Trump Weighs Options In Iran, Minnesota Sues DHS, SCOTUS Trans Sports Cases
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
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Summary
President Trump is weighing options, including military action, as Iran’s largest protests in years grow deadlier as the regime cracks down on nationwide demonstrations.
And the Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases over whether states can bar transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:55) Trump Weighs Options In Iran
(05:35) Minnesota Sues DHS,
(08:52) SCOTUS Trans Sports Cases
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump says he's considering military strikes on Iran as its crackdown on protests |
| 0:07.3 | kills hundreds. Iran wants to negotiate. Is the pressure campaign headed toward diplomacy or |
| 0:14.0 | confrontation? I'm Steve Inskeep with Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:22.3 | Minnesota is suing the Trump administration over its immigration operations after an ICE agent killed Renee McClain Good. |
| 0:29.6 | We asked the courts to end the DHS unlawful behavior in our state. |
| 0:33.7 | The intimidation, the threats, the violence. |
| 0:36.8 | Our ICE operations in Minneapolis escalating. |
| 0:39.9 | Also today, the Supreme Court considers two challenges to state laws. |
| 0:43.4 | The rules prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports. |
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| 1:53.9 | President Trump continues to threaten military action against Iran and says he is receiving hourly |
| 1:59.2 | reports on the violence against protesters |
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