"Live from MPR News," on Jial Snyder.
Iran's most senior leaders have yet to respond to President Trump's decision to indefinitely
“extend the ceasefire, but on social media and adviser to Iran's parliament speakers calling”
the move "employed by time for a surprise strike." Trump said in a statement that he had agreed to a request from Pakistan as he waits for a unified proposal from Iran. After Dury Beskaran is in Vaughn, a Turkish city near the Iranian border, she says Iranians have mixed feelings about the prospect that peace talks could fail.
"More than half of the people in PR interviewed at a train station near the Turkey Iran border, told us they participated in widespread anti-government protests in January. But now, many say they feel numb." "Yes, madam. Pack of them."
A woman saying she's given up on everything. She has just not to share her name due to the risk of arrest when she returns to Iran. "As Yekid Jan Kuya said, "Some people supported the war," another woman said. But no one likes a war. Now we see the regime has survived, and if there is peace, they're going to exist in
a new form.
“A form she thinks will be worse for the Iranian people.”
For MPR News, I'm Dury Beskaran, and Vaughn, Turkey." President Trump's nominee to chair the Federal Reserve was on Capitol Hill Tuesday for his Senate confirmation hearing where Kevin Wars clash with Democratic senators, including at Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts. "Don't Trump has made clear that he does not want an independent Fed.
In fact, he has said, and I quote, "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be fed
chairman." And he's made clear that you are his sock puppet, saying last week that interest rates will drop quote when Kevin gets in." "Worshinsisted that he would not do the President's bidding, and denied promising the White House that he would cut interest rates if he is confirmed."
Photos in Virginia have handed Democrats a victory. They narrowly approved a new Democratic-Drawn congressional map in Tuesday's special election. It's the latest redistricting battle started by President Trump last summer.
“Some employees at the multinational company Thompson Reuters have raised concerns internally”
about whether federal immigration agents could be misusing their company's investigative tools. And Piers to Jofi Block reports one long time employee involved in that effort was recently fired. Billy Little worked for Thompson Reuters for close to two decades.
She and other colleagues sent a letter to leadership, flagging the possibility that federal immigration agents could be using their company's data products, unlawfully. Shortly after media covered their effort last month, Little was fired. She's now suing the company and alleges her dismissal violated a law in her home state of Oregon that bars employers from firing whistleblowers.
The statement from Thompson Reuters says, quote, "We strongly dispute the allegations and intend to robustly defend the case. Jude Jofi Block and Pierre News." This is NPR News. The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges.
The Trump administration accuses a group of defrauding its donors, alleging the SPLC, improperly raised millions to secretly play informants to infiltrate extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan. Acting attorney general Todd Blanch announced the charges Tuesday, the SPLC says it will vigorously defend itself.
The environmental protection agency has named its new scientific advisory board, the new list, include several members of the chemical and oil industries, as NPR's Julia Simon reports. Made up of outside scientists, the science advisory committee is tasked with providing independent advice to EPA's administrator. The member summarized the best available science to help inform the agency's policy.
For example, they help provide guidance on air quality standards, which regulate the country's air pollution. Several of the new boards, 37 members come from industry. One is an employee of Dow Chemical. Two employees come from chemists.
A chemical company that spun off from DuPont, exonmobile biomedical sciences is also represented on the board. The other scientists come from universities across the country, Julia Simon and Parenthoods. The financial markets in Asia mixed in Wednesday trading. Japan's benchmark Nikkei up for tens of a percent, but shares in Hong Kong have declined
more than 1 percent after President Trump said he will extend the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely at the request of Pakistan. Will prices remain near $100 a barrel. This is in PR news. You know, every day on up first NPR's Golden Globe nominated morning news podcast, we bring
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