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NPR News: 02-21-2026 5PM EST

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🗓️ 21 February 2026

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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation,

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working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump says he's increasing his new temporary

0:21.7

global tariffs from 10 percent he announced yesterday to 15 percent. It's in response to yesterday's

0:27.8

Supreme Court ruling, finding he overstepped his authority when he set tariffs on nearly all

0:32.4

imports to the U.S. And here's Alina Selyuk reports. President Trump made the latest announcement

0:37.4

in a post on social media,

0:38.9

once again deriding the Supreme Court ruling, saying it was, quote, ridiculous, poorly written,

0:44.5

and extraordinarily anti-American. The high court had ruled with a notable majority of six to three,

0:50.0

including two justices appointed by Trump, and they had struck down Trump's use of an emergency

0:55.4

statute for his tariffs, saying the president could not rely on it to impose taxes without

1:00.7

specific authorization from Congress. Trump quickly used another presidential authority to set a new

1:06.3

universal tariff, which is limited to 150 days, unless extended by lawmakers, and he has vowed to find a way

1:13.4

to set more.

1:14.3

Alina Seluk and Pierre News, Washington.

1:16.7

Iran says it's preparing a counterproposal to U.S. demands on ending its nuclear program.

1:22.3

This is the U.S. continues its military buildup in the Middle East.

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And here's Jane Arraf has more.

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Iran's foreign minister said Friday, he expected to have a counterproposal ready within days in nuclear talks with the United

1:34.6

States. Abbas Arachit told MS now that after Iranian leaders review the counterproposal,

1:41.7

there could be more negotiations in about a week.

1:44.9

President Trump on Thursday gave Iran a deadline of 10 to 15 days to resolve their dispute over Iran's nuclear program.

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