NPR News: 03-07-2026 9AM EST

0:00Live from NPR News and Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Israel says it struck multiple sites throughout Iran overnight in this morning targeting infrastructure used by Iran's revolutionary guard. Meanwhile, the Iranian President apologizes for targeting Gulf countries with drones and missiles, but stops short of pledging future attacks on its neighbors. NPR's Kerry Khan reports from Tel Aviv. Israel's military says more than 80 fighter jets struck targets across Iran and the capital Tehran, including what it says was the revolutionary guard's main military university, which it claims stores war assets. In a televised address Saturday on state media, President Masood Pizishkyan said Iran would only attack its neighbors if, quote, an attack on Iran originates from those countries. A Gulf official speaking to MPYON condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly said, quote, we will only believe it if we see it. Saturday morning alerts went off in multiple countries in the Gulf.

1:04Flights were delayed at the Dubai airport after the UAE said air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles and drones. Kerry Khan and NPR News, Tel Aviv. Seven big tech companies are pledging to keep energy costs down amid the AI data center boom, but critics say the agreement with the Trump administration is non-binding. Hannah Murzbog from Mountain West News reports. Amazon, Google, Metta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and XAI all took the rate payer protection pledge. They promised to pay for the energy infrastructure needed to power their data centers to not pass on cost to households, a big concern for voters. Energy Justice program director at the Center for Biological Diversity, Jean Sue says it's good the Trump administration is acknowledging the affordability problem, but there is no actual guarantee, no enforcement mechanism to actually make sure that big tech follows through on those promises. Sue says she wants to see rate payer protections mandated by law, along with limits on data center

2:07carbon emissions. For NPR News, I'm Hannah Murzbog in Jackson, Wyoming. The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is nearing a month and TSA officers across the country continue to work without pay. In Boise, community members are collecting food donations to help struggling workers and their families. Cameron Cochums, a TSA employee and union leader in Idaho says morale is plummeting among his co-workers right now. People are struggling because they're worried about when their next paycheck is going to be. They know during the last shutdown that we are kind of forefront to everything, but now there's so many more different things going on in the world. You know, so people are having to, you know, drive Uber after work. Congress remains deadlocked over funding for the agency. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Strict new voting requirements backed by President Trump have stalled in the U.S. Senate, but similar measures are moving ahead in several states. South Dakota and Utah approved

3:11bills requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. A similar proposal passed the Florida House and supporters in Michigan submitted hundreds of thousands of signatures to place the issue on the November ballot. Meta is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising over its artificial intelligence glasses. NPR's Bobby Allen reports the suit claims Meta has misled consumers about the product's privacy protections. Meta has promised users of its Ray Ban Meta glasses that what's being recorded is not viewable by the company, but a Swedish newspaper investigation found that subcontractors for Meta were able to watch footage taken with the glasses of intimate material, including bathroom visits and sexual encounters. Now, a new lawsuit alleges that Meta failed to disclose how the glasses can be used as a secret surveillance tool with footage being sent to AI data collection centers. Meta says whatever is recorded is intended to stay on a user's device, but that occasionally the smart glasses can share footage with contractors.

4:12The lawsuit says contractors have at times viewed credit card numbers, nudity, and identifiable faces. Bobby Allen in PR News. The Labor Department says employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month. Economists have been expecting a 60,000 increase. The surprisingly weak numbers adds to the economic uncertainty over the war with Iran, which has caused oil prices to surge. This is NPR News. 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.