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President Trump says that deal with Iran has been largely negotiated, but he's tempering
“expectations of any imminent end to the war.”
He delivered remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on this memorial day, a time to honor the war dead. "In Operation Epic Fury, we lost 13 wonderful souls, wonderful special people. These incredible men and women gave their lives to ensure that the world's number one
state sponsor of terror will never have a nuclear weapon, oh and they won't."
Daniel Shapiro served as U.S. ambassador to Israel during the Obama administration and was part of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. He tells NPR that the deal being negotiated today would reopen the straight-of-war moves and relieve the economic crisis, but Iran's nuclear program would remain an open question. There would be a period of negotiations, it's outlined for 30-60 days, to determine limits
on Iran's nuclear enrichment, enriched uranium stockpile, and further enrichment of uranium, and the verification of that. But Iran is very skilled and adept at dragging out those negotiations, it will probably last much longer than 60 days.
“Trump, meantime, is calling for more countries in the Middle East to normalize relations”
with Israel as part of any Iran agreement. The number of national guard troops deployed to DC is set to essentially double the summer, ahead of celebrations for America's 250th birthday, and here is Catlons Dorf reports. There are currently a little over 2,500 national guard troops deployed in DC, from dozens of states.
The summer there will be 5,000. Officials did not specify when that surge will begin, or notably when it will end. The number of troops in DC started at 800 last August as part of an initiative by President Trump to crack down on crime and also immigration. More troops have slowly been added over time.
National guard members in DC have been supporting law enforcement through highly visible patrols and neighborhoods, parks, and metro stations.
The DC deployment costs about $1.5 million a day, according to an estimate by the nonpartisan
congressional budget office.
“This new surge would essentially double that cost.”
Catlons Dorf and Pyrenees, Washington. Under new Trump administration rules, foreigners in the U.S. who want to green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, upending decades of practice. And Raleigh and immigration attorney says the new policy will be disruptive. Our understanding on this memo is still up in the air because of its resency, but I definitely
think that it is going to change how immigration practitioners manage legal strategy for the lion's share of applicants. More than a half million people already in the U.S. apply each year for a green card. This is NPR News.
The first in cyclical was released today by the first American Pope that's the document
that clarifies church doctrine and its aim squarely at Big Tech. Pope Leo's urgent governments to regulate artificial intelligence as humanity grows increasingly reliant on it. The Pope is warning that AI is linked to misinformation and to war. "Nuclear disarmament remains a service to peace and the dignity of the human family.
In a similar sense artificial intelligence now demands to be disarmed." He spoke from the Vatican. The Department of Education says starting this summer, students enrolled in short-term career and technical programs in the U.S. can apply for federal grants. And Pierce the Coia Correlow reports.
Pell grants are typically awarded to qualifying students who are pursuing undergraduate degrees or certificates, but under the new rule, that money will now also be available for students pursuing workforce training programs. The grants are designed to help the country the lowest income students access schooling beyond high school, with the help of federal aid.
The inclusion of career and technical education is aimed to address labor shortages in healthcare and other high demand industries. Sequoia Correlow and Phearnus Three Chinese astronauts have arrived at their space station. One is set to stay for an entire year among the longest space missions.
China's conducting experiments as it prepares to put people on the moon by 2030. The Shenjo 23 vessel arrived yesterday, NASA is aiming to land astronauts on the lunar surface in 2028. It's NPR. The Trump administration is backtracking on federal efforts to fight climate change.
So city and state governments are stepping in. We think we are standing what can be the future of energy and Denver. On the Sunday Story, climate solutions on the local level. Listen now on the up first podcast on the MPR app.
