NPR News: 03-02-2026 1PM EST

0:00This message comes from Carvana. Finance and buy your next vehicle with Carvana. Shop a huge selection, customize terms to fit your budget, and buy completely online. No hassle, no pressure. Get the car you love the easy way with Carvana. Lie from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump says the strikes in Iran are aimed at destroying Iran's missile capabilities. It's navy making sure it cannot obtain a nuclear weapon and preventing it from arming and funding terrorism around the globe. In remarks this afternoon, Trump offered no new details about the length or scope of the strikes that began over the weekend and has so far resulted in the deaths of four American soldiers. Today we grieve for the four heroic American service members who have been killed in action and send our love and support to their families. In their memory, we continue this mission. Trump, speaking at a Medal of Honor ceremony, he recognized three army soldiers,

1:01retired command sergeant Major Terry Richardson, Staff Sergeant Michael Aulis, and Master Sergeant Roderick Emmons. Aulis was killed in action in 2013. Edmunds died in 1985. President Trump has said that he is open to talking with Iranian leaders, but NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports, a top Iranian official says Iran will not negotiate with the U.S. As American and Israeli strikes continue on Iran, the country's top security official, Ali Letijani, has one message for the White House. We will not negotiate with the United States. In a post on X, Letijani said President Trump has, quote, betrayed an America first strategy for Israel first. He said the President is sacrificing, quote, American treasure and blood to advance the interests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to target Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on X that a deal had been within reach

2:02between Iran and the United States at recent negotiations, but he wrote, Trump has ordered the, quote, bombing of the negotiating table. Ruth Sherlock, MPONU's Istanbul. At least 10 people have been killed in Israel in the three days since the start of the war. Itis Stern has the latest from Tel Aviv. Nine Israelis were killed yesterday in the city of Bay Temesh, near Jerusalem, after Israel's failed to intercept an Iranian missile that struck among other places a synagogue. In Tel Aviv, a woman of Filipino origin, a caregiving worker, was killed when her home sustained a direct hit. Rescue forces evacuated dozens of additional wounded to hospitals. Iran's revolutionary guard claimed Monday that they had targeted the Israeli Prime Minister's office, but these reports were officially denied by Israeli authorities. For NPR News, Amitai Stern in Tel Aviv. At last, check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average

3:04was down slightly at 48,973. The S&P was up nine points the Nas at gained 108 points. It's NPR. The federal government's expanding work requirements for recipients of the federal food assistance program, known as SNAP, took effect today. Dow Jones cocks the vice president for food assistance at the center on budget and policy priorities details the changes. The new law expanded that three-month time limit to apply to older adults up to age 65, who we know are more likely to face age-related discrimination in the job market, and they tend to have more work-limiting health conditions, even if they aren't receiving disability benefits. It also expanded it for the first time to parents, grandparents, and other caretakers of kids as young as 14. Ty Jones cocks, speaking with NPR's Morning Edition, the Congressional Budget Office estimates 2.4 million people will lose SNAP benefits in a typical month over the next decade.

4:04The University of Colorado's Morning, the death of Buff's football player, Dominic Ponder. An ex-coached Deon Sanders pays tribute to the CU quarterback, who Colorado's state police say died yesterday morning in a single car crash. They say Ponder was driving a 2023 Tesla when the vehicle lost control on a curve, struck an electrical pole, and rolled down an embankment. Ponder was 23 years old. Milano Cortinas now preparing to hold the Paralympic Winter Games, which opens March 6th. Tomorrow Cortina Dumpetso will host the symbolic moment when the Paralympic flames from various routes converge to create a single flame ahead of the official opening. US Doctor Mix with a doubt down slightly at 48,970, it's NPR. Listen to this podcast sponsor-free on Amazon Music with a prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org.

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