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A senior Trump administration official says the agreement and the war with Iran is not
“100% there, but it's possible it could be finalized in the coming days.”
NPR's Deepish Ivoran reports President Trump has gone back and forth over re-igniting attacks on Tehran and moving toward a peace deal." The official who was not authorized to speak publicly says the U.S. and Iran are about 80-85 percent of the way to an agreement, but nothing is finalized. It comes after days of back and forth from Trump, who relaunched attacks on Iran this
week after saying a peace deal would come within two to three days. The U.S. officials says the deal would reopen the state of Hormuz and end the blockade there, and it would end Iran's nuclear program and work on a performance-based model with incentives for Iran. The official says they expect U.S. allies including Israel to get on board with the peace agreement.
Iran's foreign minister posted on social media saying an agreement has "never been closer."
Deepish Ivoran and Piano's the White House. The opening bill at the NASDAQ today, as SpaceX made its market debut, and PR's Jepram
“Field reports, company shares opened above the listing price.”
SpaceX began trading at $150 a share, that's around 11% over the $135 company had named as its list price. It's now officially the largest initial public offering in history. The IPO is also set to make Elon Musk even richer, he could become the world's first trillion-air.
The soaring stock price comes despite the fact that SpaceX has been recording big losses in its AI business, investors are betting that Musk's vision can take the space flight company literally to the moon and beyond. The Washington National Opera has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, the
complaint alleges the Kennedy Center owes the orchestra more than $17 million in donations.
And PR's Isabella Gomez-Sarmiyento reports. The WNO's lawsuit accuses the Kennedy Center of wrongfully withholding several years worth of donations and contributions.
“The Opera and Performing Art Center ended their long-term affiliation earlier this year.”
In the complaint, the WNO states that the Opera's funds were managed by the Kennedy Center, but that they were supposed to remain two separate legal entities. The Opera claims it has been trying to collect the funds for over five months to know a veil. In a statement shared with NPR, the Kennedy Center says the Opera had a deficit.
It calls the lawsuit Maritless and says that plans to pursue a counter-suit. Isabella Gomez-Sarmiyento and PR news. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 353 points, the NASDAQ up 79. This is NPR news.
A federal judge has refused to block plans for a UFC event on the White House lawn on Sunday. The lawsuit was filed by the nonprofit Public Integrity Project. The group argued the event violates federal law, but the judge cited with the Trump administration. White House attorneys called the challenge Maritless, saying the fight would be no different
from other public events held in the nation's capital. In Argentina, some soccer fans who planned to travel to the world cup, but had their visas rejected, got a pleasant surprise at home, Katherine Osborn reports. A Buenos Aires electronic store put out an unusual announcement last week. Proof your visa for the World Cup was rejected and win a free television so you can watch
from home. On Wednesday, people lined up for hours in front of the store. The first 100 got free 32-inch TVs. Argentina is the defending World Cup champion and fans hoped to travel to see star Lino Messi's last tournament.
But a World Cup ticket alone was not enough to guarantee a visa, US authorities have said. Argentina's first game is in Kansas City next Tuesday. For NPR news, I'm Katherine Osborn in Rio de Janeiro. The United States will go against Paraguay and their World Cup opener tonight, the Game will take place in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. Eastern time.
The New York Knicks could clinch the team's first NBA championship in more than 50 years tomorrow. They'll go against the San Antonio Spurs in Texas in Game 5. I'm Mr. Johnston and you're listening to NPR news from Washington. This is our class, on this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery.
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