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President Trump is planning to address the nation.

The White House says he will deliver an update on the Iran War tomorrow night.

His address follows remarks Tuesday that the U.S. could soon end its attacks.

I would say that within two weeks, maybe two weeks, maybe three, we're hitting a very hard last night.

We knocked out tremendous amounts of missile-making facilities.

President Trump, speaking at the White House during the signing of an executive order cracking down on mail-in voting,

the order would also create a national voter list that's already facing threats of lawsuits and places restrictions on absentee ballots.

Back on Iran, Trump also criticized allies that have not helped the U.S.

were efforts, saying the U.S. won't have anything to do with what happens next in the straight-up or moves.

Officials in Iraq say an American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad.

The journalist has been identified by one of the outlets she worked for as freelancers,

Shelley Kiddelsen, a U.S. official, is blaming an Iran-backed Iraqi militia.

The Iran War causing more people for U.S. farmers who were already dealing with high fertile

fertilizer and fuel prices before the straight-up or moves was cut off.

Imperial's Kirk-Sigular reports on new government data out today showing how farmers are trying to adapt.

Spring planting season is always a gamble for farmers, but in the last year,

it's been even higher stakes with continued high fuel and equipment prices and Trump's tariffs.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual Spring Planting Report, based on surveys with farmers,

reveals what many had expected.

More farmers are switching to soybeans over corn and wheat, which require more fertilizer.

These are still estimates, but the USDA predicts this could be the smallest American spring wheat crop since 1919.

The soybean crop is up by 4 percent over last year, but that comes with its own risk.

China did resume buying soybeans from the Midwest late last year,

but an amount much smaller than before Trump's latest trade war.

Kirk-Sigular and PR News, boysy.

In Washington tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the Trump administration's challenge

to a constitutional provision that has long been interpreted to guarantee American citizenship

to every child born in the U.S.

And Paris-Nina Tottenberg reports.

President Trump has long maintained that the Constitution does not guarantee birthright citizenship

for babies born on U.S. soil.

So on day one of his second term, he issued an executive order

barring automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S.

whose parents entered the country illegally or who are living and working here legally,

but on temporary visas.

We're the only country in the world that does this with birthright.

Actually, that's not true.

There are more than 30 countries mainly in North and South America that have birthright citizenship,

including Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.

Nina Tottenberg and PR News, Washington.

And you're listening to NPR News.

Researchers are reporting early success with a vaccine to prevent a parasitic disease called hookworm.

Joe Panko reports an estimated half a billion people around the globe are infected.

Hookworm infection doesn't kill you, but the parasitic worm that lodges in your intestines

can cause pain, diarrhea, weight loss, fatigue, and anemia.

Children are particularly vulnerable.

There are drugs to easily treat the disease, but it's just as easy to get reinfected.

Public health experts say a vaccine is needed to bring the disease under control.

Researchers in Texas and Washington tested their new vaccine and several dozen healthy human volunteers.

Those receiving the vaccine did not appear to get infected when exposed to the parasite.

The vaccine will need to be tested in places where hookworm is prevalent to prove it really work.

The new research appears in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.

For NPR News, I'm Joe Palka.

Tiger Woods says he'll seek treatment after pleading not guilty to a DUI charge in Florida.

Woods made his plea today four days after the rollover crash that led to his arrest.

Also today, a sheriff's report said Woods had pain pills in his pocket and showed signs of impairment

and last week's crash scene. Countdown proceeding toward NASA's Wednesday evening,

launch aimed at sending astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

NASA officials say the rocket is doing well on its Florida pad,

and the weather is looking promising.

The astronauts are to circle the moon without landing and come straight back to Earth.

The launch team expected to begin fueling the rocket in the morning.

I'm Jail Snyder. This is NPR News.