"Li from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Vice President Vance says the U.S. holds all the cards in the deal with Iran, but there
“are many questions about the memorandum of understanding that extends the ceasefire, reopens”
the straight-up or moves, and opens negotiations for a final piece deal. If yours Greg Myri says the Iranian-backed militant group Hamas' attack on Israel in October of 2023, ignited a firestorm. Now, we're at a point where we're trying to see this effort to try to stop this, and it sits work your way down that escalation ladder, that the U.S. and Israel not going
to attack Iran and vice versa under this agreement, trying to sort out the Israeli presence in Lebanon, Gaza still there as a festering sore. So the region has been thrown into upheaval. It's changing. It's going to be realigned.
Every country has to rethink itself. It appears Greg Myri reporting. Triple A says the cost of a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. has slipped below $4 a gallon, dropping 52 cents in the last month. It's still a dollar higher than it was before the war with Iran, though.
The price of jet fuel, that's also lower, but as in Paris Joel Rose reports, it could take a while before passengers see cheaper fares. When jet fuel prices shot up this spring, airlines responded by raising ticket prices and fees. Now fuel costs are coming back to earth. The average price for a gallon of jet fuel in the U.S. dropped this week to less than $3
according to the tracking firm Argus. That's down more than $2 per gallon from the peak in April. But aviation consultant Michael Boyd says, "Don't expect the airlines to give those price hikes back right away." "If people will pay it, why would you take it back?"
Boyd says travelers have shown they are willing to pay higher air fares, at least so far, and airlines face rising costs across the board, including labor. Joel Rose and PR News, Washington.
The Justice Department is offering nearly a billion dollars in public safety grants to cities
and police departments across the country. But as impairs Meg Anderson reports, local officials have to work with federal immigration officers to get the money. The grants can be used for things like hiring new officers, school safety initiatives, and police mental health.
To hear a bucket of Georgetown University says the stipulations about cooperating with immigration authorities are meant to be a carrot to get the money. They are trying to take dollars that local agencies have been depending on for years and
“saying, "Oh, well, if you want these dollars, then you need to help us out with our immigration”
enforcement work." In a statement, the DOJ told NPR the suggestion that illegal immigration is not related to public safety is "lutacris." Though studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than citizens. Meg Anderson and PR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, has turned a deep-lorid green
with algae, just days after the Trump administration completed a $14 million renovation
promising clear blue water. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports that the Bloom comes as events marking America's 250th anniversary are set to get underway on the national mall. Experts say algae has long been a problem of Washington's iconic reflecting pool frustrating officials across multiple administrations.
Chris Gopler is a marine scientist at Stony Brook University. That recycling pool is kind of the ideal environment for the growth and overgrowth of algae. She love it when it's warm, they love it when there's lots of nutrients and they love it when they're not being flushed out of an environment. Gopler says algae returned after a major reconstruction project in 2012 and is likely to
remain a challenge without continuous water flow or more aggressive filtration. The Trump administration says everything is operating normally and describes the algae as part of a normal startup process following the renovation. Windsor Johnston and PR News, Washington. A panel of the food and drug administration today recommended approval of Moderna's new
“flu vaccine that's made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19”
pandemic that puts it a step closer to hitting the U.S. market. The FDA says the benefits of employees are far away the risks for preventing the flu and people ages 50 and up, Moderna is seeking full approval for the vaccine while a conducts additional testing. I'm Janine Herbst and PR News. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery.
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