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President Trump says he's extending the U.S. Iranian ceasefire indefinitely, saying on
“social media that it will continue until Iran submits a proposal to end the war, and”
it's discussed by both sides. He says Pakistan asked him to hold off on attacking Iran, pending that plan from Tehran. This comes hours after Trump this morning said he was ready to resume bombing. The ceasefire had been set to expire tomorrow night, which was already an extension of the two-week pause in fighting.
Florida Democrat Sheila Scherfullis McCormick has resigned from Congress this a day before the House Ethics Committee was set to meet to recommend a punishment for more than two dozen Ethics violations, and here's Eric McDaniel has more.
Prosecutors say the representative and her family stole $5 million in federal disaster funds
through their healthcare company, which the governmental ledges was overpaid for services related to COVID-19 vaccinations. The third term congressman who denies wrongdoing criticized the Ethics Process, saying the committee refused her attorney's request for time to prepare her defense and moved forward during an ongoing federal criminal process.
There's no fixed timeline for an election to replace her in the safe blue seat. State law gives Florida's Republican Governor broad latitude on when to schedule a special election. House Democrats may now move to expel Republican representative Corey Mills, who also faces in Ethics Investigation, Eric McDaniel and Pierre News, the Capitol Building.
This other poverty law center, a civil rights organization that tracks hate groups, has been
indicted by the Justice Department on federal fraud and money-related charges connected to its past use of paid confidential informants to infiltrate extremist groups. CEO Brian Ferris says they use the informants together information on the activities of radical violent groups and shares it with law enforcement. The FBI cut ties with S.P.L.C. and 2025 calling it a partisan smear machine, Ferris
says the group will vigorously defend itself. Businesses can request free funds for terrorists they've paid now that the Supreme Court found that they were illegal but consumers can't. And Pierre Steven Besaha has more. Companies can try to pass refunds along to consumers, but it's nearly impossible to determine
how much individual consumers paid. Terrence Lao is the dean at Syracuse University's College of Law. He says companies raised prices because of tariffs, but often did not pass on the full cost.
“So how much of that price increased to your attribute to tariffs?”
Companies can't even answer that question. That leaves some consumers like Edwin Martinez, feeling ambivalent and annoyed. "I've paid this extra tax man, can I just have my money back?" Edick says it will give refunds, Costco says it will try using them to lower prices. Both are facing class action lawsuits over refunds.
Steven Besaha and Pierre News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Opening statements started today in a Manhattan courtroom for former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, accused of raping and aspiring actress in a hotel room more than a decade ago.
The 74-year-old was convicted of the rape in 2020 during his first trial, but that verdict
was overturned. A second trial last year was deadlocked on that count and the judge ordered this new trial. His downfall nearly a decade ago was seen as a catalyst to the Me Too movement, demanding accountability for sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. Two Hawaiian basket makers and leather craftsmen from Idaho are among the artists and musicians
recognized in this year as Heritage Fellows by the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts has cut funding to arts organizations over the past year, but it still recognizes artists who preserve this country's cultural traditions. Like Giovanni Edelco, the Puerto Rican percussionist is credited by the NEA with reshaping Latin music on the global stage, and Frank Rubon, who choreographs indigenous dances
in Guam, and the Len Escobedo in San Antonio, who performs early fiddle music from the Texas Mexico borderlands. Each of the eight fellows will receive $25,000 and be honored at a ceremony in Washington D.C. later this year. The NEA National Heritage Fellowship is the highest honor in American folk and traditional
arts. There's so much TV out there that we can't get to it all, good stuff falls to the cracks.
“That's why we're recommending some great TV remiss.”
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