Jet Down in Iran, Voter Privacy, Dietary Guidelines
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🗓️ 4 April 2026
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And, the American Heart Association releases its guidance on the pattern of eating that promotes good health and helps fend off disease.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. We would love to hear about what you like or maybe don't like about up first, |
| 0:06.1 | and you can help us out by answering a few questions online. Go to npr.org slash spring survey, |
| 0:13.4 | and again, that's npr.org slash spring survey. Thank you. |
| 0:19.9 | Two U.S. fighter jets went down over Iran yesterday. American forces are still |
| 0:25.9 | searching for one of the airmen. The American and Israeli bombardment of Iran has not destroyed |
| 0:30.6 | their ability to fight back. I'm Scott Simon. I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:38.9 | President Trump says he plans to end the war in Iran soon. |
| 0:43.2 | He's also sent more troops to the region. |
| 0:45.7 | The Department of Justice has demanded. |
| 0:47.8 | States turn over their voter rolls, full of sensitive data, and judges have mostly sided with the states that have refused. |
| 0:53.8 | And new advice on diet from the American Heart Association. It's... of sensitive data and judges have mostly sided with the states that have refused. |
| 1:01.1 | And new advice on diet from the American Heart Association. It says go easy on meat at the same time that the government is telling us to eat more. So stay with us. Chow down. We've got the |
| 1:06.3 | news you need to start your weekend. First up today, President Trump says he expects to successfully end the war in |
| 1:27.2 | Iran in the next two to three weeks. |
| 1:29.1 | Yet two U.S. planes went down over Iran yesterday, and there are other hints that much more |
| 1:35.1 | fighting may be coming. We're joined by NPR National Security correspondent Greg Myrie. Greg, |
| 1:39.9 | thanks for being with us. Hi, Scott. And let's please begin with those two U.S. planes. |
| 1:44.2 | What happened? |
| 1:45.4 | Yeah, Scott, until yesterday, Iran had not shot down a single American warplane despite five weeks of heavy U.S. bombing. |
| 1:53.5 | We're talking thousands of missions. |
| 1:55.7 | Well, two were hit on Friday. |
| 1:57.9 | First, an F-15, which is a very good fighter jet, was struck by Iranian fire in |
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