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The U.S. and Iran have reached an initial agreement that would extend their shaky cease
“fire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.”
But significant challenges remain to ending the war, including whether Israel will continue its offensive in Lebanon and the fate of Iran's nuclear program. And Piazza Daniel Kurtzlevin reports Trump has been looking for a way to end the war. He's probably celebrating because he needed an off ramp here. His approval plummeted amid this war, including his approval on the economy, which had been
a strong point for him. Gas prices went up, fertilizer prices went up, inflation passed 4%, so he wanted out. And now since this all was announced, yeah, oil prices have fallen and stocks went up. So Trump is likely happy, even if this memorandum isn't the win he says it is. And Piazza Daniel Kurtzlevin reporting, officials from Anthropic are meeting with the commerce
department today. It comes after the Trump administration issued export controls that effectively force Anthropic to disable its newest AI models. And Piazza Deepa Shiver on reports.
“The Trump administration citing national security reasons said Anthropic had to shut down”
its new models to anyone who isn't a U.S. citizen that includes foreign nationals residing in the U.S. and even Anthropic employees who aren't citizens. On Friday evening Anthropic announced that in order to comply, it had to shut down its feeble five and met those five models for everyone in a statement Anthropic attributes the order to quote a misunderstanding.
The Trump administration has clashed with Anthropic before the AI company sued the Defense Department earlier this year after fallout from the Pentagon wanting Anthropic to loosen its safety standards. Deepa Shiver on and Piazza news. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom says President Trump has ordered the Justice
Department to investigate him and his wife. He did not provide details in the Trump administration declined to comment. Newsom says in a video posted online that federal agents and recent
“days have knocked on the doors of his friends and former employees and have asked for records.”
A heat wave is hitting the Pacific Northwest, record breaking temperatures in the 90s are expected in much of the usually temperate region, John Ryan from a member station KU/OW and Seattle reports. In much of the country, summer temperatures in the 90s are normal, but not in the Northwest where many homes lack air conditioning. Temperatures on Monday were expected to hit 20 degrees above normal. In the Seattle and Portland areas officials
have opened cooling centers. Outdoor employers are required to give their workers extra resprakes. In Olympia, a homeless shelter offered rehydration drinks and popsicles, as well as a cool place to escape the heat. 5 years ago, a record shattering heat to him hit the Northwest and killed more than 1,000 people. Unlike that heat wave, this one is only expected to last a couple of days. For
NPR News, I'm John Ryan in Seattle. Stock markets rallied worldwide today. The S&P 500 rose more than 1.5%. This is NPR News.
While makers are demanding the Trump administration stopped dismantling a $386 million
ocean monitoring network, Democratic Senator Jeff Merkle says he's drafting legislation to freeze the removal of instruments until a full scientific review is completed. The National Science Foundation directed the removal of most of the systems. Instruments from Waters off of Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina, and Greenland by 2027. The Pakistani government is removing the sales tax on women's menstrual products, as well
as birth control. These items had been taxed as a luxury good, but now is NPR's Gabriella Manuel reports the sales tax will drop from 18% to zero. This move comes after a lobbying effort and legal battle by women's advocates. "We're very happy, we're just news." Mach Nour Omer is a human rights lawyer and has been fighting for this change for years.
The taxes can make sanitary napkins and other products unaffordable. However, she knows other taxes, like the import duty will remain. And she says addressing taxes is not the end of the fight. She'd like to see reproductive health integrated into school lessons. The change in the tax code will take effect July 1st. Gabriella Manuel and PR news. A Wisconsin Beagle breeding farm that's drawn animal welfare protests is closing and its
remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group. Big dog ranch rescue announced that it has reached an agreement for the permanent closure of vigilant farms and the transfer of its 475 remaining Beagle starting this week. The pups will now be spade, neutered and prepared for adoption. This is NPR news. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery. Sometimes
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