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President Trump today called the Iranian response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the
“war on the mid-East, totally unacceptable without giving details.”
Earlier Iran responded to the U.S. proposal via Pakistan, which is mediating. It's not clear what Tehran thought of the U.S. plan though, and here's Deepashivur on reports. The war is largely unpopular in the U.S. And majority of Americans did not support U.S. actions in Iran from the beginning of the
war. But among Republicans, there was pretty overwhelming support for Trump and what the U.S. military was doing in Iran. Now 10 weeks into the war, though, that will look as worsened a bit for Trump. Week after week, there's polling that comes out that shows that there's this cave in support
among Republicans who support Trump.
A recent poll from Marist shows that a majority of Republicans do still support Trump's approach in Iran, but 22% in disapprove and that's up from 15% in March. And here's Deepashivur on reporting.
“As gas prices rise amid the war in Iran, they're now at $4.50 a gallon on average nationwide”
today, according to Triple A. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the administration is considering temporarily suspending the federal gas tax to help struggling Americans. All measures that can be taken to lower the price of at the pump and lower the prices for Americans. This administration is in support of speaking there on NBC's meet the press.
But he says he can't make predictions about gas or oil prices. The current federal gas taxes around 18 cents a gallon and states rely on the money for infrastructure projects. Republicans states are divided on whether it's a good mover or not. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp enacted a 60-day suspension, but other states say it will provide
little relief for prices at the pump. Wright says ending the blockade at the state of Hormuz will bring oil prices down, but economists say that would take months.
“As AI expands quickly, Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill requiring data centers”
to shoulder the cost of electricity use. Katherine Welch has more. The new law-banned data centers from shifting the cost of electricity to the public and instead pay their own costs. It also allows local water management districts to deny permits to large-scale data centers
if the water needs are harmful to the local area or already prohibited by local zoning and planning regulations. And it keeps land regulations in the hands of local governments. The new law is part of DeSantis's push to regulate AI in Florida. The law does allow local governments and tech companies to enter into confidential agreements
to keep proposals from the public for 12 months. For MPR News, I'm Katherine Welch, in Orlando. This as officials around the country are working to regulate it. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Pentagon says the remains of one of the U.S. Army soldiers who went missing during
military exercises in Morocco a week ago has been recovered.
Twenty-seven-year-old first lieutenant Kendrick Lamont keyed Jr. He and another soldier fell
off a cliff during a recreational hike in Morocco and the search for the other soldier continues. The two were reported missing near the capture-out training area, characterized by mountains, desert and semi-desert planes on May 2nd, after participating in African lion.
That's the annual multinational military exercises that are held in Morocco. The search and rescue efforts are underway in the eastern part of Indonesia after a volcano erupted. Naina Rao has more from Jakarta. A rescue mission is underway following a deadly volcanic eruption at Mount Dukonol in Indonesia's
Halma-Hera Island, a joint task force comprising Indonesia's national search and rescue agency, the military, and local police responded to the emergency after 20 hikers were caught in the eruption. While 17 individuals were rescued safely, the disaster resulted in three confirmed deaths, including one Indonesian woman and two Singaporean nationals.
Military officials have directed additional troops to the Volcano Summit to assist in recovering the remains of the foreign hikers. For NPR News, I'm Naina Rao in Jakarta. You as future's contracts are trading lower at this hour, all three major indices are done around two tenths of a percent. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.
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