Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey.
The U.S. ceasefire with Iran could lapse soon, and there is a lot of confusion about the next round of talks.
“Vice President Vance was expected to leave today for Islamabad, though it was not clear”
at the Iranians planned to attend, as NPR's Michelle Kellman reports. With the clock running out on the ceasefire in Iran, President Trump is again warning that the U.S. could resume bombing and target bridges, and he's telling Iran that they should use reason and common sense and make a deal. Vice President J.D. Vance spent the day attending meetings at the White House, according
to an official who was not authorized to speak on the record.
He had been due to flight to Islamabad for a second round of talks with Iran.
Iran has made no promises it will take part, though, a spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry says this is not because of indecision, but rather because of what he calls "contradictory messages" and "behavior" by the U.S. Michelle Kellman and PR News, the State Department. President Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve was quiz today about inflation, interest rates, and the central banks in dependence.
And PR's Scott Horsley reports on the confirmation hearing for Kevin Worst. Members of the Senate Banking Committee split mostly along party lines, as they questioned Kevin Worst about how he would approach the job of running the Fed, Republicans mostly cheer the nominee while Democrats, led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, accused Worst of bowing to the President's demand for lower interest rates.
And he's made clear that you are his sock puppet, saying last week that interest rates
“will drop quote, "When Kevin gets in, yeah, I think they did."”
Worst in SIS, he would exercise independent judgment on interest rates.
The main roadblock to his confirmation comes from Republicans Senator Tom Tillis, who's holding out until the Justice Department drops its investigation of the current Fed chairman, Jerome Powell. Scott Horsley, and PR News Washington. Virginia is holding a special election today with national implications of redistricting
measure that could net Democrats for more seats in Congress. Jaggaliel from VPM News has more. Democrats started the push to get this on the ballot in October. The campaigns for and against redistricting Virginia have received tens of millions of dollars from opaque political nonprofits and have employed campaign tactics that have confused
voters. There's no clear outcome. The only polling out there is very close. In Virginia is relatively purple.
“Virginia could be one of the last states to take aside in the national redistricting contest”
before the midterms. Florida lawmakers are scheduled to take up redistricting in a special session next week. For NPR News, I'm Chad Khalil and Richmond Virginia. Florida Democratic Representative Sheila Schirfalliss McCormick has resigned rather than be formally disciplined by the House as part of an ethics investigation into her alleged
theft of COVID relief funds. She also faces federal criminal charges. She denies any wrongdoing. This is NPR News Live in Washington. Florida is launching a criminal investigation into open AI and its popular artificial intelligence
chatbot, ChatGPT. The state's attorney general says it's related to assuding at Florida State University last year. NPR's John Ruich reports. Florida law states that anyone who aids abats or counsels someone in the commission of
a crime may be just as responsible for the crime as the perpetrator. State attorney general James Uthmiar says ChatGPT offered, quote, "significant advice to the man accused of killing two people and shooting five others at Florida State University a year ago." That included information on what type of gun and ammunition to use as well as when and
where there would be more people on campus for the man to encounter. Florida has sent criminal subpoenas to open AI. The company did not immediately respond to NPR's request for a comment. John Ruich NPR News
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell are donating $750 million to the University of Texas
at Austin to use AI to improve patient care and increase health care options in Texas. Today's announcement says the UT Dell Medical Center is projected to open in 2030. Michael Dell is CEO of Dell Technologies. Prices at the gas pump are continuing to slowly come down. Trouble-A says regular gasoline is now just over $4 a gallon, nearly $10 cheaper than a week
ago. A life jacket worn by a survivor of the Titanic has sold at auction in England for more than $900,000, a seat cushion also went for more than $500,000. This is NPR News One of here this podcast without sponsor bricks, Amazon Prime members can listen to NPR News
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