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NPR News: 06-03-2026 6PM EDT

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

0:04.0

The House has approved a resolution directing President Trump to remove forces from the Iran War.

0:09.8

Four Republicans joined Democrats to pass it.

0:12.1

The vote marked a rare bipartisan rebuke by Congress of President Trump's handling of the war, which is clinging to a fragile ceasefire.

0:19.3

But even if the legislation passes the Senate, it would

0:22.2

almost certainly be vetoed by Trump. The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee is blasting

0:28.6

a deal to exempt President Trump and his family from tax audits as a brazen abuse of power.

0:34.3

NPR's Scott Horsley reports Oregon, Senator Ron Wyden, tried to grill the Treasury

0:38.6

Secretary about the agreement today. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declined to answer questions

0:43.0

about a deal, granting the president and his family immunity from tax audits, saying that's the

0:47.2

subject of ongoing litigation. But Senator Wyden was not satisfied. Wyden says it's wrong to exempt

0:52.8

the president and his family from the kind of tax scrutiny that other Americans routinely face.

0:57.4

It's the ultimate case of an ultra wealthy individual living under one set of rules while everybody else lives under another,

1:05.2

a crooked double standard that benefits Trump and family.

1:10.7

The Justice Department agreed to the audit immunity after

1:13.1

Trump sued the IRS over leaked tax returns. Another part of the settlement, a multi-billion

1:18.3

dollar restitution fund, was dropped after bipartisan complaints. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

1:23.6

Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen doubled down on his threat to remove customs

1:28.6

and border protection officers from airports and cities that don't typically cooperate with federal

1:33.3

immigration enforcement. Mullen criticized what the administration calls sanctuary cities for

1:38.2

letting local police refuse to cooperate with immigration agents. That means I got to pull them out

1:43.1

of custom and border protection from process

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