"Life from NPR News and Washington, on Corva Coleman, President Trump's in Fr...
the G7's summit, he says the U.S. is ready to sign a deal with Iran to stop the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
“But the text of an agreement is not been published.”
Now Iran's state-run news agency insists the first clause in the agreement says a tax
on Lebanon must end. Israel has been attacking Iran's proxy militia has belonged in Lebanon. Israel's ambassador to the U.S. Michael Liter says the deal is only a memo of understanding. "It's not a deal, it's an MOU to discuss a deal. So we're encouraged by the fact that the President has been consistently unequivocal about
preventing Iran from achieving a nuclear weapon and we're very encouraged about that. We're less encouraged about the fact that it seems the Lebanon has been included in the agreement with Iran and we think that that's unnecessary." He spoke to NPR's morning edition. Stocks opened higher this morning in mid-signs of an ongoing slump in the housing market.
NPR's got horsely reports, the down-jones and dustrial average, rose about 280 points in early trading.
"Homebuilders broke ground on almost 16 percent fewer homes in May than they did the month
before.
“Most of that slowdown was in apartment construction.”
The drop in single family starts was less than 2%. Building permits, which are seen as a guide to future construction, were down less than 1%. A survey by the National Association of Homebuilders shows Builders' confidence remains weak, rising mortgage rates are not helping with the housing slump.
Young brands is selling its pizza-hut business for a total of $2.7 billion, the sale comes in two slices, one for pizza-hut locations in China, the other for the rest of the world. Sales at pizza-hut have lagged youngs' other brands, Taco Bell and KFC. It's got horsely impure news Washington. The FBI director Cache Patel says his agency has disrupted a plot to attack a Sunday night
event on the White House lawn. That's where President Trump welcomed thousands of fans to watch several UFC mixed martial arts bouts. The FBI director says multiple arrests have been made. It's another election day, Tuesday, this brings another set of primary elections that will
tell how American voters are feeling about this moment of politics in their states.
“That includes a pair of important run-offs in Georgia and Pierre Steven Feller has more.”
Republican voters will decide their pick to take on incumbent Democrat John Ossoff in a high-profile general election, and they'll choose a nominee to replace how it's going up in a Brian Kempe. Over the weekend, President Trump endorsed Congressman Mike Collins for the Senate race, instead of Kempe's preferred candidate, but both Trump and Kempe support the same pick
in the governor's race. Russell in the battle today are run-offs in Alabama and open races in Oklahoma and D.C. Steven Feller in Pierre News Atlanta. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Authorities at Edwards Air Force Base in California say eight people were killed when a B-52 plane crashed yesterday. It was taking off no one survived that were both uniformed officers and civilians aboard. There is no word on what caused the crash. California governor Gavin Newsom says he's being investigated by the Justice Department.
From Member Station KQED, Guy Marcerati reports, Newsom says the probe is in response to his opposition to President Trump. In a video release Monday, Newsom says federal agents have contacted friends and demanded records. Donald Trump isn't just coming after me because of my mean tweets.
He's coming after me because I'm considering running for president. The governor's office says federal agents are also looking into the work of Newsom's wife, filmmaker Jennifer Cable Newsom. The focus of the investigation is not yet clear. Newsom's office has filed a freedom of information request with the Department of Justice
regarding the probe. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment. For MPR News, I'm Guy Marcerati in San Jose. A little more than a week ago, President Trump declared all renovation work had been finished. The reflecting pool on the national mall, that's near the Lincoln Memorial.
But parts of the reflecting pool, which Trump boasted would be clean, beautiful, and blue, are now green. That's because the pool has algae blooms in it. Workers have been trying to clear the algae ahead of July 4th celebrations. It's not clear if that mitigation will work.
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