NPR News: 03-09-2026 9PM EDT

0:00LifeKit can help you change your life in record time. In just about 20 minutes, a lifeKit episode gives you evidence-based tips you can put into practice that day. No fast-forwarding to get to the good stuff. Just smart, straightforward advice right away. Listen to the LifeKit podcast in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump told Republican lawmakers today that the war in the Middle East won't last much longer. We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil. And I think you'll see it's going to be a short-term excursion. His comments come after oil and gas prices fluctuated wildly in recent days, sending financial markets reeling because of the conflict. Today the price of oil whipped from nearly $120 a barrel, the highest since 2022. Back down, to back down below $90. Meanwhile, Iran is signaling that it's prepared for a long war with the U.S. and its allies as the conflict stretches into a tent day.

1:01Kamal Karazi, a foreign policy adviser to the Office of Iran's Supreme Leader told CNN that the country is ruling out diplomacy for now. I don't see any room for diplomacy anymore because Donald Trump had been deceiving others and not keeping it his promises. And we experienced it in two times of negotiations that the oil repair engaged in negotiation, they struck us. Karazi says Gulf, Arab countries and other U.S. allies need to pressure the U.S. into ending the war. President Trump had a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss the war and a wrong among other issues. The exchange was the two leaders first known conversation this year as NPR's at Charles Main's reports from Moscow. According to Kremlin aid, Uryusha Kov, the phone call was initiated by Trump, who spoke with Putin for roughly an hour. Uryusha Kov said the two leaders discussed the U.S. Israeli attacks on Russia's ally Iran with Putin offering ideas for a diplomatic settlement based on recent discussions with Gulf state monarchies.

2:03The Kremlin has condemned U.S. Israeli actions as a violation of international law, but suggested it could leverage its ties with Tehran to negotiate an end to the fighting. Uryusha Kov said Trump mentioned his desire to see an end to Russia's war in Ukraine prompting the Kremlin leader to again demand concessions from Kiev. Charles Main's NPR News Moscow Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic is suing the Trump administration for designating the company as a supply chain risk. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports Anthropic says the government is illegally retaliating against the company. Anthropic filed two lawsuits alleging that Trump officials broke the law by placing the company on a contractor blacklist. The company says it came after Anthropic said its powerful AI programs could not be used in lethal autonomous weapons, nor to spy on American citizens. After that, the Pentagon label Anthropic a supply chain risk, a label typically used against foreign adversaries like China. The suits say Trump officials violated the company's free speech and exceeded the law's authority on supply chain rules. The Pentagon would not comment on the suit.

3:04President Trump has said he will order all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI tool, Claude Bobby Allen and PR News. U.S. stocks closed higher today after initially swinging downward, the Dow rose half a percent. This is NPR News. Online pharmaceutical companies, hymns and hers' health have agreed to stop selling compound versions of NOVO Nordisks wagovy and other weight loss drugs, and they'll start selling NOVO Nordisks products. That ends a patent lawsuit for now. hymns will also stop advertising compounded GLP-1 drugs on its platform or in its marketing shares of hymns and hers surged after the announcement. Wyoming has instituted an abortion ban when there's a heartbeat or detectable cardiac activity in several states that means a six-week ban. Wyoming Public Radio's Hana Murzbach reports. Wyoming OBGYN Jovenina Anthony says what amounts to a ban on abortions after six weeks is, quote, excruciatingly early.

4:04Women who even have mildly irregular cycles aren't necessarily going to even know their pregnant at five to six weeks. Anthony's part of a group planning to ask a district court to block the law. In January, the Wyoming Supreme Court blocked two near total abortion bans. It said they violate residents' right to make healthcare decisions, which is in the Wyoming Constitution. State lawmakers say they can pass restrictions to protect the general welfare of the people, which they say includes, in their words, unborn children. For MPR News, I'm Hannah Murzbach in Jackson, Wyoming. About two dozen couples have taken part in the UK wife carrying race. Many contestants use the Estonian hold with the rider hanging upside down. The sport is linked to an old Finnish legend, and a couple from Finland were crowned the winners and won a barrel of local ale. I'm Ryland Barton, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. This message comes from Wise, the app for international people using money around the globe.

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