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will hold peace talks. Vice President Vance was expected to head to Pakistan to lead a
second round of negotiations. But a White House official says Vance is currently attending
meetings at the White House. President Trump says he does not want to extend the ceasefire, but NPR's Franco-Ordonuous reports, the president did not close off the possibility entirely. In an interview on CNBC, Trump left little room for extending the ceasefire, even if talks were progressing. "I don't want to do that. We don't have that much time." Any war in the consequences without a deal are significant. "I expect to be bombing
“because I think that's a better attitude to go in with, but we're ready to go. I mean,”
the military is rare and to go." Trump continues to swing between saying negotiations are going well and that the conflict will end with a "great deal." But also warning that if talks fail, the U.S. is ready to go, militarily, Franco, or Donas, and Pionous, the White House. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is now saying he does not know the future of energy prices. He was questioned at a Senate budget hearing this morning, after saying on Sunday that Americans
could be stuck paying more than $3 a gallon until next year. Today, Wright said he thinks gas prices peaked last week. In contrast to the last administration, our goal is his low of possible of energy prices. And yes, we were proud to have gasoline prices below $2 a gallon earlier this year, before getting them back there. President Trump had called Wright's remarks that gas
“could remain over $3 until 2027, quote, "todily wrong." As of today, according to Triple A,”
the national average price of gas is slightly over $4 up from $3 and 15 cents a year ago. Minnesota Governor Tim Wall says launching a new political action committee to recruit Democratic candidates in rural communities. Minnesota Public Radio's Dana Ferguson reports.
The second term governor says he's starting the federal campaign effort to get more
Democratic candidates to run in rural districts around the country. He pointed to his time serving southern Minnesota and Congress after flipping the district from red to blue. And he says other teachers, nurses, laborers, and veterans could pick up the mantle for Democrats if they opted to run where they live. Wall's is not seeking a third term as governor. Some of his remaining campaign funds could help boost prospective candidates. The governor says Republican
policies have hurt small towns and Democrats can help bring jobs and keep rural hospitals open. Minnesota Republicans say walls and Democrats have lost touch with rural voters. For NPR news, I'm Dana Ferguson in St. Paul. The British royal family is celebrating what would have been the Lake Queen Elizabeth's 100th birthday today. She died in 2022 at the age of 96, the UK's longest living monarch. This is NPR. The cost of buying U.S. land has gone up
on average more than 75% since before the pandemic. That's significantly faster than inflation. NPR's Steven Vassaha reports that will likely make the country's housing shortage worse. Not only is land more expensive, there's a lot less of it to buy according to a new report from reoter.com. Both houses and land got snatched up in a pandemic era buying frenzy. And the problem when it comes to land is my grandpa would say, God only makes so much ground.
Joel burner is a senior economist at reoter.com. As for the consequences of less more expensive land. What that means is that homes are going to continue to be expensive. That new construction is going to continue to be challenged. And we'll continue to face a housing shortage in the U.S. The average price for an acre in the northeast has more than doubled since 2019 to more than $47,000. Steven Vassaha and PR news.
Juris have heard opening statements and Harvey Weinstein's New York rape retrial.
A new jury got its first look today at a case that remains unresolved nearly eight years after
the disgraced movie tycons arrest. Tycoon's arrest. Weinstein has been convicted of some sexual assault charges and acquitted of others in trials on both U.S. coasts. The case goes back to 2013. A previous rape conviction was overturned followed by a jury deadlock. He has pleaded not guilty Weinstein is serving a prison sentence in California. In U.S. stocks, the Dow S&P 500 and Nasdaq have lost early morning gains. This is NPR News in Washington.
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