NPR News: 04-09-2026 11PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump says he has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reduce his country's attacks on Lebanon. Trump confirmed the request in an interview with NBC News as MPR's Daniel Kertzlaven reports. President Trump told NBC that, quote, I spoke with BB and he's going to low-key it. I just think we have to be sort of a little more low-key, unquote. After a ceasefire was announced on Tuesday between the U.S. and Iran, Israel continued attacking Lebanon where the Iran-backed group Hezbollah is based. There has been disagreement among the countries involved in the ceasefire as to whether attacks on Lebanon are a part of that agreement. Trump posted on social media late Wednesday night that U.S. military personnel will remain in and around Iran until there's a, quote, real agreement. Vice President JD Vance will lead a delegation to Pakistan for Saturday peace talks. Daniel Kertzlaven and P.R. News, the White House. Prime Minister Netanyahu says he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon aimed at

1:02disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants. He made the announcement Thursday giving a potential boost to ceasefire talks. Lebanese authorities have not yet responded. Health officials say Wednesday's Israeli attacks against Hezbollah on central Beirut and other areas in Lebanon killed more than 300 people and wounded more than 1150. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the keynote speech at a conference for those who say climate change is not a problem. He championed the Trump administration's efforts to roll back climate policies as MPR's Lauren Summer reports. Zeldin spoke at a conference of the Heartland Institute, a free market group that denies that humans are contributing to climate change. Scientific research shows that burning fossil fuels has increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the highest level in human history. Black traps heat, raising temperatures and making weather events like hurricanes more extreme. Zeldin celebrated the EPA's decision to stop regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. He says that policy was government overreach and focused too much on the worst-case scenarios.

2:06Lauren Summer and P.R. News. According to the American Gaming Association, Americans wagered more than $166 billion on sports in 2025. Young adults and teens are joining in legally or otherwise leaving parents to think about how to talk to children about gambling in P.R. Sequoia Carillo reports. Experts say the most common mistake parents make is waiting to talk about gambling until they're worried about their kid. You're coming in and talking with your teenager about problem gambling, but you're coming in fire and brimstone. This is the worst thing in the world. That's Matt Misar. He's an addiction counselor in Pittsburgh. Teachers are going to shut down. They're not going to want to have that conversation. Most of Misar's clients are boys and young men. He says parents need to take a beat and avoid a confrontation. Whether or not you're worried, approach it with curiosity, not judgment. Sequoia Carillo and P.R. News. This is M.P.R. First Lady Melania Trump delivered a statement at the White House Thursday denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein in any knowledge of his crime.

3:09She called allegations that she was involved in Epstein's crime's baseless lies. Her statement seemed to come out of the blue, a spokesman for the First Lady said the West Wing knew beforehand that she'd be giving a statement, but it's not clear if her specific remarks were known. A new analysis finds Siamper Penguin's VCs is at risk of extinction. M.P.R.'s Nate Rott reports that melting sea ice and changing food availability are causing the decline. The world is getting warmer thanks to human activities, and temperatures at the poles are rising significantly faster than the global average. Hotter temperatures means less sea ice, and for M.P.R. penguins, which rely on sea ice for breeding in his places to rest, it means fewer penguins are surviving. Twice in recent years, the ice is broken up early, causing thousands of chicks to drown in the frigid water. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says M.P.R. penguins are now considered to be endangered and tarctic fur seals as well. Scientists involved in the analysis say urgent action is needed to reduce climate warming

4:12pollution. M.P.R. News. The Financial Markets in Asia ticking up the mid-questions about the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Japan's benchmark, N.K., is up more than 1 percent and Brent Crude Oil, the International Standard, is trading above $96 a barrel in Asia after stocks on Wall Street advanced and Thursday trading, both the Dow and the S.M.P. 500 rose six cents of a percent. I'm Giles Snyder, M.P.R. News. President Trump's White House is upending Democratic norms on a weekly basis. Trump's terms is N.P.R.'s podcast where you can follow it all from ice, to Venezuela, to Iran, to questioning election results, even minting a coin with his face on it. Trump's terms brings you a single story every episode with same-day coverage of the President and his policies. Listen to Trump's terms on the N.P.R. app or wherever you get your podcasts.