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It remains unclear if the U.S. and Iran can agree to a deal to end the war before a two-week
ceasefire expires next week.
“Speaking to reporters yesterday at the White House, President Trump said he remains optimistic”
a deal will get done. "We've got to have no nuclear weapons, and if we do that's a big factor, and they're willing to do things today that they weren't willing to do two months ago." It's also unclear if officials from the U.S. and Iran will meet again for another round of negotiations before the ceasefire expires.
Pakistan has offered to host more discussions as it did last week. This comes amid a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon announced by Trump, it went into effect last night. Hundreds of Jews and Arabs rallied in Tel Aviv last night to protest settler violence in the West Bank, NPR's Eleanor Beard's Leap says settlements are on the rise there
with the support of the Israeli government. Hundreds of people came out in central Tel Aviv to protest the rising violence and
“impunity of Israeli settlers, 68-year-old protestor Annette Gross, held a large sign”
of the British government in Hebrew. According to Israeli peace organizations, more settlements were approved in the last year than in the two previous decades, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government has been accelerating the process of taking Palestine in the inland in the West Bank.
Eleanor Beard's Leap in your news, Tel Aviv. An officer with U.S. immigration and customs enforcement is facing criminal charges in Minnesota.
As NPR's Meg Anderson reports, the officer is charged with two counts of second-degree assault,
stemming from ISIS immigration enforcement efforts in the state. The complaint identifies the ice officer as Gregory Danell Morgan Jr., according to the complaint in February, the two alleged victims say they saw Morgan driving an unmarked SUV along the shoulder of a highway. The victim say they pulled over to block the car, not knowing it was a federal officer,
but eventually pulled back into the lane. The complaint alleges that Morgan then sped up, rolled down his window and pointed his gun at the victims. During a voluntary interview, Morgan told state investigators he feared for his safety.
“Anapent County Attorney Mary Murriardi says these charges are an important milestone”
in the state's efforts to seek accountability. There is now a nationwide warrant out for Morgan's arrest. Ice did not respond to an NPR request for comment. Meg Anderson and Pérenees. Wall Street futures are hired this morning.
This is NPR News from Washington. Authorities in Oregon say DNA analysis has identified the remains found inside a car in the Columbia River as those of a family that disappeared in 1958. The Hood River County Sheriff's Office says its investigation found no evidence of a crime. The state medical examiner's office identified the remains of Kenneth and Barbara Martin
and their daughter Barbie from the wreckage of their Ford Station wagon. It was located in the river by a diver two years ago. A new poll from Pew Research looks at President Trump and religion and PR's Jason D'Rose as it comes in recent back and forth between the president and Pope Leo. 7 in 10 Americans say President Trump is not too religious or not at all religious.
That's up 8% from the last time Pew asked the question in the fall of 2024. Still, white evangelicals continue to say Trump stands up for people with religious beliefs like theirs. One of the biggest changes today 80% of Hispanic Catholics say Trump is not too or not at all religious up from 60% in the previous survey. Latino voters helped return him to office last year.
Notably, this poll was conducted earlier this month, just before President Trump harshly criticized Pope Leo on social media. Jason D'Rose and PR News.
Wall Street is coming up a second consecutive day of record high closes for the S&P and the NASDAQ.
The S&P gained 18 points to finish at 7,041. The NASDAQ added 86 points to close at 24,102. I'm Dave Madingley, NPR News in Washington. This week on up first, the Trump administration and Iran do not have a peace deal. Now the president says the straight of her moves is under a U.S. blockade.
What that means for the ceasefire in Iran remains to be seen. And what it means for gas prices, those will likely continue to climb. Follow the latest developments will have them every morning on up first.
