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Iran denies at talks are being held. But President Trump claims Iran is eager for a deal

to end the war and that the U.S. is talking with in Iranian leader. He did not identify. We've wiped out the leadership phase one phase two and largely phase three. But we're

dealing with the man who I believe is the most respected and the leader over the

weekend. President Trump gave Iran 48 hours to open the Strader for Moos or the U.S. with strike Iranian power plants on Monday. He posed poem that deadline for five days saying the U.S. and Iran have held talks. Oil prices retreated, following Trump's remarks, but brand crude started rising again in Asia. Sunday nights fatal crash at New York's LaGuardia Airport is renewing focus on staffing shortages fatigue and other factors that

experts say has long strained the air traffic control workforce. LaGuardia reopened Monday afternoon as to custom bomb reports. Video from a closed circuit TV showed the moment an airport fire truck moved into the path of the plane and the violent impact seconds later. An audio recording revealed that an air traffic controller gave permission for the truck to cross the runway before immediately

telling the driver to stop. Catherine Garcia is executive director of the port authority.

The procedure always is in difference to the control tower. Any time anyone is moving on any

of our runway's or taxi was. Inside the terminal, passengers heading to flights that weren't cancelled were greeted by ice agents at the TSA security screening. For NPR News, I'm Steve Castenbaum at LaGuardia Airport. Delvolution set to resume today in two separate trials focusing on social media at New Mexico prosecutors accused Meta the parent company of Facebook and Instagram of misleading people about

the safety of its platforms for children. But it's also a defendant alongside Google and a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. Defense Department revising its controversial media policy after a judge sided with the New York Times and a lawsuit over the limits of Pentagon imposed on reporting. It appears that Anna Archie reports a Pentagon spokesperson says the agency plans

to appeal that decision. The New York Times sued the Pentagon last year for its media policy,

claiming it was unconstitutional. A judge has agreed, an ordered Pentagon to give to New York Times' credentials back. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell says the correspondent's quarter will remain closed while the agency waits for a decision on an appeal. Reporters will instead work from an annex facility that is outside of the Pentagon but still in the grounds. Reporters will need an authorized escort to enter the Pentagon for press conferences

and interviews that have been arranged to the Pentagon's public affairs office. Parnell says this is a way for the Pentagon's balanced transparency with security. I Anna Archie and PR News. And you're listening to NPR News. Senate negotiators are reported to be working through the night on a potential deal on funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Details are expected

to be presented later today. And a potential breakthrough following a meeting late Monday with President

Trump. The DHS shutdown has led to long lines at U.S. airports, Democrats have been refusing to fund Homeland Security without restraints on immigration enforcement and mass deportation. The deal is taking shape after the Senate late Monday confirmed Oklahoma Republican Senator Mark Wade Mullen to be president Trump's next Homeland Security Secretary. The education department has opened two new investigations into Harvard University.

The impurities of this and Edwardie reports that one is about admissions and the second is about anti-Semitism complaints on campus. The latest investigations by the Trump administration against Harvard come just days after the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Ivy League School, alleging that the University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students. The administration also sued the school over admissions records in a separate case.

In a statement, the university says that Harvard complies with the law in its admission practices and is reviewing the two new investigations, which it says target Harvard, for quote, "refusal to surrender our independence and constitutional rights." Elis Nadwany and Pianus. Frank crude oil has dropped back below $100 a barrel, but still up 1.6% after conflicting messages

about talks on ending the war in the Middle East. Iran has denied talks with the U.S. contradicting President Trump who said Monday a deal could be reached soon. This is NPR.

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