NPR News: 04-07-2026 8PM EDT
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. |
| 0:04.6 | President Trump says he will hold off on striking Iran for two weeks as long as Iran agrees to the complete and immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz to transport oil. |
| 0:15.0 | NPR's Adipa Shivaram has more. |
| 0:16.7 | Trump said just hours ago that, quote, a whole civilization would die if Iran didn't reach a deal to reopen the straight by 8 p.m. |
| 0:24.8 | But negotiations facilitated by Pakistan apparently moved forward after Pakistan asked Trump to hold off on increased attacks for two weeks and asked Iran to reopen the strait. |
| 0:36.4 | Trump says he received a 10-point proposal from Iran |
| 0:39.7 | and says it's a workable base point for negotiations. He says the two-week pause will allow for the |
| 0:45.7 | agreement to be finalized. Trump has extended the deadline for Iran to reopen the strait before. |
| 0:51.6 | He's relenting this time because he says the U.S. has exceeded military |
| 0:55.6 | objectives and that the agreement will lead to long-term peace in the region. Deepa Shiverum, |
| 1:01.2 | NPR News, the White House. A federal judge has rejected an effort by the state of Louisiana |
| 1:06.1 | to end access to abortion medication through telemedicine nationally for now. As NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin |
| 1:13.1 | reports, that means abortion access is staying the same. The state of Louisiana filed this lawsuit |
| 1:18.2 | last October, arguing that telemedicine access allows residents to get around the state's abortion ban. |
| 1:24.9 | Federal Judge David C. Joseph, a Trump appointee, was sympathetic in his ruling |
| 1:29.4 | to the state's arguments, but he granted a request from the Food and Drug Administration to put |
| 1:34.2 | the case on hold while the agency does a review of the safety of the medicine, Miphypristone. |
| 1:39.7 | In the ruling, he wrote, quote, it is FDA, not this court that possesses the expertise to evaluate scientific evidence and make public health judgments. |
| 1:48.7 | The judge ordered FDA to report on its progress in six months. |
| 1:52.4 | Miffiprostone has been approved and available in the U.S. for more than 25 years. |
| 1:57.2 | Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News. |
| 1:59.2 | Lunar scientists have been pouring over the spectacular photos sent back by the Artemis 2 astronauts. |
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