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fire between the U.S. and Iran, his assessment comes after he received Iran's response

to his proposal, and Piero's Daniel Kurtzlebin has more.

Trump is not putting a positive spin on where things are. I would say the cease fire is on massive life support when the doctor walks in and says, "Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living." He did not elaborate on what might end that cease fire or what would come next. He said he didn't even finish reading Iran's latest response to a U.S. cease fire proposal,

calling it a "piece of garbage." Trump has expressed disappointment with the negotiation process before, and threatened military action, but has so far not followed through on those threats. Daniel Kurtzlebin and Piero news the White House. Iranian state media say Iran's demands include an end to the blockade, reparations,

and sovereignty over the state of Formus.

Iran's chokehold over the state is fueling high gas prices, a president said Monday, he would suspend the federal tax on gasoline to ease the burden on Americans, but he would need congressional approval.

A widely used abortion pill will remain on hold for a few more days after Supreme Court

Justice Samuel O'Lito pushed out his deadline to make a decision. In Piero Selina Simmons' stuff and reports, that means Miffa Preston remains available via telemedicine for now. The case comes from the state of Louisiana. It argued that the Food and Drug Administration

allowing telemedicine access to Miffa Preston undermines its abortion ban. Earlier this month, a panel of federal appeals court judges agreed with the state and ended telemedicine access, Supreme Court Justice Samuel O'Lito paused that decision for one week and has now extended that pause for three more days. That means patients can continue to receive Miffa Preston by mail at least until Thursday,

at which point the Supreme Court is likely to make a longer-term decision. Telemedicine now accounts for one quarter of all abortions nationally. Selina Simmons' stuff and Piero News Washington. The Texas man who was pardoned by President Trump for assaulting police in the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, has been arrested on new charges.

Piero's Tom Driesbock Report. During the January 6th attack, Ryan Nichols assaulted police with pepper spray called for revolution and recorded this video.

"So if you want to know where Ryan Nichols stands, Ryan Nichols stands for violence."

Nichols was sentenced to more than five years in prison for his actions on January 6th, but received a full pardon from President Trump. Now, the Harrison County Sheriff's Office in Texas alleges that Nichols repeatedly confronted someone in a church parking lot and put his hand on his gun in a threatening manner, leading to his arrest.

Nichols is one of dozens of pardon January 6th defendants who have since been charged or convicted of new crimes. "This is NPR. The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for Alabama to pursue using a voting map that eliminates one of the state's two largely black congressional districts.

Alabama had been under a court order to use two black districts, but asked the court to reconsider that light of the ruling that further limited the landmark voting rights act. Alabama wants to instead use a map passed in 2023 by the Republican led legislature that has one majority black district.

The family of one of the victims killed in last year shooting at Florida State University suing the chatbot company, OpenAI, from Member Station WFSU, Tristan Wood reports. "Akari Sellers is an attorney representing the family. He officially announced the lawsuit today. It comes after Sellers says logs show the accused gunman used chatGBT

for advice on how to carry out his attack." "He asked about what time should he go to camp? It's what time are most people going to be there? I mean, he literally utilized OpenAI in chatGBT as his co-piece bearder. He utilized it as a resource to carry out mass murder."

Florida Attorney General James Offmire is also currently conducting a criminal investigation into OpenAI, for their involvement in the shooting. An openAI spokesperson says the company is not responsible for the shooting. They say they did not encourage harmful activity, but provided factual responses to questions with information.

They could be found broadly across public sources on the internet. "For MPR news, I'm Tristan Wood in Tallahassee." Japan's benchmark meatk share average has given up early gains in Tuesday trading, after rising more than 1% the meatk eased on a chip-related sell-off. "I'm Child Snyder, this is MPR News."

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