NPR News: 03-10-2026 5AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, and I'm Dave Mattingly. President Trump is offering another upbeat assessment of the U.S. and Israeli air strikes against Iran, saying they're far ahead of the initial timeline. NPR Sage Miller reports on what the president had to say, yet yesterday's news conference in Florida. Trump says the U.S. has begun targeting Iran's drone manufacturing facilities. We know all of the places they manufacture the drones and they're being hit one after another. Trump also says the U.S. is attacking the facilities where Iranian missiles are made and delivered. But he says some of the biggest targets, like electricity production, remain. Oil prices surged after the war prompted the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, effectively choking off a key route. Trump had this warning for Iran if they tried to stop the global oil supply chain. We'll take them out so quickly they'll never be able to recover, ever. Trump says the U.S. is ahead of its initial timeline, but he didn't say when the war would

1:03likely end. Sage Miller, NPR News. This is day 11 of Operation Epic Fury. U.S. Central Command says more than 5,000 Iranian targets have been hit thus far. Seven U.S. service members have been killed since the operation began. The Associated Press reports Iran launched more drone attacks at Israel, as well as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait today. The Saudi Defense Ministry says it destroyed two incoming Iranian drones while Kuwait's National Guard says it shot down six Iranian drones. Triple A says gasoline prices in the U.S. continue going up amid the ongoing U.S. and Israeli attacks against Iran. The cost of regular gas has risen 43 cents a gallon in the last week. Triple A says it's now averaging almost $3.54 nationwide, about 20 percent of the world's crude oil passes through the straight-of-formos. The President of Ohio State University has resigned after acknowledging an inappropriate

2:04relationship that allowed access to the school's leadership. NPR's Elissa Nadwerny has more. The university's president Walter Ted Carter Jr. had been in the job for two years, while the university did not provide more details on whom the relationship was with or what access was granted. Carter recently disclosed he had a relationship with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business. The university in Columbus, Ohio, serves more than 60,000 students. There has been controversy and student protests on campus this semester. Many buildings are named for Les Wexler, a retail billionaire with strong ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Regarding new leadership, the university said it would share more information in the coming days. Elissa Nadwerny, NPR News. The FAA says a nationwide ground stop of jet blue flights has been lifted. It lasted about 40 minutes. This is NPR News. The concert ticketing giant Live Nations says it's reached a settlement with the Justice

3:06Department and its anti-trust case. Still, as NPR's Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento reports, not all of the 39 states involved have signed off on the settlement. Live Nation reached this settlement with the Justice Department just days into a trial meant to break up the company and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster. Instead, the company will allow amphitheaters across the country to work with competing promoters. Those promoters can decide how to distribute up to 50% of tickets, and there will be a cap on ticket service fees for those shows. The Justice Department had alleged that Live Nation and Ticketmaster were monopolizing too many aspects of the live events industry, including ticketing, promotion, artist management and venue ownership. Despite news of a resolution to the federal case, 26 participating states and the District of Columbia say they reject the settlement and will move forward with the lawsuit. Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News. Volkswagen says tariffs tup for competition from China in a shift to electric vehicles contributed

4:08to a sharp drop in earnings for all of 2025. The German automaker says it expects sluggish sales to continue in the months ahead. Last week, the company SK Battery America announced it had laid off nearly a thousand workers at its manufacturing plant in Georgia. The company cited, in part, uncertain consumer demand for EVs going forward. Wall Street futures are higher this morning down futures are up 206 points. I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington. 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.