Iran-Israel Conflict Latest, Trump On Iran, Social Security Funds

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🗓️ 19 June 2025

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The latest developments in the Israel-Iran conflict, and the evolution of President Trump's thinking on whether to involve the US. Plus, the Social Security trust fund is expected to run out of cash in eight years, unless Congress acts before then.

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0:00.0	President Trump talks of strikes against Iran.
0:05.2	I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do. I can tell you this, that Iran's got a lot of trouble.
0:12.8	Why does some of his allies warn of Forever War?
0:15.3	I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.4	Iranians are fleeing their capital as Israeli attacks escalate. Israelis suffer damage to a
0:28.2	hospital. What is life like in an Israeli neighborhood that suffered damage? Our colleague
0:32.3	Daniel Estrin is an eyewitness. And the Social Security Trust Fund now looks a little less
0:37.3	stable.
0:38.1	The people who oversee it say it's projected to run out of cash in less than 10 years.
0:43.0	We're worried that we're not going to get it.
0:45.4	It's going to be taken away.
0:47.0	So we better get it while we can.
0:49.2	Stay with us.
0:49.9	We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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1:08.6	Listen closely to each story, follow the clues,
1:11.5	and you could help bring a missing person home. Search Dateline, Missing in America to follow now. President Trump is being mysterious about whether
1:18.4	he plans to join Israel's war on Iran. Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, told our correspondent
1:24.3	Daniel Estrin in an interview that he welcomes international support and that
1:28.5	Israel has a dialogue with the U.S. It's a decision that needs to be taken by the president and his team.
1:35.2	While we wait to learn about that decision, the war continues. Over night, Israel says its air force
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