the only team from a power conference,
the big 10, the big 12, SEC and ACC, without a win in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The 76-47 winner, Detroit of Alabama, was extra special to Braden Frager, who finished with 13 points, he grew up practically in the University's backyard and like in Nebraska.
Just going up watching this team, I'll never get it done and for me to be on that team
to get it done. Previously, the Huskers made eight trips to the tournament without a win. The Huskers also set a school record for victories with their 27th win this season. For NPR News, I'm Greg Eklin in Oklahoma City. Guinness World Record says the sale of a flaming hot cheeto shaped like the Pokemon Charizard
has resulted in a new record, the auction of Cheetos Art ended in a final price of nearly $88,000 earning the record for the highest price paid for a video game likeness corn snack. This is NPR News.
