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US-Iran Talks, Texas ICE Shooting Trial, Rev. Jesse Jackson Dies At 84

US-Iran Talks, Texas ICE Shooting Trial, Rev. Jesse Jackson Dies At 84

Up First from NPR
Feb 17, 2026 13 min
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U.S. and Iranian officials meet again in Geneva as the Trump administration sends more military forces to the region while pressing Tehran to limit its nuclear program.<br>Nine defendants go on trial in Texas over a shooting outside an ICE detention center, in a case federal prosecutors are framing as terrorism and defense attorneys say grew out of a protest.<br>And Reverend Jesse Jesse Jackson, the civil leader, presidential candidate and longtime advocate for racial and economic justice, has died at age 84.<br/><br/><em>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.</em><br><p class="readrate">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by James Hider, Alfredo Carbajal, Kara Platoni, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle. <p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">Our director is Christopher Thomas.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. And our technical director is Simon-Laslo Janssen.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">Our Supervising Senior Producer is Vince Pearson.<p class="readrate">(0:00) Introduction<br>(02:17) US-Iran Talks<br>(05:40) Texas ICE Shooting Trial<br>(09:26) Rev. Jesse Jackson Dies At 84<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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