Iran-US; TPS; Election Help Fee; Gaza : NPR

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After two days of intense strikes, preventing between the U.S. and Iran seems to have paused. The U.S. says it hit 170 targets in Iran. Iran says it focused U.S. navy bases within the Gulf. The preventing coincided with a weeklong funeral for former Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 4 of his members of the family killed on the primary day of the battle.

Large crowds line the streets of the holy metropolis of Mashhad for the burial of Iran’s late supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 9, 2026 in Mashhad, Iran.

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• 🎧 Tensions stay excessive within the area, NPR’s Carrie Kahn, who’s in Tel Aviv, tells Up First. Within the current collection of assaults, Jordan intercepted incoming fireplace from Iran. Iran yesterday threatened the United Arab Emirates. Eyal Zamir, the Israeli armed forces chief of employees, stated that the nation is ready if preventing resumes.

Hundreds of Haitian and Syrian immigrants with Momentary Protected Standing (TPS) are in danger of shedding their capacity to work within the U.S. as a result of a current Supreme Courtroom ruling. The court docket gave the Trump administration the inexperienced gentle to revoke TPS for greater than 300,000 individuals. TPS permits immigrants to legally reside in the USA when situations of their nations make it unsafe to return.

• 🎧 Many immigrants’ work permits are tied to their TPS and their driver’s licenses are linked to these permits, says reporter Kathryn Mobley of NPR community station WYSO. Reporting from Springfield, Ohio, house to a big Haitian neighborhood, Mobley says some immigrants are staying house, whereas others are reaching out for assist. Native nonprofits are encouraging individuals to use for asylum, although the method is prolonged and gives no assure of safety from deportation. Some Springfield residents say they’ve already misplaced manufacturing jobs following the ruling.

President Trump dismissed the remaining members of the bipartisan U.S. Election Help Fee, drawing criticism from Democrats and voting rights advocates. A White Home official stated that Trump can take this motion because of the Slaughter determination. Final month, in the Slaughter Case, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom dominated {that a} president has larger flexibility in eradicating members of impartial federal companies.

The U.S. brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas final yr, however 9 months later, that settlement has stalled. The deal referred to as for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, new governance in Gaza and Hamas’s disarmament. As a substitute, Israeli forces have expanded their management from about half of Gaza in the beginning of the ceasefire to almost 70%, in keeping with Israeli officers and NPR’s evaluation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the navy is tightening its grip to encompass Hamas. For Palestinians, that has meant extra displacement, shrinking entry to assist and one other cycle of grief. Greater than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed for the reason that ceasefire took impact, in keeping with Gaza’s Well being Ministry. In a brand new report, NPR’s Anas Baba and Aya Batrawy doc what each day life seems to be like for households trapped between increasing navy zones, with shelling at evening, gunfire by day and nowhere secure to go.