# US Hits Iran Amid Talks, Russia-Ukraine War Intensifies, Texas Primary Runoff Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/us-hits-iran-amid-talks-russia-ukraine-war-intensifies-texas-primary-runoff Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/us-hits-iran-amid-talks-russia-ukraine-war-intensifies-texas-primary-runoff.md Podcast: [Up First from NPR](https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123) Published: 2026-05-26T10:04:02+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/us-hits-iran-amid-talks-russia-ukraine-war-intensifies-texas-primary-runoff--72166402 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72166402/default.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/us-hits-iran-amid-talks-russia-ukraine-war-intensifies-texas-primary-runoff Duration seconds: 827 ## Resource The U.S. launched fresh strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats laying mines, even as Secretary of State Marco Rubio says negotiations to end the war could still take a few more days, with Israel warning the emerging deal is a bad one as it escalates attacks in Lebanon. Russia carried out one of its largest attacks on Ukraine, hitting every district in Kyiv over the weekend while Ukraine continues long-range drone strikes on Russian oil facilities and warns it desperately needs more air defense systems. Texas Republicans are voting today in the most expensive primary in U.S. history, with President Trump’s endorsed candidate Ken Paxton challenging longtime Senator John Cornyn in a high-stakes race that could have major implications for the midterms. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Miguel Macias, Tina Kraya, Anna Yukhananov, Mohamad ElBardicy and John Stolnis. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Zo van Ginhoven. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. And our Supervising Senior Producer is Vince Pearson. (0:00) Introduction (01:59) US Hits Iran Amid Talks (05:49) Russia-Ukraine War Intensifies (09:44) Texas Primary Runoff See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy πŸ”— ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: πŸ“© Get the full transcript and daily news alerts: πŸ‘‰ https://goo.su/rXoU5U8 πŸ‘ˆ πŸ“Œ Support the show by visiting our sponsors and partners. 🎧 New episodes every morning at 6 AM ET. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/us-hits-iran-amid-talks-russia-ukraine-war-intensifies-texas-primary-runoff/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/us-hits-iran-amid-talks-russia-ukraine-war-intensifies-texas-primary-runoff.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.