NPR News: 04-10-2026 8PM EDT

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. Peace talks are set to start in Pakistan tomorrow between the U.S. and Iran. President Trump has sent Vice President Vance to lead the American delegation. Trump has gone this week from threatening to destroy the Iranian civilization if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened to agreeing to a temporary ceasefire to calling on other countries to deal with the Strait. NPR's Domenico Montanaro says the shifts come as public approval for the war continues to plummet. Clearly, Trump wants out of this war. It's unpopular, and while polls are showing Trump's base largely supporting him now, the longer it goes on, the worse it likely would get for him. As it is, there's been no rally around the flag effect for Trump. This was a war of choice. There's certainly a threat that Iran posed for a long time, but the U.S. wasn't attacked here. And his America First base has long believed Trump was someone who would keep the U.S. out of wars, not start new ones. I mean, that is how he campaigned. NPR's Domenico Montanaro says members of Trump's own MAGA coalition are growing increasingly angry about his handling of the war. The Federal Aviation Administration and the Pentagon say they've signed an agreement on the use of counter drone laser systems at the southern border. NPR's Joel Rose reports the deal announced today comes after disagreements over those systems went public. The FAA and the Pentagon say they've completed a thorough safety assessment of a high-energy counter drone laser system and that these systems do not pose, quote, undue risk to passenger aircraft, unquote. But the FAA was not sure about that back in February. The agency briefly shut down the airspace around El Paso after the Pentagon permitted U.S. customs and border protection to use a counter drone laser system before the FAA had completed its safety review. The FAA later shut down a smaller area in West Texas after a similar incident. In coordinated press releases, the FAA and the Pentagon say they've completed that safety review after watching demonstrations of the system last month. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. A suspect is in custody after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the San Francisco home of open AI CEO Sam Altman. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Eliza Pebble reports. Just after 4 a.m. this morning, police responded to an incident in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. A 20-year-old man had thrown a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home, setting fire to an outer gate. The suspect then fled on foot. An hour later, he was arrested outside open AI's offices after threatening to burn down the building. That's according to San Francisco police and a statement released by open AI. No injuries were reported. An investigation into the incident is ongoing. For NPR News, I'm Eliza Pebble in San Francisco. The Artemis II crew of astronauts has re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. They are expected to splash down off the coast of California in just a few minutes after a nearly 10-day trip around the moon. A U.S. Navy recovery ship is in position where they're landing. This is NPR. This fiscal year, Congress has appropriated around $600 million to international family planning and reproductive health work. But the Trump administration has not yet spent that money. As NPR's Gabriela Emanuel reports, the repercussions are already evident. Prosti Mayengo is a community health worker in Uganda. She used to provide contraception to her community, birth control, condoms. But with the foreign aid cuts, she lost her job and the medications she'd provided. It's a really challenging period. But as I'm talking about, I would say that now we are not paid, but these are our neighbors, the people we share, the churches. She says she's now counseling neighbors through unintended pregnancies. The U.S. used to be the top donor for family planning. In a statement to NPR, the State Department said it is still evaluating family planning programs and funding. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News. Calls are increasing from Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket. The Associated Press reported this week that at least 50 brand new Polymarket accounts place massive bets on a U.S.-Iran ceasefire hours before President Trump announced the ceasefire on social media. Researchers at Harvard University have estimated that $143 million in profits on Polymarket may have been made by individuals with insider information about various events some members of Congress are calling on regulators to review them. This is NPR News. This message comes from Subaru. They are continuing their partnership with the Arborette Foundation to distribute 165,000 trees since 2025, growing greener, healthier communities for generations to come. Subaru, more than a car company.