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Vice President J.D. Vance has delayed a US-led delegation to Switzerland for talks with Iran.
“Vance has emerged as the public face of the Trump administration's effort to reach a lasting”
deal with Tehran, as NPR's Danielle Kurt Sleven reports. >> President Trump made a telling joke about this at a press conference this week. A reporter asked him essentially if Vance is the fall guy if things don't work out and Trump answered with this. >> This way, the work said I'm going to take the credit if it does the work out.
I'm blaming J.D. You better be careful J.D. >> Now, I got laughs and Vance said yesterday that yeah, it was a joke, but even so there's a reason it got a laugh. Trump does not like to lose and Vance is the face of these negotiations. He's been doing these many press appearances this week, talking up his new book.
And in those, he also talked a lot about Iran.
It said PR's Danielle Kurt Sleven reporting, Iran says it once proved the U.S. is implementing an interim accord before moving forward.
“Fighting is escalating in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreement signed by the U.S.”
and Iran this week. Lebanese authorities say at least 18 people were killed in attacks carried out by Israel today. And PR's J.N.A. report's Israel says has ballastrides killed four of its soldiers. Biden's health ministry said intense air strikes were hampering rescue efforts and the death toll was likely to rise.
Lebanese state media said it was some of the heaviest bombing in weeks. Israel has said it will not abide by the agreement between the U.S. and Iran and its forces have pushed further into southern Lebanon.
These really military published a map Thursday showing an expanded occupation zone.
In fact, his ballast said its attack advancing Israeli troops and destroyed three tanks. Israel did not provide details about the deaths of its four soldiers in southern Lebanon. J.N.A.R.F. and PR News Beirut. Federal immigration officers often use facial recognition to identify people they detain as NPR's Meganderson reports a newly revealed document from the Department of Homeland Security
details plans to give local police the same kind of technology. The document describes a mobile app designed for local police deputized by ICE to enforce immigration law. With the app, police can scan people's faces and compare them to government records. Claire Garvey is with the pleasing project at New York University and has concerns about
how local police, alongside federal authorities, are surveilling the public. Can they walk around taking photos of whoever as sort of a drag net way to attempt to identify
“individuals who might be in the country and lawfully?”
In a statement, DHS told NPR that its technology tools respect people's privacy interests. Meganderson and PR News. This is NPR. The Senate Commerce Committee has advanced legislation that could stabilize college sports. The panel voted on Thursday to send a bill to the Senate floor.
The measure would regulate athlete compensation, set rules for transfers and establish eligibility standards. It has bipartisan support, though the SEC and Big Ten have not endorsed it. State investigators in Texas say a day camp was not prepared for last year's deadly flooding. They filed campers and two counselors were killed in the floods at Camp Mystic over the Fourth
of July holiday. Plays Gany from the Texas Newsroom reports. A 115 page investigative report found camp Mystic had no written emergency plans, struggled with evacuations and faced communication breakdowns as flood waters rose. Investigator Casey Garrett told lawmakers staff members were left searching for direction
during the crisis. The senior counselor and cozy corner said they were on the walkie-talkie. What do we do? What do we do? And it went unanswered.
lawmakers have adopted the report and say its findings could shape future legislation, though some are youth Texas has already addressed many of the problems through youth camp safety laws passed last year. For NPR News, I'm Blaze Gany in Austin. An ancient oak tree said to have sheltered England's legendary folk hero Robin Hood has died.
The 1200-year-old Major Oak in Sherwood Forest failed to produce leaves this spring. Officials say it hasn't been determined what killed the tree. This is NPR News. Hey, it's a lot that from radio lab. Our goal with each episode is to make you think how did I live this long and not know
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