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The Trump administration's confirming for the first time the U.S. has proposed a 15-point
“plan for ending the war it started with Iran.”
U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Whitkoff, addressed reporters a short time ago during President Trump's cabinet meeting. "We have, along with your foreign policy team, presented a 15-point action list that forms the framework for a peace deal. This has been circulated through the Pakistani government, acting as the mediator, and this
has resulted in strong and positive messaging in talks." Whitkoff confirmed details of a 15-point plan that had been widely reported by news organizations. When she was asked about it yesterday, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said while there were elements of truth, some of the stories she had read were not entirely factual.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister is publicly acknowledging that his country is indeed mediating and direct talks between the U.S. and Iran, and PRC Hadid has more on that.
"The Foreign Minister is Hark Dahrt's post on X is the first time Pakistan has publicly
acknowledged it is mediating talks. In the post, Dahrtag, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump, on-voice Steve Whitkoff, and the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Adagshi. But Adagshi earlier said his country rejects the 15-point proposal. Iran has counted with its own five conditions to end the war, including payment for damages.
This comes amid a flurry of activity in the Pakistani capital Islamabad to meet it and end to the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran. And according to an official in Islamabad not authorized to speak 20-hour publicly, Pakistan's
“powerful Interior Minister recently held a secret meeting with Iran's Ambassador.”
Dahrtid, MPR News, Moida, India.
A majority of Republicans still support President Trump's decision to go to war with Iran,
the latest associated press North Center for Public Affairs Research, shows 63% GOP support for air strikes against Iranian military targets, however the survey also finds Republican support for deploying U.S. ground troops, falls to 20%. The findings indicating Trump risks alienating members of his base, who'd rather the president spend more money and resources at home.
Protesters chanting hands off Venezuelan gathering outside of Manhattan Courthouse today, as they waited for former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife to appear for pre-trial hearing. They were seized during a U.S. rating Karakas to face drug trafficking charges. U.S. stocks are trading lower this hour, the Dow Jones industrial average down 200, 22 points
are roughly half a percent. From Washington, this is NPR News.
“A Senate primary race in Maine is intensifying as Governor Janet Mills and Graham Platner both”
Democrats compete to unseat Republican senators, Susan Collins. Here's main public Steve Missler. Both Democrats are dipping into their campaign coffers while Collins spends very little as she eyes a sixth term. Last week, Governor Mills released an ad featuring several supporters reacting to a voice
and personating Platner, reading excerpts from his 2013 Reddit post about women worried about sexual assault. He responded with an ad by that's nearly four times as large as Mills's spot. "These are words and statements I implore from a time in my life when I was struggling deeply after returning from war.
These words are not who I am." Collins, meanwhile, has spent very little on advertising, but outside group supporting her have spent big. One group has spent more than Mills and Platner combined. For NPR News, I'm Steve Missler and Augusta Maine.
U.S. drivers are increasingly feeling part of the economic impact of the war in the Middle East talking about higher prices at the gas pump and PR's bill chapel reports on the effect on gig workers. Delivery drivers are feeling a ripple effect of the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran. The dollar delivers for several food apps in Detroit, Michigan.
"I really have changed my strategy since the gas prices went up, really trying to keep my mileage down." Doll and other drivers say they're now more picky about which delivery orders they accept. Drivers of hybrid or electric cars aren't as concerned, but the analytics from gridwise says gas prices of $4 an up are adding to driver's wage compression in a field that's over
supplied with workers. "That's bill chapel reporting. It's NPR News."
