The News Roundup For March 13, 2026
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🗓️ 13 March 2026
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Summary
The president traveled to Kentucky and Ohio this week where he went on the defensive, justifying the increase in gas prices and touting the drop in drug prices.
Americans’ faith in the future of fair elections is at an all time low, according to new PBS/NPR/Marist poll.
And, in global news, early findings from a Pentagon investigation indicate that the U.S. may be at fault for a missile strike on an Iranian school. That attack killed at least 175 children, teachers, and other staff.
Israel is widening strikes into Lebanon and threatening to invade the southern portion of the country. The Tehran-backed Hezbollah group has been sending missiles into Israel since the attacks on Iran began nearly two weeks ago. Lebanon is appealing to Israel’s allies to stop the campaign.
And as the world’s attention swings to Iran, how is Hamas regrouping in Gaza?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. It's Todd, your host for this edition of the News Roundup. Just a quick heads up before we start the show. As you know, the news can change rapidly and something you hear in this episode might have new developments. You can always stay up to date with all the latest by listening to your local NPR station and by visiting npr.org. |
| 0:29.5 | I'm Todd's Willick, and it's the 1A podcast. |
| 0:32.2 | It's time now for the weekly news roundup. |
| 0:35.6 | Across the U.S., gas prices are soaring. |
| 0:40.1 | On average, 20% more than before President Trump struck Iran. |
| 0:47.3 | He hit the road this week to reassure Americans that the economic cost of his war will be just a blip. |
| 0:57.6 | Prices are coming down very substantially. Oil will be coming down. That's just a matter of war. But the human costs of this war are growing. At least 140 U.S. service members have been injured. 13 are now confirmed dead. |
| 1:04.0 | And a preliminary military investigation confirms that an American strike hit a school in |
| 1:09.7 | southern Iran killing more than 165 civilians, |
| 1:13.6 | most of them elementary school children. Today we're going to talk about what changed this week |
| 1:18.8 | and what the White House is and is not telling Congress and the public. And we'll talk more about |
| 1:24.5 | Congress, how far this president is willing to go to pass a bill, making it harder to vote in the midterms. |
| 1:30.0 | And the largest housing bill of its kind in decades could a bipartisan push actually make any dent in the U.S. housing crisis? |
| 1:38.4 | We'll talk about it all with Josh Wingrove. He's White House reporter for Bloomberg. |
| 1:41.9 | Hey, Josh. |
| 1:42.4 | Hey, how are you? |
| 1:43.1 | Great to have you here. Arthur Delaney is in the studio, senior reporter for Huff Post. Good to see you, Arthur. |
| 1:48.1 | Great to be here. And Alana Shores with us, senior Washington editor for Semaphore. Hi, Alana. Hey there. |
| 1:54.0 | All right, let's start with the war. |
| 1:56.2 | Of course, President Trump said this week, |
| 1:58.4 | there is practically nothing left to target in Iran, |
| 2:01.6 | and that the war is nearing its end. |
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