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Sources and methods is NPR's national security podcast. When world news changes by the hour, we help you zoom out to understand shifting alliances, global flashpoints, and what is really happening in places like Iran, Venezuela, Greenland. Our reporters on the ground connect the dots to explain a world order changing beneath our feet. Listen to sources and methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The Trump administration is revoked. the scientific finding the government uses for federal actions on climate change. We are officially terminating the so-called endangerment finding, a disastrous Obama-era policy that severely damaged the American auto industry and massively drove up prices for American consumers. Prices went up incredibly for a worse product. President Trump speaking at the White House with Environmental Protection Agency Director

Lee Zeldon by his side. The endangerment finding links greenhouse gas emissions to human health. Trump also eliminated federal tailpipe standards for cars and trucks. The decision is expected to lead to lengthy court battles. Partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security appears imminent. DHS funding set to expire today. In Paris-Barber, Sprunt reports a Senate failed to pass a bill to fund the department through the end of September. The failed vote was expected. Senate Democrats pledged not to support it without major changes to department policies in the wake of two fatal shootings by immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. Both parties have been negotiating on a series of proposals for the department, but no consensus has been reached. Democrats have said that any changes

must be made through the legislative process, not by executive order in order to ensure that they're codified into law. Barbara Sprint and Peer News, Washington. President Trump's borders are, Tom Holman says the immigration crackdown in Minnesota is coming to an end. Holman made the announcement on Thursday, saying the Homeland Security Department has accomplished its goals in the state. The crackdown led to mass protests, thousands of arrests, and two fatal shootings. President Trump and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Thursday and talked about the chances of securing a nuclear deal with Iran. Here's MPR's Daniel Lesterner, reporting. Netanyahu told reporters that Trump believes

the conditions he's creating now can lead to a deal with Iran. Netanyahu said, quote, I will not hide from you that I expressed general skepticism regarding the nature of any agreement with Iran. He said any nuclear deal with Iran must also take into account Iran's ballistic missiles and proxies that threaten Israel. Next week, Trump will convene his Board of Peace in Washington. A U.S. official tells NPR on condition of anonymity

that Trump is expected to announce an international stabilization force with thousands of troops from several countries to deploy in Gaza, along with raising billions of dollars for reconstruction. Daniel Esther in NPR News, Tel Aviv. Federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from punishing Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly for participating in that video. They called on troops to resist unlawful orders. You're listening to NPR News.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the BNP, is claiming victory. Thursday's parliamentary election, the first since the 2024 uprising that led to the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Final results have not yet been announced but in a social media post. The BNP said it has secured enough seats in Parliament to govern on its own. The B&P has spent years in opposition. It boycotted several elections accusing Ossina's government of vote rigging and political repression. A star in the nearby Andromeda Galaxy has essentially vanished. NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boys reports that some astronomers think it indicates a birth of a black hole. Recently, some researchers were going through archival data from a NASA spacecraft to track any changes in the brightness of millions of stars over a 15-year period.

And this one massive star really stood out as unusual. Kisheloy Day is an astronomer with Columbia University and the Flatiron Institute. What we found was that somewhere around 2015, 2016 or 16, or so, So it actually brightened in infrared light for about a year before it essentially plummeted and disappeared. In the journal Science, he and his colleagues say the best explanation for this star, winking out, is that it ran out of fuel and imploded, transforming into a black hole, something that's been seen as theoretically possible, but hard to detect. Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.

The financial markets in Asia, mostly lower. Japan's benchmark in E.K. They fell 1.2% in Friday trading. I'm Jail Snyder, NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for international people using money around the globe. You can send, spend, and receive in up to 40 currencies with only a few simple taps. Be smart, get Wise. Download the Wise app today, or visit Wise.com. T's and Cs apply.