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"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

President Trump says the U.S. has seized an Iranian cargo ship.

After he said it attempted to violate the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

And here's Eric McDaniel has more." A mid-peace talks and a looming ends to the ceasefire. President Trump posted to social media that a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer "glue a hole in the engine room" and "of an Iranian flaged cargo ship," the Tuska. He says Marines then took control of the vessel and moved to investigate its cargo.

He said the Iranian flag ship was under existing U.S. Treasury Department sanctions. Earlier on Sunday, Trump alleged that Iran had violated the ceasefire by firing at other ships transiting the waterway. The incident is sure to complicate planned peace talks in Pakistan this week. Eric McDaniel and Pianu is the White House.

Vice President Vance Steve Wittkov and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will head to his

llama bond for a second round of peace talks with Iran that's according to a White House official

speaking on background, though Iran hasn't confirmed it will attend.

The three met with Iranian officials more than a week ago but failed to come to an agreement

that meeting was the highest level talks between Iranian and U.S. leaders in decades. President Trump says if Iran doesn't agree to U.S. demands he will knock out power and energy plans along with bridges in Iran, this is the two-week ceasefire between the two countries is set to expire this week. A mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana has left at least eight children dead, ranging

an age from one to fourteen. Two other people were injured. Please say they responded to reports of gunfire in a home for a domestic call and are now investigating large scene. Wall Street will be looking for reassurances for major companies this week.

Maria Aspen is more. It's the height of earnings season when big companies reveal their results for the last three months. And tell investors how they're feeling about the broader economy. So far, things have been looking pretty rosy despite weeks of uncertainty over the war

and Iran. JP Morgan Chase and other big banks say their customers are feeling fine and continuing to spend money. And by the end of last week, the benchmark S&P 500 and the tech heavy NASDAQ had hit new highs.

But this week will bring many more corporate report cards and a fuller picture of how corporate America is doing. The struggling insurance giant United Health Group is due to face investors, as is United Airlines and Elon Musk's Tesla, Maria Aspen and PR News. Businesses that paid tariffs will again be able to start claiming refunds online tomorrow.

This after the Supreme Court ruled President Trump, you served Congress's taxation authority in setting double digit tariffs. It's not clear though when or if customers will be able to get the money back. Wall Street was much higher on Friday with the Dow and all three major indices up. You're listening to NPR News.

Florida's Board of Education has pulled sociology from the list of classes students attending state colleges can choose from in order to graduate. As Katherine Welch reports, this follows a similar move at the state's 12 public universities. The Board of Education voted to remove introductory sociology courses from counting toward general education requirements at Florida's 28 state colleges.

The classes will still be available as electives. The board's chair said in a statement that general education courses can not be used as "veicals for indoctrination." Sociology has been in the crosshairs since a 2023 Florida law band courses that include teaching students about how racism, sexism, and privilege are inherent in the country's institutions.

The United Faculty of Florida called the state's earlier changes to sociology textbooks sanitizing. For NPR News, I'm Katherine Welch in Orlando. At the weekend box office, the Super Mario Galaxy movie, once again took the top spot with an estimated $35 million in ticket sales.

The Mario sequel has topped the charts for three weekends, making $747 million globally.

In second place, Project Hill Mary with $20 million bringing its worldwide total to $573 million.

In third place, Lee Kronen's The Mummy debuted with $19 million, 13 million rather and despite mixed reviews, it has a worldwide total of $34 million. You're listening to NPR News. What happens when our political party becomes the prism through which we see every other aspect of our identities.

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