NPR News: 03-04-2026 11PM EST

0:00Support for NPR and the following message come from ID Tech. ID Tech is where kids ages 7 to 17 find their people. The battle bots, game design, and more people go to ID Tech.com and use code ID Tech to save $150 this summer. Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Senate Republicans have blocked a war of powers resolution voting down an effort today to reign in the Iran War. The resolution failed on a 47 to 53 vote Congress will take another vote Thursday when the House is expected to take up its own version. President Trump continues to try and explain why the U.S. took action when it did. NPR's Franco-Ordonia's reports on the various explanations Trump has given for going to war with Iran. President Trump again reiterated the long threat posed by the Iranian regime. At a roundtable discussion at the White House, Trump boasted of U.S. military power. He said the U.S. obliterated Iran's nuclear program, but also said Tehran was trying

1:03to reconstitute the program and was close to having a nuclear weapon. He said the U.S. needed to act before Iran did. I think if we didn't do it first, they would have done it to Israel and give us a shot if that was possible. The White House argues the U.S. didn't make the decision in a vacuum and that its decision to launch this operation was based on what it calls the cumulative effect of various direct threats. Franco-Ordonia's and P.R. News, the White House. The Republican led House Oversight Committee as voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondy. Lawmakers in both parties want Bondy to testify in their investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, here's NPR Sage Miller. Bondy would be the highest ranking official in the Trump administration to testify as part of the committee's investigation into Epstein. The Attorney General has come under fire for her handling of the Epstein files. Congress ordered the Justice Department to release the material, but some lawmakers have accused the DOJ of not complying with the law by unnecessarily redacting certain information

2:08and not publishing all the files as it should have. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to NPR's requests for comment on the subpoena. Committee Democrats want to subpoena President Trump, whose name appears numerous times in the files, but Republicans say they do not believe it's necessary. Sage Miller and P.R. News. The Justice Department also walking back policy the banned law enforcement from bursting into someone's home without knocking first in Pierce Jacqueline Diaz reports. The Biden-era ban on no-knock warns stem from the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor after police forced entry into her home. Accounts varied as to whether they identified themselves. Taylor's boyfriend shot at the police and they returned fire, hitting Taylor multiple times and killing her. Following this, the Biden administration established restrictions on when law enforcement can enter her home without knocking first, but the Trump administration is lifting this ban, saying the Biden policy hindered law enforcement and endangered officers.

3:09The agency says it is, quote, bringing back a common sense approach to law enforcement. Jacqueline Diaz and P.R. News. This is P.R. Montana Republican Senator Steve Daines is dropping his bid for re-election to a third term. Daines withdrew his name Wednesday, just minutes before Montana's deadline per candidate to file for the November midterm election. Shortly before the deadline, Montana's Republican U.S. Attorney Kurt Almy filed for Dane's seat and was quickly endorsed by President Trump. President Trump says he'll make an endorsement soon and the Texas Senate run out between incumbent John Kornin and state attorney general Ken Paxton. And in a social media post, Trump said the candidate who does not get his endorsement should drop out for the good of the party. Kornin impacts an advance to a runoff this May after Tuesday's primary election neither received the required support to win the nomination outright. The Texas biotech company that wants to bring the bully mammoth and other extinct species back to life is dismissing criticism from independent scientists and peers, Rob Stein reports.

4:13Officials at colossal biosciences defended their controversial goals while giving NPR a rare look inside the company's new Dallas laboratory. That's where colossal scientists are analyzing DNA from the bully mammoth and other extinct species in the hopes of resurrecting the animals. That goal has drawn skepticism from many scientists. They doubt it's possible and worry it might be dangerous if it were. But Ben Lamb, colossal co-founder and CEO dismisses those concerns. I'd say it's unethical not to do this. It's a moral not to do. Colossal says scientists could produce a bully mammoth in about two years. Rob Stein and PR News, Dallas. This is MPR. This message comes from Jerry. Many people are overpaying on car insurance. Why? Switching providers can be a pain. Jerry helps make the process painless. Jerry is the only app that compares rates from over 50 insurers in minutes and helps you switch fast with no spam calls or hidden fees.

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