Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Norrom.
President Trump is warning that the U.S. would quote a "bliterate Iran's power plans,"
“if it doesn't open to straight-of-war moves within 48 hours.”
The conflict in the Middle East is entering its fourth week. NPR's Emily Fang reports Tehran continues to launch missiles in the region, as U.S. and Israeli strikes hit Iran. A spokesperson affiliated with Iran's security branch set of the U.S. targeted Iran's energy infrastructure, it would target water desalination, energy, and information infrastructure
owned by the U.S. And the Gulf Saudi Arabia said it intercepted one of three Iranian missiles fired at it overnight. The United Arab Emirates said it was responding to Iranian drones and missiles. Speaking from Saudi Arabia, where leaders from Arab and Muslim countries are meeting
turkeys for a minister warned that Gulf may be forced to retaliate against Iran.
So far, Gulf countries have expelled Iranian diplomats, but they have not intervened militarily in the conflict. To Iran and missiles also hit southern Israel overnight, and dream more than 120 people. Emily Fang and Pyrenees, Van Turkey.
“The Trump administration is sending ice officers to some airports tomorrow to assist the”
transportation security administration. Hundreds of agents, who screened people in luggage, have quit since the Department of Homeland Security ran out of money last month. Democrats and Congress won't approve the H.S. funding until changes are made to how ice agents are enforcing immigration laws.
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN, putting ice officers in airports is a bad
idea. The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ice agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances, kill them. We've already seen how ice conducts itself, these are untrained individuals when it comes
to doing the current job that they have for the most part. But alone deploying them in close exposure and highly sensitive situations at airports across the country.
“Borders are Tom Homes says they won't screen passengers or baggage, but will help in other”
ways. With no major economic data coming up this week, Wall Street investors will continue to closely follow the war in Iran and P.R.'s Raphael Nam reports. There are few things that are more difficult to process for investors than not having any sense of what comes next, and as the war ranges on, investors are starting to get a
learn about the effects on the U.S. and the global economies. One big fear is inflation, Americans are already feeling the effects of higher gasoline prices. While diesel prices are also spiking, businesses and households could also start reducing their spending, if they were more cautious about the economy.
And a continued declining stock markets could hit retirement portfolios as well. A lot though, depends on when the conflict ends, Raphael Nam and P.R. News. This is N.P.R. News in Washington. The Senate was in session today and advanced the nomination of Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullin to be the next head of the Department of Homeland Security.
A confirmation vote is expected this week. The Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow on mail in ballots. The case involves Mississippi's allowance of a grace period for accepting ballots, post-marked on election day, but arriving later. The case was brought by allies of President Trump.
He wants to bar mail invoiting altogether, except in certain cases, such as illness or military service. The world happiness report finds the same country that has reported the highest well-being for almost a decade is still ranked number one. It also finds a stark decline in life satisfaction among young people in the U.S. and
PR's Amy Held has more. The 19th year running Finland ranks as the world's happiest country, the U.S. 23rd. But Americans have dropped to near the bottom globally when it comes to falling happiness among young people under 25. There's no single reason, but researchers say heavy social media use stands out.
Co-author Martin Berger says more than five hours a day is associated with less life satisfaction. He'll report more stress and more of the pressure symptoms, but also more negative comparisons with others. And time lost, he says, doing other meaningful things like meeting in person. People in Nordic countries ranking high in happiness are on social media a lot too, but
researchers say a mix of other factors like strong social supports contribute to well-being, Amy Held and PR News.
