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President Trump is currently holding a news conference as the G7 summit in France comes

to a close and he heads back to Washington, DC.

At the gathering, uncertainties elumed over what's in the memorandum of understanding the U.S. announced with Iran for ending their conflict. As NPR's Frank Ordonia's reports, Trump has said the text is not yet final, and leaves open the possibility that the U.S. could go back to bombing Iran. In a meeting with the Egyptian President, Trump said the agreement that's been signed

with Iran doesn't prevent the U.S. from taking action if he feels it's necessary. "It's a memorandum of understanding, and if I don't like it, we'll go back to shooting at him. We're dropping bombs at him." "When do you expect the word?

If I don't like it, if they don't behave, we'll go right back to dropping bombs. Right smack in the middle of their head." and Trump insisted that the agreement does not include any immediate sanctions relief, Franco, or Dernyes, and P.R. News, Avianne, France.

Iran's revolutionary guard is warning of a harsh response of Israel, does not hold its

attacks in Lebanon.

Israel continues to strike the Iran-backed militants's bullet, despite the tentative

deal reached between the U.S. and Iran, his and P.R.A.A. Batrawi. Iran's revolutionary guard says Israel's violated the ceasefire and southern Lebanon 84 times in the past two days, and an ordained statement Israel should expect a "harsh response if it does not end its war against Hezbollah." Iran says the agreement with the U.S. set to be signed Friday, states attacks on Lebanon

will be halted. Iran also says it views any continued Israeli occupation of Lebanon as a violation of this initial agreement. Israel says its forces will remain in southern Lebanon for as long as necessary. Israel as well as attacks at Israel have killed 23 soldiers and two civilians.

Lebanese authorities say Israel's attacks have killed more than 3,800 people, hundreds of the women and children, and displaced more than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000. The Republican chair of the Senate-Select Committee on Intelligence Tom Cotton says J. Clayton's confirmation hearing for "Director of National Intelligence" is still on, even though President Trump called for a delay.

While of the G7 Trump took to social media early this morning eastern time to announce a Senate hold off on Clayton until it confirmed the DNI nominees replacement, a Trump personal lawyer, as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Well, President Trump tapped Clayton after his pick for acting DNI, housing official

Bill Polti, faced a bipartisan revolt in Congress where lawmakers allowed Pfizer, key intelligence

gathering tool, to expire last week. President Trump said today he would not support Pfizer's authorization without a strict voting identification bill that currently lacks enough votes to pass Congress. U.S. stocks are mixed this hour. The Dow is up 267 points.

This is N.P.R. News. Republican Congressman Mike Collins of Georgia has won the GOP nomination for the November Senate race. Sarah Callis with Georgia Public Broadcasting reports. Collins, who is represented eastern Georgia since 2023, addressed a crowd in a barn in

hour south of Atlanta when the race was called. My plan is your next U.S. Senator, it may as simple. I'm just going to use my business experience out there to build on the record of results that I've already delivered in Washington. Collins received an 11th hour endorsement from President Trump over the weekend.

His opponent, Derek Dooley, had been supported by Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Cam since the beginning of his campaign. Collins will face incumbent Democratic Senator John Ossoth this November. For N.P.R. News, I'm Sarah Callis in Jackson, Georgia. The war with Iran has not just pushed up prices for gas, saline, and diesel.

It has also made motor oil more expensive. That's a slippery stuff that keeps engines running. Here's N.P.R. Camilla, Dominoski. The base oil that goes into synthetic motor oils is manufactured from crude oil and natural gas through sophisticated processes at highly specialized plants.

The biggest such facility in the world in Qatar was damaged early in the war and restoring full production is expected to take over a year. The U.S. was its biggest customer. That's pushing up prices. And it comes after tariffs had already made car maintenance more expensive.

Nathan Matheson is a mechanic in Poolsville, Maryland. We see about a 25-30% reduction in our profit margins because of the increase costs. He says he's been a absorbing higher motor oil costs for now. Camilla, Dominoski. N.P.R.

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