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NPR News: 05-31-2026 7PM EDT

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🗓️ 31 May 2026

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. The war with Iran is now in its fourth month,

0:07.5

with no clear indication it will be resolved anytime soon. And Pierce Tamara Keith has more.

0:13.7

On Friday, President Trump announced he was heading into the situation room for a high-level meeting about the potential deal,

0:22.4

quote, to make a final determination. He was there for two hours, and we still don't know what he decided. Over the past

0:28.4

two months, there have been many threats from President Trump and claims of a deal being near.

0:34.1

Then last week, he said he might not even sign the deal unless Gulf Arab states like Qatar

0:39.5

signed the Abraham Accord, normalizing relations with Israel.

0:44.1

And fierce Tamara Keith.

0:46.0

An overnight curfew is now in place around Eleni Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey.

0:52.8

This after another night of clashes between police and people protesting conditions in the facility.

0:58.7

Governor Mikey Sherrill says she called in the state police to keep ICE agents away from the protesters,

1:04.3

which she says have been largely peaceful.

1:06.8

We will continue to look for ways to allow people to continue to protest because make no mistake, I am very concerned about what's going on in Delaney Hall.

1:17.8

And this is all taking away from the protesters who have been very, I think, effective at bringing attention to that.

1:25.3

She also says the federal government is again allowing family

1:28.5

visits at Delaney Hall as of today. But in Texas, civil rights groups are suing the government

1:34.1

on behalf of detainees at a facility in El Paso, the biggest in the United States,

1:39.8

alleging horrific and inhumane conditions. Officials have recovered the 11th and final victim of a major tank rupture at a paper mill in Longview, Washington.

1:51.5

Joni Addenland from Oregon Public Broadcasting has more.

1:54.6

The Cowlitz County Coroner read aloud the names of all 11 victims, as the huge paper mill loomed in the background.

2:02.5

Family members of the latest identified victim, Norman Barlow, watched from behind a fence. His sister, Cindy Bickford, said she wants

2:09.0

more safety protocols put in place. This is not right. We don't want to be a victim. You need to do

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