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called Iran's response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war in the Middle East
unacceptable, Tehran gave its response to Pakistan, which is mediating the talks, and PR's D.A. herdeed reports. State-run agency, the Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting, says Iran's response remains consistent with previous positions, readiness to continue a ceasefire that is largely
“held since early April, and exchange for the opening of the state of Ramos, that's a key”
global shipping route, and ending hostilities. The war began on February 28, when Israel in the United States launched air strikes on Iran. Iran subsequently blocked the state of Ramos, and then the U.S. imposed its own blockade. Iran's Deputy Speaker, Todd State-run media, that military operations would not open the
state, Tehran, and PR news.
Triple A said Sunday, the nationwide average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline
declined by less than a penny, and is now 450 to a gallon that's eight cents higher than a week ago. Meanwhile, energy secretary Chris Wright says the Trump administration is open to suspending the 8.3-cent federal motor fuel tax as a way to lower prices. He was on NBC's meet the press, and he was asked when fuel prices will fall.
I can say that when this, we start to get free flow of traffic through the streets of
“Hormuz, energy prices will come down, and by ending Iran's ability to get a nuclear”
weapon, they are the biggest threat in the world to the flow of global energy. However, transportation experts say suspending the fuel tax could cause a serious problem, because the money in the highway trust fund is used to fund billions of dollars in road and highway repairs, as well as other transportation-related projects. A cruise ship at the center of the Hontavirus outbreak is now anchored off of Spain's
Canary Islands. The passengers, including 17 Americans, are being flown home. One American is tested positive, and other has what is being called "mild symptoms," and PR's Windsor-Johnston reports. The outbreak has flooded social media sites with posts falsely comparing Hontavirus
to COVID-19, and spreading misleading claims about transmission. Dr. Simey Yazman, a former CDC disease specialist, says the broader concern is the nation's weakened public health infrastructure.
“We have seen the dismantling and defunding of public health, and we are not ready for the”
next emerging pathogen, the next flu, so people's concerns make sense. Yazman says U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization is another major concern. President Trump told reporters last week that the situation is "under very good control," Windsor-Johnston and PR news. And from Washington, this is NPR.
A new poll shows Americans believe many members of Congress are just too old, NPR's Elena Moore reports on the latest findings from NPR, PBS West, and Marist. The poll looked at support for maximum age limits and term limits for members of Congress, and it found that the vast majority of Americans' eight and ten support both. It's also got bipartisan backing.
78% of Democrats and 83% of Republicans like the idea of age caps, and similar amounts support term limits. 18-year-old Michael Hatch, if you door a Kansas, feels that way about leaders in Washington. They just might be out of touch. You got 70, 80-year-olds in Congress running the country.
It's not representing people like me. But support for age and term limits goes past young folks. The generation with the most support, Gen X, folks in their late 40s to early 60s. Elena Moore and PR news. President Trump this week will visit China's Capitol Beijing for a three-day state visit
and meetings with China's President Xi Jinping. Trump is scheduled to arrive in Beijing late Wednesday and meet with Xi Thursday morning and again again Thursday night for a state dinner. The two leaders will also have a working lunch plan for Friday before Trump's departure. The war in Iran trade negotiations and other economic issues are on the agenda, along
with artificial intelligence. Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, that Trump is going into the meeting with Xi in a, quote, terribly weakened condition because of the Iran war.
This is Trump's second trip to China, and this is NPR News.
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