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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.

Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire and that it will negotiate with the U.S.

in Pakistan, beginning Friday, President Trump posted online that he's pulling back on

his threats. After earlier pledging that a whole civilization would die, if Iran didn't reopen the state of Hormuz tonight, and Piers' deepest shiver on his more. After this very 10-stay, we did not see the President publicly very little was known about the negotiations going on.

Trump announced that about 630 p.m. that there had been a breakthrough. He said in a post on social media again that if Iran agreed to a "complete and media and safe opening of the state of Hormuz," quote, "I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks." NPR's deepest shiver on reporting, a large majority of American Jews are both pro-Israel

and critical of Israeli government policies.

NPR's Jason D'Rose reports on a new poll of American Jews. The Jewish electorate institute found an overwhelming 86 percent of American Jews describe themselves as generally pro-Israel.

However, fewer than one quarter, say they are both pro-Israel and support of Israeli policies.

Nearly two-thirds identify as pro-Israel and critical of at least some of the Israeli government's policies. Despite extensive media coverage of the involvement of pro-Israel groups in recent U.S. primaries, fewer American Jews say they've been following the involvement closely fewer than four in ten, say they have at least heard about these efforts.

The survey involved 800 American Jews in mid-March. Jason D'Rose, NPR News The Artemis-2 spacecraft continues to have plumbing woes. Its toilet is working, but as NPR's no-green field voice reports, astronauts are having trouble emptying its wastewater tank.

Initially, the NASA team thought a vent out into space had gotten blocked by ice, but problems persisted even after they activated heaters and got the sun on that part of the spacecraft.

Rick Henfling is an Artemis-2 flight director.

He says the latest theory is that a chemical reaction might be making some kind of debris that's clogging a filter. Once we get the spacecraft back into the processing facility in Florida, we'll be able to get access to all the components and do a real detailed fault treat that's identified the root cause.

The astronauts are set to return to Earth Friday. They do have less high tech alternatives to the toilet. They can use in the meantime. NL Greenfield Voice NPR News Vice President JD Vance is in Hungary to support Prime Minister Victor Orbans' reelection

bid. The Trump administration is endorsing Orbans who's trailing in the polls ahead of Sunday's election. It's running for his fifth term against a center-right challenger. He criticized the EU for interfering in Hungary's election, orban has been a controversial

far-right figure known for his nationalist policies and opposition to immigration. This is NPR News from Washington. New research shows that financial gains for many black-led non-profits after George Floyd's murder were short-lived, according to a study by Candid and ABFE only a subset of large black-led non-profits saw temporary funding increases.

New funders tended to finance black-led non-profits only for one year instead of sustaining grant recipients longer-term goals. In Texas, the Board of Education is discussing a new social studies curriculum for K-12 students. Critics and educators gathered today outside the board meeting to protest from Member Station KUT, Greta DS Gonzalez Vasquez reports.

The changes to the curriculum are based on a new framework that emphasizes Texas and U.S. history and the emphasizes world history. Critics say it's Western and Christian approach limits students understanding of the world. Adrian Reina, a public school teacher from San Antonio, says that curriculum is focused on Texas and American exceptionalism.

Which denies our students and our community the opportunity to learn of some of the things

that perhaps were not our shining moments, but were also critical to help us learn some

lessons about how to better deal with some of the problems that we face as a community as a country. The board is set to take a final vote in June, then a curriculum would go into effect in 2030. I'm Greta DS Gonzalez Vasquez in Austin.

An American Airlines flight was delayed in Charlotte, North Carolina after a swarm of bees tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco on one of the plane's turbines, according to WSOCTV. The beeswarm was recorded by a passenger who said the flight was delayed by about an hour. This is NPR News from Washington.

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