Live from NPR News in Washington, 9/4 of a Coleman, Pakistan says it's ready ...
between the U.S. and Iran in coming days.
“As Betsy Joel's reports from Islamabad, this comes after Pakistan confirmed it was relaying”
messages between the two countries in an attempt to settle the war. Pakistan's foreign ministry also said that both the U.S. and Iran have expressed their confidence in the country to facilitate these talks. Prime Minister Shibasharif announced last week that Pakistan was ready to host Iran in the U.S., but he didn't offer a timeline for a possible visit.
This most recent statement comes after consultations with foreign ministers from Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia in Islamabad yesterday. Pakistan says all three countries expressed their support for Islamabad as a venue for U.S. Iran meetings, but Iran also says it expects a ground assault from the U.S. as possible peace talks are planned.
The Department of Homeland Security remains partially shut down as Congress cannot agree
on funding for the agency. President Trump has signed an executive order to pay TSA workers who've gone without pay for six weeks.
“That money could start arriving this week.”
Johnny Jones is a local union leader with the American Federation of Government employees in Fort Worth, Texas, Jones says TSA workers are asking for a $10,000 bonus on average to help make them whole. A lot of people had to take loans out, which cost money. Everybody had an apartment complex, their apartment agreed not to evict them, but they
still had to pay the $35 to $75 per day late fee. This isn't just this one. This has happened twice in the last five months. So when you calculate all that stuff, the average has got to be around $10,000, because I've lost personally, $1,000 to $1,000.
He spoke to NPR's Weeknd Edition Sunday. President Trump is facing mounting problems, NPR's Mara Lyerson reports that includes voters' views on the war in the Middle East, and the ongoing shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security.
“Congress and the President have not been able to work out a compromise to fund the Department”
of Homeland Security. That's causing long lines at airports, because TSA agents who are not being paid are quitting their jobs or staying home from work. The President has signed an emergency order, allowing him to pay the TSA agents. In addition, President Trump is dealing with the economic fallout from the war in Iran.
As long as Iran restricts shipping in the straight-of-war moves, oil prices will continue to rise. And that has caused the war to become even more unpopular and Trump's approval ratings to drop even further. Poll show Trump's base is still solidly behind him, but there are cracks in his maga coalition,
and a people last week showed one quarter of Republicans saying the war has already gone too far. Mara Lyerson and PR news. Unwell, straight in pre-market, trading down futures are up 200 points. This is NPR.
Russian-controlled news media say a Russian oil tanker has arrived in Cuba. The Trump administration essentially imposed a fuel blockade on Cuba in January. Cuba's now in the throes of an energy crisis. There have been island-wide blackouts. Even doctors say people with serious illnesses have suffered, especially children.
Yesterday, President Trump said he had no problem with the arrival of the Russian tanker. For the better part of 250 years, men have dominated the workforce in the U.S., that's no longer the case, and PR's Amy Held reports on the implications this has for women in the labor market. In 2026, more jobs are held by women than men, not because many more women are entering
the workforce, says Laura Ulrich, director of economic research at Indeed. It's actually that male labor force participation is declining, propelled by the decline
of manufacturing in the 90s when male workers outnumbered female by 7 million.
By 2020, women outpaced men before the pandemic interrupted that trend, it's back. I don't see it turning around, partly because of a cultural perception of women's work. Healthcare is growing and about 80 percent female. Laura Ulrich says programs should encourage men and employers think about retaining women, especially those having kids.
One gap, women have not closed wages. They make about 80 cents for every dollar men earn. Amy Held and PR News The Eaves in Italy have stolen three famous paintings, thereby sazon, matis, and ren-war, local Italian media say the thieves needed about three minutes last week to grab the art
works from a private museum near Parma. You're listening to NPR.
