NPR News: 09-11-2026 4PM EDT

0:00Lie from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. It has been a day of deep reflection on the events of September 11, 2001. On this 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on U.S. oil, President Trump delivered a speech at the Pentagon and Pierce Frank Ordonia's reports that during the Salam event, Trump also defended his administration's war against Iran. And Trump and the First Lady listened as the names of the 184 people killed at the Pentagon were read at the beginning of the 25th anniversary ceremony of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington, D.C. in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In honoring those who died, Trump also sought to tie the moment to his decision to go to war in Iran. We will never, ever, forget. That's why we fight today.

1:02We don't have a choice. It can only be victory. Trump spoke of American unity following the 9-11 attacks, calling it the authentic spirit of the nation. Franco, Ordonia's, NPR News. Iran says it will attend a regional meeting of the four ministers of countries in the Persian Gulf. The Iranian foreign ministry says that eight foreign ministers will be attending to discuss issues around the straight of Hormuz, which Iran has blockaded since the start of the war. We have more from NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi. The Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Bakhai, announced that the meeting of foreign ministers will take place in Oman next week. He said the foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq, and other Arab states on the coast of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will be attending. He said that the meeting will address negotiations Iran and Oman have been part of to reach an agreement to temporarily reopen the straight of Hormuz. Iranian blockade of the straight has affected global oil supplies.

2:04U.S. diesel prices hit a new American high at an average of $6 a gallon this week. Hadeel Al-Shalchi and P.R. News is dumbled. The last big economic report before the Federal Reserve holds its next interest rate setting meeting next week shows no relief from inflation in the U.S. NPR Scott Horsley says the U.S. were with Iran shows no sign of abating. Oil prices are more volatile and energy prices are rising. The overall cost living in August was up 3.4 percent from a year ago, similar to the annual inflation rate the month before. That's higher than the Federal Reserve would like and could signal a need to raise interest rates. But if you strip out energy and food prices, the annual core inflation rate cooled a little bit last month. So, Fed policy makers really have to try to figure out which way is the trend line actually moving. NPR Scott Horsley reporting. The Dow is closed up more than 500 points. It's NPR News. A new study from the Brookings Institution looked at the impacts of cell phone bands a year

3:07out. Nearly all students attend schools with some kind of cell phone restriction or ban in the United States. And Piers Sikhoi-Korillo has details. The Brookings recent study on cell phone bands finds that usage of phones in schools by teens increased across the 2025-2026 school year despite nearly all schools having some kind of ban in place. That increases were the smallest in schools with the strictest policies like Beldebel bands versus policies that allowed use during lunch and passing periods. But even in schools with strictest policies, most teens reported no impact on well-being indicators like happiness or stress. Cell phone bands have swept the country in popularity in recent years, uniting folks from across the political and geographic spectrum. Sikhoi-Korillo and Piers News. A federal court has ruled that the Energy Department overstepped its authority when it forced a coal-fired power plant in Michigan to keep operating longer than its schedule retirement date last year.

4:08Another member of Norway's Royal Family has died. In a statement, the palace says Princess Astrid was 94 when she passed away today, just two days after she attended the funeral of her 89-year-old brother, King Harald. When it comes to naming its international airport in honor of the late Dolly Parton, the capital is all in. Today the Metropolitan National Airport Authority voted unanimously to start the renaming process, although the final name has yet to be decided. It's NPR News. This week I'm considered this, the researcher who just resigned from anthropic why he believes AI is a threat to humanity. Very soon these things are going to be so capable that if they decide to go rogue, it's not going to be good. This is his view of what guardrails could look like this week on Consider This from NPR.