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President Trump rejected Iran's latest proposal to end the war earlier this week.
“He called it unacceptable and said the ceasefire was on life support, but the White House”
in Tehran did not disclose details of what was in the proposal. NPR's Abe Atrari has more and what the Islamic Republic was asking for. So there are new demands that didn't exist before this war, and those include, for example, an end to Israel's war on the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, where Israel controls a huge part of the south of Lebanon and where people are being killed daily in Lebanon.
And also, some of these demands now include war reparations, a total lifting of a U.S. Naval blockade out at sea that's keeping Iran from freely being able to export its oil. NPR's Abe Atrari reporting, Interior Secretary Doug Bergum is defending the Trump administration's proposal to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the National Park Service. NPR's Kirk Sigler reports a contentious budget hearing today.
Bergum predicted gas prices will start to go down soon. Interior Secretary Bergum, whose agency regulates drilling on federal land, again tried to blame the Biden administration saying, "It's environmental policies led to today's huge spike in gas prices, since President Trump's Iran invasion."
“One of many testing exchanges came between Bergum and California Democrat Jared Hoffman.”
These prices are going to drop quickly again, because now we actually have supply, prices are determined. Well, there's a real disconnect here. Americans are not celebrating. This spike in gas prices that you seem to think is just great.
Democrats also blasted Trump's proposal to cut nearly a billion dollars from National
Parks, with one staff are holding up a sign pointing out the president is trying to spend the same amount on a new White House ballroom. Kirk Sigler and PR News Washington. Medicare has announced a moratorium on new hospice and home health providers. Americans and PR's Salina Simmons' Duffin reports agency says a six-month pause on new providers
will combat fraud. The pause is on hospice and home health organizations that want to be paid by Medicare. It's not a pause for individual Medicare patients who need that care, and it's not a pause for existing hospice and home health groups. This is the second such moratorium announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
services. In February, the agency announced a six-month pause for new suppliers of certain durable medical equipment. The Trump administration has tried a variety of ways to reduce fraud and abuse and federal health programs.
It's a decision for this moratorium earned praise from leading age, a coalition of thousands of nonprofits serving older adults. Salina Simmons' Duffin and PR News Washington. The Trump administration says a former private prison industry executive will be the acting head of immigration and customs enforcement.
David Venturella will take over after Todd Lyons departure at the end of the month. Lyons led the agency through the administration's tumultuous crackdown on immigration. Venturella has been working at an ice division that oversees detention contracts. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
There's a new name for a medical condition that affects more than 170 million women worldwide,
NPR's Allison Aubrey reports more than 50 medical groups renamed the condition now called "Polly Endocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome." The syndrome is characterized by fluctuations in hormones and weight, as well as reproductive issues in skin conditions. For many years, it's been called "Polly Systic Ovarian Syndrome" or "PCOS."
But many women who struggle with the condition do not have an increase in abnormal cysts on the ovary. And this led to delays and diagnosis when doctors or patients did not know to look for the broader set of symptoms.
“Experts say it's important that the new name of void reproductive terms that can heighten”
stigma and lead to confusion. The transition period will include an education and awareness campaign. The journey of the name change to "Polly Endocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome" is documented in a report in the Lancet. Allison Aubrey NPR News
A museum in Illinois is wondering how it got a speeding ticket for its replica of the car in the TV show "Night Riders" that hasn't moved from its display in years. The Volo Museum near Chicago says it got a $50 ticket from New York City linked to the Black Pontiac Transam this week. The ticket includes traffic cam photos of a Black Transam with the California license plate
night. That's the same plate as the one in the show and the novelty plate on the museum's car. It's unclear how the city connected the speeding car to the museum. This is NPR News from Washington.
This week on up first, President Trump heads to China on the agenda Taiwan, AI and the
war with Iran, a close Chinese ally and trade partner. When big question will Trump ask China to pressure Iran to reopen the state of Hormuz. We're reporting from Beijing on a week of major news that affects the world and your wallet. On up first, listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
