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President Trump says he will hold off on a planned military attack on Iran that he previously
scheduled for tomorrow.
“He says leaders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE asked him to hold off because they”
believe a deal will be reached between the U.S. and Iran. And PR's Dipashivaram reports. Trump posted on social media Sunday a warning to Iran that the clock was ticking and they better move fast or, quote, "there won't be anything left of them." Now, though, Trump says there won't be a scheduled attack on Iran tomorrow.
But he has informed military leaders to prepare to move forward with an attack. In his words, on a moment's notice, if a deal isn't reached. Trump continues to be emphatic that any deal reached will ensure Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. The war with Iran has lasted weeks longer than Trump had originally predicted.
And it's damaging Trump's approval ratings even in his own party.
Dipashivaram and PR news, the White House. Cuba's president says U.S. military action in the country would result in a bloodbath. And PR's Aterparalta says this comes after a media report that Cuba was buying military drones. Over the weekend, the new site Axio cited an unnamed senior U.S. official saying Cuba
had acquired more than 300 military drones. And was exploring the possibility of using them against the U.S. Cuba did not deny the existence of drones. It says it doesn't pose a threat to the United States, but that it has the right to defend itself.
Cuba president Miguel de Ascanelles said U.S. threats already constitute an international crime. He added, quote, "Should the U.S. take military action, it will provoke a bloodbath of incalculable consequences." President Trump has threatened military action against Cuba for months, saying the leadership
there has to make fundamental changes to avoid it. It is brought up in PR News, Mexico City. The Supreme Court has avoided taking up another major legal fight over the Federal Voting Rights Act. As NPR's Hanzi low-wong reports, the move comes after the court's conservative, supermajority,
weakened the laws protections against racial discrimination in redistricting. For decades, what's known as the Voting Rights Act section two has been mainly enforced as a result of lawsuits brought by voters and advocacy groups. They've challenged hundreds of maps of voting districts and other election-related procedures with claims that they discriminate against voters of color.
In redistricting cases at a Mississippi and North Dakota, Republican officials have raised a novel argument. They argue that under section two, private groups and individuals do not have a right to sue, only the U.S. Attorney General does. The Supreme Court, however, has decided not to take up that legal question for now, instead
it's ordering lower courts to reconsider Mississippi and North Dakota's legislative districts in light of last month's ruling that put new limits on voting rights act protections against racial discrimination. Lomakers and South Carolina are debating legislation that could redraw congressional districts and favor of Republicans and give them an additional U.S. House seat in the November elections.
This is NPR News in Washington. A new study finds that teens average almost an hour on their phones on school nights and they use most of that time on social media apps. As NPR's Retude Chattergy reports, nighttime screen use is known to disrupt sleep and affect cognitive functioning and mental health.
The study included more than 650 teens who downloaded an app on their smartphone, allowing researchers to passively monitor their phone use. Study author Dr. Jason Nagata is a pediatrician at the University of California San Francisco. He says on average teens spend more than 15 minutes on their phones between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on school nights and nearly half were on their phone at some point between midnight
and 4 a.m.
“These are important windows when most children should be asleep and the recommendation”
is that kids get 10 hours or 8 to 10 hours a night. He says 65% of week night screen time was spent on social media apps like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, a smaller share was spent on entertainment apps and video games. The results appear in jammer pediatrics, read through chatty and pair news. A Spanish court has acquitted Popstar Shakira in a tax fraud case and ordered the government
to pay more than $70 million in previously imposed fines plus interest.
The court ruled last month but the documents were released today. The ruling related to the tax year of 2011 authorities failed to prove that Spain was Shakira's primary home. She spent less than the 183 days that determined Spanish residency. Spain has tried to crack down on high-profile people including soccer stars for tax evasion
in recent years. This is NPR. This week on up first one trend, emerging this election season. President Trump actively opposing Republicans he sees as disloyal and endorsing their primary challengers who've doubled in combats in multiple states.
“We're watching key primaries on Tuesday in Kentucky and elsewhere to see if that narrative”
holds up. And what those races might tell us about November.
