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The U.S. is launching more of what it calls self-defense strikes against targets in
“Iran, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command, the strikes came at the commander”
in chief's direction, and are "in response to Iran's unwanted and continued aggression." Earlier today, Trump said Iran has "taking too long to negotiate a deal." He says the U.S. was retaliating for Iran downing an Apache helicopter earlier this week. "We attack him and attack him in very hard."
"Resuming bomb." "Yeah, well, we are based on the helicopter, I guess we have the right to do it."
"Yeah, we have the shutdown of very incredible, actually an incredible machine."
Tehran fired back at U.S. Allied countries in the region today. The escalating attacks are threatening to derail efforts to end the war. Federal employees are being notified that they could soon be reclassified as at will employees making it easier to fire them from a member station, W.A.M.U. Jenny, a BAMU reports this comes after President Trump signed an order stripping protections from thousands of federal
workers. This month, Federal workers started getting emails about a new job classification called Schedule Policy/Career.
“According to multiple employees at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, all of whom”
requested anonymity because they feared retribution. One message reviewed by W.A.M.U that went out to employees at the Department of Health and Human Services said notices about classification changes would be sent throughout the week. The classification change means the employee is at will and stripped of longstanding civil service
protections. This follows a June 3rd executive order from President Trump. Federal unions are fighting the order in court. Employees say they are still waiting to learn how many federal workers are affected. For MPR News, I'm Jenny A BAMU and Bethesda.
The men's soccer world cup kicks off tomorrow with games hosted in U.S. Mexico and Canada. The head of FIFA Censi doesn't regret selecting the U.S. is one of the hosts despite stories of visa denials and border control passage issues for players, staff and fans, and PR's Becky Sullivan reports. After facing questions about ticket prices, visa issues, and Iran, FIFA President
Johnny Amphantino was asked to point blank. Do you regret choosing the U.S. to host this tournament? No, I don't, I don't regret anything. I think... He dismissed the suggestion that there have been more challenges than in years past.
It's normal for an event of this magnitude.
“I'd always hope there are no issues, but hey, that's what we have to deal with.”
The Iranian team was forced to relocate their base camp to Tijuana. The team will fly in for their three group stage games in the U.S. A Somali referee was denied entry altogether earlier this week. In Fantino called that situation unfortunate, but said at the end of the day, security decisions are up to the host country, Becky Sullivan and PR News.
Another sell-off for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market down today, the Nasdaq slid nearly 2% the Dow tumbleed more than one and three quarters of a percent. This is NPR News. The Trump administration is urging a federal court to reject and attempt to block this weekend's UFC fight on the south lawn of the White House, arguing that the event is too close
to make any changes to Virginia residents sued, arguing that environmental review and congressional approval weren't followed, Department of Justice attorneys wrote that "no one is holding plaintiffs in a jujitsu lock forcing them to watch UFC freedom 250 against their will." The number of abortions in the U.S. last year increased compared to the previous year, as NPR's Selena Simmons' Duffin reports the number has increased every year for the last
four years. The Society of Family Planning launched the We Count Project to measure the number of abortions nationally just before the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion. So, we're now four years after dogs, and seeing that people are still getting abortions here, although the ways that they're getting that care have shifted.
That's Lea Canic, who directs the We Count Project.
We've seen this really enormous growth in telehealth abortion, which now makes up 29 percent
of U.S. abortion. The latest study found that there were 1.13 million abortions in the U.S. in 2025, an increase from the previous year despite many state bands across the country, Selena Simmons' Duffin NPR News. Game four of the NBA Finals is tonight.
The New York next lead the San Antonio spurs, two games to one in the best of seven series. All the victories so far have gone to the visiting team, only the second time that's happened in the NBA Finals. I'm Ryland Barton, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. This is our class.
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