"Live from MPR News on Giles Snyder, just two days into the operation the U.
pausing efforts to guide ships from foreign countries through the state of Hormus."
“MPR's Franco-Ordonias reports that President Trump says he's calling off the action”
to see if an agreement with Iran can be reached. President Trump announced he was pausing the military escorts after declaring, quote, "Great progress has been made toward a complete and final agreement with representatives of Iran." He added that he was also acting on a request by the leaders of Pakistan, which is helping negotiate an agreement, as well as other countries.
Trump said on social media that the pause will only be for a short period of time to see whether or not an agreement can be finalized and signed, but he emphasized that the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports would continue. Earlier in the day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Project Freedom as a defensive operation, and that the U.S. would only respond if fired upon Franco, Ordonias, and
pianos, the White House.
And the fallout of the war, air travel, getting more expensive, MPR's Stephen Pahat-Passaha
has that story. In international flight, on average, cost about $150 more than a year ago. Some flights and destinations are up a lot more, like a ticket to London going up about 350 bucks. This is also causing some in the United States to change their travel plans.
Lee Collins was flying back to Atlanta after visiting family in D.C., and said he is not planning a summer vacation trip. "As of now, no, no, no, no, no, because, like I said, I have a very expensive business. It's going to be a staycation this year." Airfare hikes are due to the price of jet fuel, nearly doubling since the start of the year,
due to the war against Iran and its proxies.
Stephen Pahat-Passaha and PR news.
As an enthromp is one in the election victory, and Indiana, the majority of the GOP incumbent state senators he targeted after they opposed to redistricting plan lost their primary elections to candidates he supported, and neighbouring Ohio former Senator Sherrod Brown will attempt to unseat Republican Senator John Houston and Democrat Dr. Amy Acton will face Republican Vivek Ramaswami for Ohio Governor this fall.
"Grant jury has handed up an indictment against semantic queues to trying to storm the White House correspondent, Stender 31-year-old Cole Allen faces four counts as impairs Ryan Lucas reports." Cole Allen was previously charged by criminal complaint with three counts, including most notably, trying to assassinate President Trump.
Now the indictment adds a fourth count, assaulted an officer with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors say Allen traveled from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., to try to kill President Trump at the White House correspondent, Stender.
“Allen was stopped by secret service agents second after he ran past a security checkpoint.”
He is being detained, pending trial. He is scheduled to be back in court next week for his arrangement. Ryan Lucas and Pierre News, Washington. "This is MPR." "You as military says it has destroyed another small boat in the eastern Pacific.
You as Southern Command has posted surveillance video on social media showing the boat exploding into flames. The military claims a boat was carrying narcotics and says three people were killed. The Trump administration announced last year that it is at war with transnational drug cartels. Police and Texas have a suspect in custody and Tuesdays back to back shootings near Dallas,
the shootings happening in Carleton, in an area known as Korea Town. Two people were killed. Please say the suspect knew the victims that he was angry over business dealing with them. Commonations for the 2026 Tony Awards brought ways highest honors were announced this morning and as MPR Jeff London reports several stars from television and screen received nods.
The Tony nominators recognized the work of several Hollywood heavy hitters. Rose Burn was nominated for Best Actress in the Noel Coward Comedy Fallen Angels as did Leslie Manville in Etappus and Carri Cune in Bug. Daniel Radcliffe who picked up a Tony in 2024 is up for Best Actor for the one man show every brilliant thing.
Also nominated in the category are John Lithgow in Giant and Nathan Lane in Death of Asselsman. Cune's squib at the age of 96 became the oldest Tony nominee in history for her featured role in Marjorie Prime. The Tony's will be presented at Radio City Music Hall on June 7th.
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