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0:00This message comes from Charles Schwab. When it comes to managing your wealth, Schwab gives you more choices, like full service wealth management and advice when you need it. You can also invest on your own and trade on think or swim. Visit Schwab.com to learn more. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. As bombing continues in Iran, President Trump seems to be sending mixed signals about how long the fighting will continue. He posted on social media Friday that he's considering winding down the fighting. But at the same time, the military is deploying more ships, along with another 2500 Marines to the region. And as the war continues, NPR's Domenico Montanero says, Trump is also struggling to find allies to support the war efforts. This is a president who really believes in domination, not collaboration, and it turns out that talking badly about allies over a long period of time, not making a moral case before getting into the Iran war. And not having leverage might mean that people aren't going to go along with what you

1:00want. I mean, tariffs are really a big factor here. You know, he's been threatening tariffs since the beginning of his second term in office. But those threats don't carry the same weight since the Supreme Court made it harder for him to use them whenever and however he wants. That's NPR's Domenico Montanero with our story. The Republican election bill now being considered by Congress doesn't look likely to pass. As NPR's Miles Parks reports, Republican-controlled states are passing similar legislation at the state level. Republican lawmakers have worried about non-citizen voting for years, but the issue is taken on new urgency with President Trump's claims ahead of the 2024 election that non-citizens would vote in mass to influence that race. There's no evidence that happened or has ever happened in American elections for that matter, but states are still passing new restrictions to protect against the possibility. News with new voting requirements have now passed or are about to pass in Florida, South Dakota, and Utah. And similar laws passed in recent years in Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming, according

2:01to the Voting Rights Lab which tracks election policy. Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington. The Board of Immigration Appeals is a part of the Justice Department you may not have heard of. It's where immigrants or the government can appeal decisions made by immigration judges. As NPR's Raul Mukherjee reports, the Trump administration has reshaped this board to advance its immigration agenda. In 2025, the Board issued a record number of precedent-setting decisions NPR found. These are decisions that tell immigration judges and the public how immigration laws should be interpreted. The Board issued 70 decisions in one year, that's nearly as many as there were under all four years of former President Joe Biden. Only two of these decisions sided with the immigrant in the case. Some lawyers tracking these cases say these decisions have made it easier for the Trump administration to deport people to third countries and enforce the policy that keeps immigrants in detention. The Justice Department says the Board is now recommitted to following the law and fulfilling its core mission. Raul Mukherjee, NPR News.

3:02Wall Street dropped across the Board on Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average was down by 1%, the Nasdaq closed down 2%, the S&P 500 down 100 points. This is NPR News. The Trump administration was blocked Friday from enforcing a policy that limits news reporter's access to the Pentagon. In his ruling, US District Judge Paul Friedman ruled that the policy illegally restricts the press credentials of reporters who refuse to follow the new rules. A Pentagon official says it's pursuing an immediate appeal. Marshall Arts expert and action star Chuck Norris has died at the age of 86. Norris's path to how they would start him began as a Marshall Arts instructor. Among his clients and acquaintances were big-name stars, none bigger than Bruce Lee, who put Norris in his 1972 film The Way of the Dragon and featured him in the legendary fight scene between the two.

4:02By the 1980s, with roles in the Delta Force and missing in action, Norris was himself a star. Every action to his death has come from around the world, including a number of his fellow action film performers, Sylvester Stallone described him as all American in every way. And Jean-Claude Van Dam, who appeared with Norris in the expendables too, said the two knew each other for decades he called him a friend. For NPR News, I'm Steve Fuderman in Los Angeles. More than 5,500 people living north of Honolulu are being ordered to leave their homes because of heavy rains in the area. Officials say a 120-year-old dam could fail because of heavy flooding. Emergency sirens also blared along Oahu's fame north shore were rising waters or damaging homes and vehicles. The National Weather Service says most of the state is currently under a flood watch. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. This message comes from eBay. The worst part about loving cars might just be buying them and all the parts. From Toyotas to Aston Martin's, eBay has thousands of cars and the largest online selection

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