"Line from NPR News in Washington," ein Core of a Coleman, President Trump sa...
the war with Iran is close to being over.
“He spoke to Fox Business News in an interview that aired this morning.”
And beer's Daniel Estrin says Trump has been talking to other news outlets about the chance for new peace talks with Iran. "President Trump told the New York Post that peace talks could be happening over the next two days with Iran. In Pakistan, we'll have to see about that.
The top Pakistani mediators are actually scheduled to be traveling abroad for the next scheduled days, but UN Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez says his indication is that it is highly probable the talks will restart." And beer's Daniel Estrin reporting, meanwhile both the U.S. and Iran continue to block aid the state of Hormuz.
That is cutting off vital supplies of crude oil from the world. President Trump in more comments online today, he wrote that "China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump didn't explain how that would be achieved." Stocks opened mixed this morning as the International Monetary Fund projects higher prices
and slower growth.
“And beer's Scott Horsley reports, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 150 points in”
early training. The IMF says the U.S. war with Iran and the resulting surge in energy prices will lead to higher inflation around the world this year. The war is also caused forecasters to lower their estimate of global economic growth. The parent company of Snapchat and the Walt Disney Company are each cutting about 1,000
jobs. Disney's cuts affected its movie studio and television networks. Snap says it's cutting about 16% of its workforce in an effort to streamline operations. Today's the deadline for U.S. taxpayers to file their returns or ask for an extension.
The Trump administration says more than 53 million fathers took advantage of new tax
breaks, authorized by the GOP Congress last year. Scott Horsley and Piano is Washington. The House of Representatives is poised to consider legislation that authorizes a central tool in America's intelligence gathering. The entire law is called the Foreign Intelligence Service Act or FISA.
One particular section of FISA is going to expire next week, unless Congress votes to reauthorize it. And beer's Eric McDaniel reports. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the government to collect the electronic communications of foreign nationals located outside of the United States
without a warrant. And according to the government, the Trump of Information collected through the program informs a huge portion of the president's daily intelligence briefing. Sometimes the surveillance targets communicate with Americans and some lawmakers of both parties want to require a targeted court order before the government can peruse those specific
calls, texts, and emails. The government says that reform would hamstring surveillance and jeopardize national security and that process reforms enacted in the last few years are already leading to dramatically fewer searches, Eric McDaniel and Piano's Washington. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
This is the third anniversary of the Civil War in Sudan. The United Nations considers this one of the worst conflicts on the planet.
About 14 million people have been displaced, tens of thousands of people have been killed.
The International Criminal Court is investigating whether war crimes are being committed. The Trump administration has released its budget request for fiscal year 2027. In a break with the past, the global health budget is no longer being broken down by specific diseases and health areas. And here's Gabriella Emmanuel explains.
For years, lawmakers in Congress earmarked the biggest chunk of global health dollars to HIV/AIDS, Malaria and tuberculosis also got specific amounts, same with nutrition. Jeremy Lewin with the State Department would like to see that change. The way that we have funded our global health programs is incredibly inefficient and it's siloed.
“It's important to have funding that is more flexible.”
He says money that is not tied to a specific disease will give policymakers greater latitude in determining how they want to use those funds. There's worry it will mean Congress and the public have less input and insight into how the money is spent. Gabriella Emmanuel and PR news.
The Powerball lottery is expanding to other countries. Officials with the lotto say they have reached an agreement to provide tickets this summer in England, Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom. The same jackpot will be available to all players in the UK and the US.
odds of winning will be about the same for the grand prize, about 1 in 292 million.
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