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At a press conference last night, President Trump Iran reiterated its threats against civilian infrastructure And promised that if the country does not accept the agreement that includes opening the Strait of Hormuz by 8:00 pm ET tonight. Trump said that Iran’s next step will decide whether the war will end or escalate.

• 🎧 NPR’s Franco Ordonez, who was at the press conference, explains first up The President turned in many directions in his speech, but left no questions about plans to attack power plants and bridges if a deal is not reached later today. Talks are ongoing and Trump said America has… Active, willing participants on the other hand Which is more liberal. The president did not share details, but said this partner wants to make a deal. Pakistan, Egypt and Türkiye are leading the discussions on the 45-day ceasefire proposal. Trump said the latest offer was not good enough and the Iranians rejected it.
• 🎧 As Trump threatens Iran’s power plants and bridges, Israel is sending a new warning to Iranians: Don’t take trains. NPR’s Daniel Estrin says there is a possibility of heavy bombing on Iran’s railways today. He says infrastructure that is not used in direct support of military action is being targeted Possibility of war crimes increasesAccording to Geneva Convention. The railway may serve the Iranian regime, but many citizens also use it to visit family across the country. NPR correspondents visiting a railway station on the Turkey-Iran border have seen trains filled with Iranians, many of whom are looking for Internet access for a few days at the border before returning to Iran. With the internet shut down in Iran for more than a month, it is unclear whether Iranians will even be able to see Israel’s warning to avoid trains.
• ➡️ Oil and gas prices are not the only costs that have increased due to the war. From beer cans and helium balloons to mortgages, here are Scarcity and rise in prices Which has started coming to the fore.
• ➡️ Since the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, The International Rescue Committee and Save the Children told NPR that clinics and humanitarian centers in the Middle East, Asia and Africa are at risk of running out of basic medicine and food.

NASA’s Artemis II crew is now returning to Earth from a trip around the Moon. His mission set a record for the farthest humans traveled from Earth. They return with new knowledge of the Moon’s surface and key test-flight data for the Orion spacecraft that will help future missions carry humans to the Moon’s surface.

• 🎧 The most important test of the Orion spacecraft will take place on Friday when the team is expected to fall On Earth, according to Brendan Byrne of Central Florida Public Media. The space capsule will pass through the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 25,000 miles per hour, and will endure temperatures of up to 5,000 degrees. Re-entry will test the head and shield parachutes that will decelerate the crew before falling into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego.
• ➡️ Artemis II astronauts get unique opportunity to see solar eclipse Watching the Sun disappear behind the Moon, from the opposite vantage point. Here he saw what satellites could not capture.

A study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine Suggestion that abortion pills may be Safely administered over the counter. Researchers surveyed 168 patients waiting to see a physician to receive medication for an abortion. Participants were shown a prototype packaging of what an over-the-counter abortion medication might look like, and were asked to assess whether they would be good candidates. Overall, 88% of participants’ self-assessments matched their physicians’. Developmental psychologist July Maslowski tells NPR’s Selena Simmons-Duffin that the study’s scenario is no different from how 1 in 4 patients currently receive abortion access via telehealth. Still, there is still a long way to go to reach the point where a drug manufacturer would apply to the FDA to make abortion drugs available over the counter. There is still a lot of research to be done, and more than a dozen states have banned abortion by any method, at any time in pregnancy.

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Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, spoke with NPR’s Steve Inskeep at the company’s offices in Washington, DC. During the conversation, Dimon discussed the economic fallout from the Iran war, the impact of AI on the workforce and society, and life lessons learned.

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A Florida Highway Patrol officer views photos of undocumented immigrants accused of crimes before a news conference at the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Building in Miramar, Florida on November 13, 2025. Florida law enforcement agencies have the highest ICE cooperation rates in the country, with state troopers making the vast majority of immigration arrests.

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Following an aggressive, high-profile federal immigration operation in Minnesota, the government is shifting its approach to immigration enforcement toward a less visible focus that relies more on local police. At his confirmation hearing last month, Markwayne Mullin, the new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said he wanted to see ICE become “more transportation than front line.” Here’s how and why this shift in immigration enforcement is happening — and what it might look like in communities across the country.

• ➡️The enforcement campaign in Minnesota was politically unpopular. Officers pinned protesters to the ground, fired tear gas, and ultimately killed two American citizens. An NPR/PBS News/Marist poll in February found that two-thirds of Americans said ICE had gone too far.
• ➡️ Mullin’s comments point to an increased emphasis on the federal 287(g) program, which allows state and local law enforcement officers to perform some of the duties of ICE officers. This program has been in existence for decades. But the number of local law enforcement agencies signing up for it has increased rapidly during Trump’s second term.
• ➡️ These partnerships have transformed local policing and made it harder for communities to know when immigration enforcement is happening near them.
• ➡️The federal government has given financial incentives to some local law enforcement agencies to sign 287(g) agreements. Some sheriffs are also staunch ideological supporters of the Trump administration’s immigration approach.
• ➡️ Other law enforcement leaders have expressed concerns that cooperation with federal immigration authorities would erode community trust and prevent undocumented immigrants from calling 911 if a crime is committed against them.

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Shellier fish have certain physical characteristics that make it possible for them to climb as well as swim.

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1. Due to the high cost of housing in America, older people are finding it difficult not only to buy a home but also to live on their own. The share of adults 65 and older who want to rent with a roommate has tripled over the past decade, according to listings site SpareRoom.
2. Seventeen years ago, researcher Auguste Chocha Manda observed thousands of a species of small fish called shellers climbing a 50-foot-high cliff behind a waterfall. Manda lost its footage, but a new paper appears in the journal scientific reportwhich is posthumously attributed to Manda, explains how the Shelliers are able to climb.
3. The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to dismiss the criminal case against Trump aide Steve Bannon over his failure to testify before Congress about the January 6, 2021 insurrection.

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