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is telling reporters an agreement to end the war with Iran could be finalized in the
“coming days, and PR's Deepa Shiveram has the latest."”
The official who was not authorized to speak publicly says the U.S. and Iran are about 80-85% 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 street 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."
Deepa Shiveram and PR News the White House.
“President Trump's name was removed from the front of the Kennedy Center today, according”
to a notice of compliance, filed by the administration. The removal comes after federal courts denied last-minute attempts to halt a deadline for the name to come down. The executive director of the Kennedy Center has confirmed that they are gone. The Washington National Opera has filed the lawsuit against a federal government alleging
more than $17 million are owed, and PR's Isabella Gomez Sarmito reports. The WNO's lawsuit accuses the Kennedy Center of wrongfully withholding several years worth of donations and contributions. The Opera and Performing Arts 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 to separate legal entities.
“The Opera claims it has been trying to collect the funds for over five months to no avail.”
In a statement shared with NPR, the Kennedy Center says the Opera had a deficit. It calls the lawsuit "meritless" and says it plans to pursue a counter-suit. Is the Bela Gomez Sarmito and PR News? Anthropics says it has taken its latest AI models offline and PR's Matt Bloom explains. Anthropics says it received the directive from the government on Friday, according to
a statement from the company the Trump administration's letter did not provide specifics of its national security concerns, but the company said it believed it was due to fears about potential security vulnerabilities. The export controls marked the government's most significant step to date to restrict user access to some of the world's most advanced AI products.
Fable 5 and Mythos 5 are super powerful models. Anthropics says it can work on complex projects in prompts for hours or even days. Anthropics call the order "amiss understanding" and said it hopes to restore access to the models as soon as possible. Matt Bloom and PR News
This is NPR News in Washington. Scotland is playing its world cup opener tonight against Haiti and Scottish fans are descending on Boston, which is hosting the game. And PR's Lauren Frayer met one of the oldest traveling members of the team. Moira Brown got her first glimpse of soccer as a child in the 1930s, saw her first international
match in 1946 just after World War II, and has since traveled the world following Scotland's national teams, the men and women. At 93, she flew from her native Glasgow to Boston and has
tickets to all of Scotland's group stage games. Her team has never made it past that in any tournament
and Brown says "I go always in hope, but often not expectation. Strange things can happen." For Scotland, there's always the next World Cup when Brown will be 97. Lauren Frayer and PR News London A federal judge is refusing to block plans for a UFC event on the White House lawn tomorrow. The loss it was filed by the non-profit public integrity project.
The group argued the event violates federal law. White House attorneys call the challenge "maritalist" saying the fight would be no different from other public events held in the nation's capital. Court documents submitted by the Trump administration show the UFC events this weekend will cost the fight promoters more than $16 million. I'm Louise Skivone and PR News, Washington.
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