NPR News: 03-26-2026 11AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kurova Kulman, President Trump says U.S. military strikes in Iran have been very successful. Speaking at a cabinet meeting that is still underway, Trump says Iranian officials are begging to make a cease-fire deal with his administration. And the great negotiators, I say they allow cease-fireers, but they great negotiators. And they are begging to work out a deal. I don't know if we'll be able to do that. They should have done that four weeks ago. They should have done it two years ago. Or they should have done it when we first came into office. But Iranian officials have rejected a U.S. cease-fire proposal. Pakistan says it has relayed messages between U.S. and Iranian officials. Israel's military says it has killed the head of Iran's revolutionary guard naval forces. A Pakistani official following negotiations with Iran has confirmed his death. This is Israel's latest assassination of senior Iranian

1:01leaders since it killed the supreme leader nearly a month ago. Iti Stern reports from Tel Aviv. Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, says the military carried out a precise overnight strike, killing al-Iraza Tanciri Iran's top naval commander. Katz says Tanciri was directly responsible for naval mining operations and efforts to block the strait of a key global shipping route. According to the U.S. Treasury, which had previously sanctioned him, Tanciri headed the navy's testing of drones and cruise missiles. Katz says the killing is the latest warning to Iran that it will continue targeting senior leaders and, quote, operate with full force to achieve its war goals. For NPR News, I'm Iti Stern in Tel Aviv. While makers are meeting today to consider aviation safety reform, a runway crash in New York killed two pilots on Sunday, and recently the National Transportation Safety Board came

2:01out with recommendations. This follows last year's deadly mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan, Washington National Airport, NPR's Kristen Wright reports. House committees on transportation and armed services are considering changes to aviation with the goal of making it safer to fly. The Alert Act requires airplanes and helicopters to be equipped with collision prevention technology. The bill also calls for enhanced air traffic control training. Lawmakers are also considering an audit of the FAA's safety culture, and the legislation proposes strengthening the airspace around Reagan, Washington National Airport. 67 people were killed when an American Airlines jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter collided there last year. Reforms on the table address the NTSB's recommendations after its year-long investigation into the crash. Kristen Wright, NPR News, Washington. On Wall Street, the Dow is turned negative. It's now down nearly 90 points. This is NPR. The International Olympic Committee says it's banning transgender women from competition

3:05in any women's event. The rule takes effect at the Los Angeles Summer Games in 2028. Any female athlete who wants to compete in the Olympics will now be required to take a genetic test. The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution declaring the slave trade of African peoples as the, quote, gravest crime against humanity. The resolution was put forward by delegates from Ghana. It calls for reparations, and it demands the return of all artistic and cultural items to their countries of origin. Bill Mar will be receiving the Mark Twain Prize for American humor, after all. As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports, President Trump does not appear to be a fan of Mar, but the Kennedy Center announced it's giving it to him anyway. After the Atlantic magazine cited anonymous sources saying that Bill Mar would be receiving the prestigious Mark Twain Prize, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt called it fake news. But the Kennedy Center has announced Mar will indeed be getting the Twain award.

4:07The host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Mar has visited with Trump at the White House, but he has also been critical of both parties, and Trump in particular. The stock market is going down, and we've lost a lot of jobs. It's like it's even more evil twin replaced as usual evil twin. Trump recently called Mar a lightweight on social media. In a statement from the Kennedy Center, Mar said it is indeed humbling to get anything named for a man who's been thrown out of as many school libraries as Mark Twain. Elizabeth Blair and PR News. You're listening to NPR. This message comes from Bayer. Science is a rigorous process that requires questions, testing, transparency, and results that can be proven again and again. It's the approach that mapped the human genome, advancing therapies for chronic diseases. It transformed farming to help feed billions of people. It produces countless innovations that improve lives worldwide. This approach is integral to every breakthrough Bayer brings forward, innovations that save lives and feed the world because the future depends on it.

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