NPR News: 03-14-2026 1AM EDT

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Israel launched a new wave of attacks in the Iranian capital early today. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling the coordinated U.S.-Israeli airstrikes may not force out the Iranian regime. NPR's Kerry Khan reports. In his first press conference since the war began, Netanyahu said Israel has weakened the regime, but acknowledged it may not fall. "We're creating the optimal conditions for the overthrow," he said, but he added that he couldn't say for certain that "the Iranian people would topple it. A regime is toppled from within," he said. While Netanyahu did not publicly discuss a timeline for the end of the war, an official in the region not authorized to speak publicly and on condition of anonymity, told NPR Israel estimates another week of fighting in Iran together with the US and the official noted Israel is preparing its public to accept that the war leaves the regime in place, but Israel in a much better security situation. The man who authorities say rammed his car into a Dearborn Heights, Michigan synagogue on Thursday, learned that four of his family members had recently been killed in Lebanon. The FBI said the 41-year-old man took his own life during the assault. Special agent in charge of the FBI Detroit field office, which is leading the investigation. Many airport TSA officers missed their first fu