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Iran State Broadcaster says Iranian officials have rejected a U.S. 15-point proposal
“aimed at ending the current U.S.'s role-war against Iran.”
According to Press TV, a senior political security official outlined five specific conditions under which Iran would agree to an end to the war including a complete halt to aggression and assassinations and Iran's right to "putting safeguards in place to prevent future military action against Iran." Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are preparing to deploy to the Middle East.
This could signal possible use of ground troops in the war, here's NPR's Quilorance. "Two to 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne based in Fort Bragg North Carolina have received written orders to deploy to the Middle East, according to a U.S. government official who is not authorized to speak publicly. The soldiers will come from the division's immediate response force, which is able to mobilize
worldwide within 18 hours to do a variety of missions. Along with two marine expeditionary units already sailing toward the Persian Gulf, this could bring about 6 to 8,000 American ground troops in close proximity to Iran. President Trump has alternately said he would not put boots on the ground and that he won't rule it out.
Quilorance and PR News." A deal to fund at least part of the Department of Homeland Security is still being hammered out on Capitol Hill, NPR's Breber Sprint has the latest. Congressional Democrats have refused to fund DHS without implementing restraints on immigration enforcement after federal agents killed two U.S. citizens earlier this year.
Republicans and Democrats have been trading offers back and forth with little progress. President Trump acknowledged the ongoing negotiations without much optimism.
“"I think any deal they make, I'm pretty much not happy with it."”
One proposal is to use a budget tool to fund the rest of ICE later, along with another priority of the president's and election overhaul bill. But some Republicans are skeptical that that will work. Barbara Sprint and Pianu is the capital. "The political impact over funding the Department of Homeland Security is having an acute
impact on transportation and security of administration employees at airports. TSA officers forced to work for weeks now without pay. In Indiana, Taylor Desert spoke to the Associated Press outside a food bank.
"I never thought I would be in a position to work for the federal government that I would
need to go to a food bank to supplement my groceries because I do work full-time job." Sarah Stel with Gleaners Food Bank tells AP that at Indianapolis Airport roughly 300 TSA employees
“working without pay for some time have been turning to Gleaners for support.”
U.S. stocks are trading higher the sour, the Dow Jones industrial average now up 288 points are more than half a percent. You're listening to NPR News. The half-million dollar world food prize goes to a Dutch food scientist this year for his work promoting global food safety.
Iowa-based organization credits Hobley Leighville and his global harmonization initiative with helping prevent millions of cases of food borne illness, reducing food waste and this
handling barriers to trade and humanitarian aid he gets half million dollars prize again.
Critics have raised concerns about the credibility of the World Food Prize because of financial backing from big ag corporations, accused of prioritizing profit and sidelines and local farmers to the detriment of food safety and climate-friendly practices. There are more older drivers on the road in the U.S. and ever before. NPR's Joel Rose reports many families are facing hard choices about when it's time for aging
loved ones to stop driving. States have policies that are supposed to stop risky drivers from renewing their licenses. But in practice, it often falls to adult children to decide when it's time to take the car keys away from an aging parent.
Jacqueline Hamilton struggled to convince her 94-year-old father to stop driving and finally
took matters into her own hands. The hard part was if I didn't take the keys, then anything that would happen after that point would be my fault. Americans are keeping their driver's licenses for longer than ever before. In some cases too long, according to safety advocates.
But crash rates for older drivers have been falling, and many are reluctant to give up driving because they're afraid of losing their mobility. Joel Rose and PR News Washington.
