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Iran has rejected a proposal for a 45 day cease fire, saying it wants a permanent end
“to the conflict launched by the U.S. and Israel.”
President Trump is demanding Iran open the straight of her moves by tomorrow night as NPR's A.A. Batralli reports. Iran's state news agency, Erna, says Iran rejects a U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire. It says Iran conveyed to mediator Pakistan, the necessity of a permanent end to the war. Erna says Iran's response also included demands such as lifting sanctions and ending
other wars in the region. President Trump told White House reporters Monday, Iran made a quote very significant proposal, but said it's not good enough before adding, "We'll see what happens." Pakistan Egypt and Turkey are coordinating efforts to end the war. Egyptian officials involved in these efforts, tele-NPR Iran is open to a 45 day ceasefire
that guarantees a permanent end to the war during which they would discuss opening
“the straight of her moves. The officials spoke anonymously to discuss the talks.”
A.A. Batralli and Pair News do buy. The Artemis 2 crew are about to be their missions maximum distance from Earth. They're currently behind the moon and in a roughly 50-minute window during which they're out of contact. From all of us, it's a privilege to witness you carrying the fire past our fire of the bridge. Thank you. Godspeed.
That's Jenny Gibbon speaking from Mission Control to pilot Victor Glover. The mission is set to complete its historic loop around the moon today. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports that 2025 was one of its strongest years ever. The agency tasked with going after discrimination and employment says it recovered near record amounts of money for workers and Pair's Andrew Xu reports.
In fiscal year 2025, the EEOC says it recovered $660 million for victims of discrimination
“down slightly from a year ago. Some of the largest settlements highlighted in the report”
reveal how the Trump administration views its civil rights agenda. Columbia University agreed to pay $21 million to settle charges of anti-Semitism. Part of a larger deal to restore federal funding to the University. For law firms reached a deal to avoid a further probe of their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and several employers agreed to $1 million to resolve charges related to their COVID-19 vaccine mandates and reassure
and PR news. The Trump administration is saying it's ending agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at protecting transgender students under the Biden and Obama administrations. The Education Department interpreted several lights rights law to protect transgender students' rights to equal opportunity to an education.
The Trump administration has penalized schools that have made efforts to accommodate students based on their gender identity. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Hungary is set to vote on whether to keep nationalist prime minister Victor Orban on April 12. The vote has significant implications for the European Union where critics say he has manipulated EU rules to entrench his power. His opponent Peter Magyart says he would repair
Hungary's relationship with the EU. While many were focused on eggs filled with jelly beans over the Easter weekend, two other eggs high up in the nest east of Los Angeles were causing a stir. Two long-awaited baby eglitz hatched his tens of thousands of fans from around the world watched in a live stream Madison Alment of member station KVCR has more.
The bald eagles Jackie and Shadow have become internet famous over the last few years as a camera hoisted high in a towering pine tree has been to their family drama to the world 24/7. Fans have watched Ravens eat Jackie the female eagles eggs twice. This year they
got two, late Saturday night, one of their surviving eggs hatched. The second followed the
next morning. Jenny voice art is with friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that runs the camera. So this is definitely the time to enjoy their cuteness, seeing them chirp at each other and kind of bonky to other a little bit. She says the chicks will be fully grown in nine weeks. For NPR News, I'm Madison Alment in Samaritan, Dino.
Sam Song is saying goodbye to its texting app urging users to switch to Google messages. The company says this will help maintain a consistent messaging experience on Android. All Sam Song Galaxy phones run on Google's Android operating system and we should note, Google is a financial supporter of NPR. The US stock market drifted higher today and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
