NPR News: 03-05-2026 1PM EST

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The House of Representatives is set to hold a vote this afternoon on a war power's resolution that would halt U.S. attacks on Iran without congressional approval. Yesterday, the Senate voted down a similar measure, mostly along party lines. One of the lawmakers who voted against was Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. He spoke with host Steve Inskeep on NPR's morning edition. I think the primary strength at any President of the United States is public opinion. What you don't want to do in a terribly divided Congress is hold a vote that shows us divided. That would not be good in a war effort, not be good for our troops, not be good for success in the operations. Did it with the Iraq War? Where's the Iraq War? Where's the Iraq War? Well, there was overwhelming support for those, probably should have gone to war at that point in time. Are you saying we should avoid a vote because the country is not behind the war? What I'm saying is right now, somebody's got to make the decision.

1:01That's the commander in chief. Senator Johnson speaking with NPR Steve Inskeep. Four ministers in the European Union held an emergency meeting today in Brussels with their counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council about the Iran War. Here's NPR's Rochments. European Union foreign affairs chief Kaya Khalid said the two sides discussed the significant damage drones and missiles from Iran have caused a civilian and petrochemical infrastructure in the Gulf. Iran is exporting the war, trying to expand it to as many countries as they can to so chaos and we are calling for stability and seeing what we can do together. Khalid said the same type of drones attack in the Middle East have for years attack Ukraine. She said the EU is putting Gulf countries in touch with Ukraine's leadership to share notes on how to defend themselves from Iranian drone strikes. Rochments and Pyrenees, Berlin. Montana Republican Senator Steve Daines has announced he will not seek reelection. He withdrew his bid yesterday just before Montana's deadline for candidates to file for

2:03the November midterm election. Montana Public Radio's Shaili Rager has more. Daines, who was heavily favored to win reelection, said in a statement that he's been wrestling with the decision for months. Serving the people of Montana in the US House and the US Senate the past 13 years has been the greatest honor of my professional career. In a Republican US Attorney Kurt Almi filed to run for US Senate just as Daines dropped out minutes before the candidate filing period closed. Daines immediately endorsed Almi. President Donald Trump appointed Almi the state's US Attorney twice and endorsed his candidacy on truth social. Almi has not run for office before. For NPR News, I'm Shaili Rager in Helena. Earlier NPR misidentified US Attorney Almi as the state's Attorney General, the state AG is actually Austin Knutson. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow is down nearly a thousand points. It's NPR. A new non-partisan firm launched to fight public corruption is suing President Trump

3:07an Attorney General Pam Bondy for allowing the sale of TikTok's US assets to White House allies. The public integrity project alleges, flouted a law enacted to block China from using bite-dances companies for mass data collection or promoting propaganda. The suit was filed on behalf of two US retail investors in rival social media companies. There was no immediate comment from the White House or Justice Department, but President Trump has said the deal met the terms of the US's divestiture law. Republican states are pushing broader limits for transgender individuals with new momentum. Remember station KOSUC are a five or tells us, Oklahoma lawmakers have removed rules that allow people to change their sex marker on state driver's licenses. Administrative rules allowed Oklahoma to change their gender marker on their driver's licenses. Now those rules have been removed by a house joint resolution signed by the governor. Attorney Josh Payton says he's been able to legally help more than 300 transgender

4:12Oklahomans amend their name and gender on official documents. It should be an inherent right for people to change their identification. This is a very significant blow to those rights. Payton argues the resolution differs from federal law. Laws he says the previous rules were added to comply with. For MPR News, I'm Sierra Feiffer in Oklahoma City. The Dow is now down nearly 2%. 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. That's plus.npr.org.