NPR News: 03-26-2026 6PM EDT
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. |
| 0:04.1 | President Trump says he's extending a deadline for the U.S. to strike Iranian power plants again. |
| 0:09.4 | As NPR's Afranco-Ordonia's reports, Trump says talks with Iran are going well. |
| 0:13.9 | Trump says he's giving Iran more time to reopen the Strait of Ormuse as talks with Tehran continue. |
| 0:19.2 | He made the announcement on social media writing, |
| 0:22.6 | I am pausing the period of energy plant destruction by 10 days to Monday, April 6, 2026 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time. |
| 0:31.6 | At an earlier cabinet meeting, Trump's special envoy, Steve Whitkoff, confirmed that the U.S. had presented Iran with |
| 0:38.7 | what he described as a foundation of a framework for a peace plan via Pakistan, which is acting as a |
| 0:45.3 | mediator. While Wittkoff said the 15-point action plan has resulted in, quote, strong and |
| 0:51.2 | positive messaging and talks, Iran publicly has told Reuters that the proposal |
| 0:55.9 | was unfair and one-sided. Franco, Ordoñez, NPR News. |
| 1:01.5 | On Wall Street, stocks had their biggest drop since the start of the war with Iran. As NPR's |
| 1:06.1 | Maria Aspen reports, the Dow closed down almost 470 points or more than 1%. The broader S&P 500 closed down nearly 1 in 3 quarters percent, and the NASDAQ fell more than 2 and a quarter percent. |
| 1:18.5 | Tech stocks in particular tumbled. The tech-heavy NASDAQ is now in what's known as correction territory, meaning that it's fallen 10% from its October high. It was dragged |
| 1:30.1 | down in part by a sell-off in Meta shares, after the parent company of Facebook and Instagram |
| 1:35.5 | lost back-to-back court cases blaming Meta for the harmful impact of its products on young people. |
| 1:42.7 | More broadly, investors are bracing for the war with Iran to |
| 1:45.8 | continue and to continue clouding the outlook for the U.S. economy. Oil prices again rose above |
| 1:52.0 | $100 a barrel, fueling more worries about a worsening energy crisis heating up inflation. |
| 1:59.0 | Maria Aspen and PR News, New York. |
| 2:01.7 | Delta Airlines passengers traveling through its Atlanta hub will have some additional wiggle |
| 2:06.2 | room to rebook their flights. The policy expands on an earlier travel waiver and could |
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