US-Iran Strikes Test Talks, Venezuela Quake Search & Rescue, Trump's Immigration Wins
6/29/202614 min
The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is barely holding after a weekend of strikes, with the U.S. hitting Iran and Iran firing back at American bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, though talks are still set to resume and Israel and Lebanon have reached a deal of their own.
Search and rescue efforts continue across Venezuela five days after two powerful earthquakes, with the death toll approaching 1,500 and thousands still missing as families dig through rubble themselves.
And President Trump's immigration agenda just got a boost from the Supreme Court, with hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians now told to find new legal status or leave the country, even as a bigger ruling on birthright citizenship is still to come.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:58) US-Iran Strikes Test Talks
(05:36) Venezuela Quake Search & Rescue
(09:24) Trump's Immigration Wins
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First 90 secondsLeila Fadel· Host0:00
[intro music] The U.S. and Iran spent the weekend trading fire.
Steve Inskeep· Host0:05
Iranians attacked two cargo ships. The U.S. then struck targets in Iran, and Iran followed that by firing missiles. Where does that leave a ceasefire?
Leila Fadel· Host0:13
I'm Leila Fadel with Steven Skip, and this is Up First from NPR News. Coming up, we have an eyewitness account of devastation in Venezuela. An earthquake in Caracas knocked down buildings like dominoes. Our colleague, Eder Peralta, is there.
Steve Inskeep· Host0:30
Also, the Trump administration tells hundreds of thousands of people with temporary protected status to apply for a new status or leave.
Carrie Kahn0:38
We'll actually give you a plane ticket plus roughly $2,100 to help you reestablish when you get there.
Steve Inskeep· Host0:44
The administration won its case in court. Did it also win the politics? Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.
Speaker 40:51
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Speaker 51:08
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Speaker 61:13
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Speaker 51:14
This is true.
Speaker 41:15
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Jen White1:21
[upbeat music] Every week on our series If You Can Keep It, we tackle the biggest political stories and why they matter for our democracy.