"Live from NPR news in Washington on Corva Coleman," the head of the UN's nuc...
agency says inspectors have been on the ground in Iran, but they did not go back to facilities
“that were attacked. Instead, they visited small labs and other facilities, and Pierce”
A.A. Betroni reports. "Rafael Groszi of the International Atomic Energy Agency says there's very limited to no activity in Iran now in uranium mining and enrichment. Groszi was directly involved in nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. in February, just before the U.S. and Israel struck Iran. Asked by MPR, if Iran had agreed then to zero stockpiling of its highly enriched uranium,
Groszi said it's hard to say because talks were truncated by war." "There were a number of alternatives that were being discussed at that time. One is what you mentioned, but it was not the only one." Groszi says other options included Iran halting or limiting enrichment. Now he says it's yet to be seen what can be agreed on. A. A. Betroni and Pierce, U.S.
U.S.
“Meanwhile, speaking to podcast or Marenne Divine, President Trump said today Iran has agreed”
to not have a nuclear weapon. However, there's been no comment from Iran on that statement. Six states held primaries yesterday, in Iowa, the winner of the Republican Gubernatorial primaries, is businessman Zach Lane. He will face Iowa's Democratic State auditor in November's General Election, from Iowa Public Radio Caterina Sustaric, reports. Lane narrowly won the Republican nomination over Congressman Randy Fiendstra, who was endorsed
by President Trump last week. Lane was endorsed by the political arm of the Make America Healthy Again Movement. He says nobody thought he could win. "We were outspent, opposed by the establishment, told to wait our turn. Well, tonight the people of Iowa had something to say about that. We're not going to wait anymore."
Lane will face Democratic State auditor Rob Sant this fall. It's the first time in
20 years, Iowa has a wide open governor's race without an incumbent. The Cook Political
“Report has labeled the race a toss-up, even though Republicans have a major voter registration”
advantage in Iowa. For NPR News, I'm Caterina Sustaric and Des Moines." In Boston, a federal judge is considering whether to block parts of President Trump's executive order, it calls for restricting voting by mail, and P.R.'s Hansi Low-Wang has more. So far, the executive order President Trump signed in March has not directly affected mail-in voting for this year's elections. It calls for the U.S. Postal Service to come
up with lists of eligible voters and deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists. U.S. Fiesta's financial support event PR. Mika Simmons is an attorney for Delta Sigma Theta Serardi, one of the order's challengers. No president has the authority to rewrite election law by executive order. A federal judge in Boston is now weighing whether Trump's order violates the Constitution,
which gives power to state legislatures and Congress, not the president to set federal election rules on Zila Wang and P.R. News. This is NPR. The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Alabama to use a congressional district map that was drawn up to favor Republicans. Last week, a special three judge panel had overturned the map, saying it was "created" to discriminate against black voters.
Democratic congressman Shemari figures of black representative from Alabama will likely lose his seat in upcoming elections. Millions of people will come together for the world cup-starting next week to help ensure their health and safety, host cities are preparing for common hazards. NPR's ping-hwang has more on these efforts. Los Angeles is hosting eight games, including the U.S. teams opening match against Paraguay.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer is LA County's public health director. "There'll be hundreds of events. All of them will need to have a visit by one of our environmental health inspectors if they're serving food and they'll need to be permitted." They're looking out for spikes and infectious diseases and screening for biological and chemical threats. Also, providing tips to the public on celebrating safely and staying healthy
for long outbursts stretches in the sun. It's a lot of work and it's happening at a time when federal funding for public health is strapped. Ferrer says her staff is working overtime and for going some of their usual responsibilities. Ping-hwang and PR news Officials in New York City warn that getting into the city's sewer system is both dangerous and illegal. A handful of recent videos show
a small group of people pulling up manhole covers and disappearing into the sewers. Police are investigating but city officials warn there are gas and power lines down there too. This is NPR. It's June and another big week in the run-up to the midterms, primaries and half a dozen states including California where new congressional maps are in place and a chaotic race for
governor is wide open. We're also following gas prices and Iran. So far, talk of a peace deal
is just talk. We'll keep you posted. Listen, every morning, up first on the NPR app or wherever
