NPR News: 07-09-2026 10PM EDT

Jeanine Herbst· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. The US and Iran are continuing to trade attacks for the second day, leaving the fragile ceasefire agreement in limbo. The Pentagon says the US hit more than one hundred seventy targets in Iran over the past two days. Iran says it fired at US targets in Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Ambassador Nicholas Burns, who served in President George W. Bush's administration and led negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, says the US has faced many challenges dealing with Tehran.

Nicholas Burns· Soundbite0:34

They suffered through it. They didn't flinch. We're dealing with an exceedingly difficult and often very untrustworthy government in Tehran, and it appears to be a government that's divided. There seems to be one faction that does want a ceasefire of the United States, but the stronger faction is defiant.

Jeanine Herbst· Host0:53

Speaking there to NPR's All Things Considered. Former Olympic canoeist p- uh, pleaded not guilty today to a felony charge of damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. David Hern made his appearance at a court in Washington, DC. NPR's Jacqueline Diaz was there.

Jacqueline Diaz1:11

In a crowded, stuffy courtroom today, Hern's attorney entered his not guilty plea. Hern sat between two defense attorneys and kept his comments to a minimum. But outside [chanting] a group of supporters chanted and held signs in support. Hern and his attorneys claim this