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Trump on whether the U.S. and Iran will agree to extend their ongoing ceasefire by
“60 days. NPR's Tamar Keith says the President has been signaling a decision was near since”
late last week." On Friday, President Trump announced he was heading into the situation room for a high-level meeting about the potential deal, "to make a final determination. He was there for two hours, and we still don't know what he decided." Over the past two months, there have been many threats from President Trump and claims of a deal being near. Then last week, he said he might not even sign the deal unless Gulf Arab states like Qatar
sign the Abraham Accord normalizing relations with Israel. "That's NPR's Tamar Keith. U.S. Central Command says American forces struck multiple Iranians radar and drone launching sites near the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, in response to Iran shooting down a U.S. drone operating over international waters.
“The wife of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is speaking out in response”
to news reports about her husband's sexually explicit text messages. Amy Gertner's comments appear in a video on YouTube as NPR's Camila Dominozki reports. On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Gertner had told her husband's campaign about sexually explicit text messages he had sent other women as part of a process checking for any risks to his bid for Senate. Gertner and Platner were married in 2023. In her video,
Gertner said that being newly married, while going through infertility, and a Senate campaign was hard, but the counseling helps. "No marriage is perfect, and I don't want a perfect marriage, I want my marriage." She criticized the media for spreading gossip instead of talking about issues. Camila Dominozki and PR news. "The Atlantic hurricane season begins today,
“NPR's Julius Simon says forecasters are predicting a below average number of hurricanes will”
develop." Last month, forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said they expected this year's Atlantic hurricane season to be relatively quiet. Noah is predicting three to six hurricanes, while seven is the average annual number. That's a large part because the El Nino weather pattern will likely emerge this year. El Nino's typically increase the strong winds that can tear apart developing storms, but while the Atlantic region may catch a break this
year, the eastern Pacific could face more storms, and the federal emergency management agency is going into this hurricane season with far less staff, Julius Simon and Pernus. "The men's world cup soccer tournament kicks off in 10 days in the U.S. Canada and in Mexico. This is NPR News from Washington." Triple A says the price of regular gasoline in the U.S. has dropped 18 cents a gallon in the last week, on expectations that the U.S. and Iran will reach an agreement
to extend their ceasefire. Regular is now averaging $4.32 a gallon nationwide. In California, Triple A says the price of regular remains above $6 a gallon, state-wide its averaging 603. A new report says working Americans are putting more of their paychecks into retirement accounts. That's according to fidelity investments, which says those contributions
reached a record amount in the first quarter, as NPR's Stephen Bassaha reports.
"For workers that have a 401k, they're total savings rate reached about 14.5%. That is the contribution for both employees and employers, and a record rate according to fidelity. Mike Shamro is Vice President of Thought Leadership Fidelity Investments." The good news is we're seeing very positive behaviors not only among older workers who may be higher salary, who may have a little bit bigger nest egg, but also among our Gen Z employees.
"The Doty did report some signs of financial stress. Two and a half percent of workers with retirement accounts dipped into their savings last quarter, a slight increase from a year earlier. Stephen Bassaha and PR News." Wall Street begins the trading week having ended last week with another session of record highs. The Dow added 363 points on Friday to close above the
51,000 mark for the first time. The S&P added 16. I'm Dave Mattingley and PR News in Washington.
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