Weekend Iran Talks, DOJ Firing Squad, Missing Doctoral Students and more

About this episode

The episode discusses potential peace talks between the US and Iran, updates on federal death penalty cases, missing doctoral students, and Trump's upcoming event.

We start with mixed signals over potential peace talks between the US and Iran tomorrow. The Justice Department continues to clear the way for expediting federal death penalty cases. We have new details about one of two missing doctoral students from the University of South Florida. A signature part of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda could be teed up for the Supreme Court. Plus, Trump is expected to attend an event he has boycotted for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• Iran peace talks
• death penalty
• missing students
• Supreme Court
• Trump event

Keywords

• Iran
• US
• Justice Department
• Trump
• missing students
• Supreme Court
• death penalty

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Justice Department

Places: US, Iran, University of South Florida

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