>> Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Kyivone.
The U.S. military says it shot down several Iranian drones as they were heading toward the Strait of Hormuz.
“NPR's carry con reports both the U.S. and Iran say they're seeing progress in signing”
a preliminary peace deal. >> In a post on social media, the U.S. Central Command says Iran launched what it called "multiple one way attack drones to strike commercial ships in the vital waterway. The U.S. forces shot all the drones and that "traffic flow through the Strait continues unimpeded according to St. Com. Meanwhile, Iran's foreign minister posted on social media
that a deal had "never been closer to being reached."
Pakistan's Prime Minister also signaled that the deal was nearly finalized. A senior Trump official also confirmed the reporters that the two sides were close but added a bit of caution saying "most in Iran won't assign the deal, but "not everybody," adding that Iran's system is very complicated. Carry con and PR news, Tel Aviv."
President Trump is once again threatening to revoke Washington D.C. system of limited self-governance known as "home rule." Jackson's son and Berg from Member Station WAMU reports the city's mayoral race spurred the attack.
“>> Well speaking in the Oval Office yesterday, Trump was asked how he would react if progressive”
leaning D.C. council member Janice Lewis George won the Democratic nomination for D.C. the mayor.
>> Well, when you like it, and maybe we would take back Washington on the federal basis.
>> Lewis George ran a campaign reminiscent of New York City mayor, Zoran Mamdani. She responded on social media, calling Trump's comments "an attack on democracy and that D.C. voters want someone who will stand up to the president." In a poll released last week by the Washington Post and George Mason University's Sharschool, Lewis George was leading the other frontrunner, Kenyan McDuffie, by around
nine points. >> For MPR News, I'm Jackson Sinanberg in Washington. >> The U.S. Justice Department has dismissed concerns about broadcast industry consolidation and has determined that Paramount's guidance is proposed to acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery is unlikely to be harmful to consumers, among the combined assets under this
merger Paramount's movie studios and Warner studios, and CBS and CNN, the federal communications commission still needs to weigh in, and PR's David Fokenflick explains. >> The FCC Federal Communications Commission has to review it as well because there are CBS's local, own stations that are part of the combination, and there's going to be an enormous infusion of foreign capital into this for this deal.
The Saudi sovereign wealth fund is among the investors, but people expect that to go through, but you have states attorneys general, and you also have the European Union and regulators the United Kingdom still reviewing this. We don't know exactly what all that means, but we'd have seen Democratic states attorneys general becoming much more aggressive about challenging antitrust deals like this in the courts, and that's likely where this is
headed. >> And PR's David Fokenflick, this is NPR. >> Scaffolding in white tarps now cover part of the Kennedy Center's facade, amid a legal battle over the removal of President Trump's name from the building. This follows a series of setbacks for the administration, including its latest failed
attempt to keep the signage in place. The New York Nixon, their fans have been waiting 53 years for a title that could happen tonight in San Antonio, can the spurs force a game six in New York, sports writer Howard Brighton, science, sizes up, what could lie ahead? >> It's been a crazy series.
“I think that the Nixon's been the best team this posties, and they've only lost three”
games. They have been, by far, the more poised team, they are on the cusp of a championship. They should win tonight, and if they don't win, then they should win probably the next game in New York, and it really feels inevitable. >> Sports writer Howard Bryant, while preparing for the FIFA World Cup England ran it to
unforeseen problems in Kansas City, Missouri, where their base camp is being set up, Greg Eklin explains.
>> Instead of tactical preparations for their first match Wednesday against Croatian Arlington
Texas, the English team is scrambling after equipment theft. The items were being shipped from Florida to Kansas City, where England were establishing their base camp. According to the Daily Mail in the UK, Boots belonging to England, Captain Harry Kane and midfielder Jude Bellingham were among the stolen items.
>> The U.S. opened his first home World Cup in 32 years with a 41 victory over Paraguay that game took place in front of a sold-out crowd. I'm Louise Skivone and PR News, Washington. The World Cup is back in the U.S. and the NPR network is covering the fans. >> The tensions?
>> When two teams take the field, their nation's histories take the field along side. >> The local transformations. >> Just world class soccer right here. And of course, the games follow along on and off the pitch with the NPR app.
