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President Trump says Israel and his beloved militants plan to de-escalate their fight
in southern Lebanon.
“The Republican leader announced on social media that he had spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin”
Netanyahu today, and PR's Deepa Shiveram has more on that. Netanyahu had ordered Israeli troops to target areas surrounding Beirut, but now Trump says after his call with Netanyahu, there will be no troops going to Beirut, and that any Israeli troops on their way, quote, "have already been turned back." Trump says he also spoke with representatives from Hezbollah.
Israel's increased aggression against Lebanon, which violates the ceasefire agreed on weeks ago, has complicated ongoing talks to end the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran. Iran pulled out of negotiations after Israel's attacks on Beirut. Trump says the talks are continuing with Iran, though, and moving at what he calls a "rapid pace."
Deepa Shiveram and PR news. Further testing what technically still is a U.S. Iran ceasefire. Today Washington said the military bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after these lamic republics shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran later said it targeted U.S. soldiers in Kuwait with missiles.
U.S. says it's shot down the missiles. The vided federal appeals court has ruled that the administration's policy banning transgender troops from military services likely illegal, but a ban could still be enforced against those seeking to enlist while the case plays out in court. Today the three Dutch panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit upheld a 2025 lower court ruling against Trump's executive order on constitutional grounds. Several more states hold primary, Samar, and House, Senate, Gubernatorial and other
“races for key state offices, so the most closely watch contest or in California where voters”
will select candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general Los Angeles mayor as well as congressional district seats. Local law enforcement in 11 U.S. cities are making final preparations for the FIFA World Cup starting in 10 days. And here's Martin Costa reports tournament security efforts, getting hundreds of millions
of dollars worth of federal support. The federal government has paid for anti-drone technology training and police over time. And that's raised fears in so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that this federal cooperation may also include ICE immigration enforcement. In Seattle, police chief Sean Barnes says he's confident that won't happen.
They're not a part of this. They're not a part of our planning, they're not a part of our intelligence. We're not sharing any information with them. There's no part of FIFA planning that I'm aware of that intersects with their work. Host cities are also taking precautions to protect fans from potential vehicle attacks by
setting up barricades near stadiums and fan event sites. Martin Costa and PR news. This is NPR.
The U.S. is second largest teachers union is calling for screen bands and AI limits in schools.
The plan is called devices down eyes up hands on as part of that plan. The American Federation of Teachers Pres are ready. Wangarton describes a drive behind blocking pre-K to second grade students from accessing screens in the classroom. Kids are actually not really applying knowledge.
They are acquiring knowledge, but they're not problem solving. They have no kids are not reading books anymore. That screen time is everything if you've got a potential box office hit NPR as Bob Mandelo checks out two horror films from directors who got their starts making viral YouTube videos.
“The film back rooms about a furniture dealer who discovers a secret door in his showroom.”
This place builds like a maze. It just goes on and off.
Open this weekend to an astonishing $81 million.
The biggest opening ever for an original horror film. It's 20-year-old director is now the youngest filmmaker to have a number one box office hit. And remarkably, back rooms scoring with patrons primarily in their teens and 20s did not step on the box office momentum of a fellow YouTubers horror hit that's playing to that same
audience. In a genre where precipitous weekly drops are the norm obsession rose for the third consecutive weekend. No wide release film has done that in a non-holiday week since ET the extra terrestrial in 1982 Bob Mandelo NPR news.
U.S. stocks closed slightly higher today, you're listening to NPR news. A grassy green lawn might look nice, but it's going to eat up resources like drinking water and the gas you put in the mower. You can do a solid for the environment by ditching even just some of your lawn and replacing it with a wildlife friendly garden.
Life kit has tips to get you started. No green them required, listen to the live kit podcast in the NPR app or wherever you get
