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Vice President J.D. Vance is in Switzerland leading talks between the U.S. and Iran to reach
“a permanent peace deal to end the month's long war between the U.S. and Israel against”
Iran. Vance earlier expressed optimism a long-term deal could be reached. Meanwhile, the Iranian delegation is at the negotiating venue, and the U.S. delegation expects to continue working through the night according to a senior U.S. official engaged in the negotiations who said the discussions remain ongoing.
NPR's Rob Schmitz reports President Trump threatened to resume attacks on Iran earlier in the day. Speaking on Fox News, President Trump vowed to resume bombing Iran, and, quote, "take over the straight of her moves if a deal is not reached between the U.S. and Iran in Switzerland. There are renewed tensions over the shipping lane," after Iran said it would be closed due
to Israeli strikes in Lebanon. The U.S. military has denied that Iran is in control of the straight, resolving the tensions over the straight and ensuring a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon are among the top priorities for Vice President J.D. Vance and the U.S. delegation in Switzerland. Rob Schmitz and Pair News, Berlin.
Under the Trump administration, hundreds of experts have been dismissed from federal government advisory committees, NPR's "Catio Riddle" reports. The Trump administration has given little explanation for disbanding these committees. An executive order says it will reduce government waste. But experts, like Michael Abrams, argued there's a little waste in this system.
He works for an advocacy group called the Public Citizen and wrote a report on this subject. Abrams says these committees are an important tool connecting policy to practice.
“"Do you want to crowdsource it with the best minds? And that's what federal advisory committees”
do. Why wouldn't you want to do that?" Some of the issues these committees were studying before they were canceled, include how best to treat long COVID, how to help rural communities with health care, and how to prevent disease outbreaks and hospitals. Katie Riddle and Pair News.
New insight into the housing market and inflation comes out this week. And PR Stephen Bashaha reports, excluding food and energy prices were up in April 3.3% from a year earlier. That's according to the Commerce Department's inflation gauge. The federal reserve signaled last week that is leaning more toward an interest rate hike at some point this year, and that'll be influenced by May's inflation numbers do out Thursday.
On Wednesday, we'll get sales figures for newly built houses in May. In April, the annual rate of new homes sold was 620,000.
“11% below the rate a year earlier. Both chambers of commerce”
are expected to pass a bill meant to encourage home-building this week, and ban large private investors from buying up single-family homes. Stephen Besaha and PR News. Three people on a general aviation airplane died in a crash Saturday night in Booye, Maryland, near Washington, DC. It's NPR.
American Windham Clark is the US Open Golf Champion for 2026.
He shot a four-under-part who win the second major of his career, adding to his win
at the 2023 US Open Wind in Los Angeles. Sam Burns finished second, shooting three-under-part at the Challenging Link's Course, Shinaka Kills Golf Club on New York's Long Island. Most TikTok videos about sunscreen that go viral online contain misinformation. That's according to a new study that looked it nearly a thousand social media videos and PR's Maria Gadoi report. Researchers analyzed videos with the most views across five
popular sunscreen-related hashtags. They found that the overwhelming majority of videos promoted the use of sunscreen to prevent skin cancer and aging. Only a small proportion of videos contained misinformation, such as false claims that sunburns aren't dangerous, or that sunscreens are toxic. But these videos showed significantly higher levels of engagement in terms of lakes, comments, and shares. Earlier this year,
a survey from the American Academy of Dermatology found that more than a third of Gen Z rely on social media for their skin care information. The new study appears in the journal plus digital health. Maria Gadoi and PR News. It's been a violent weekend and parts of Chicago at least seven people died in shootings. Thirty-eight others were injured in those shootings since Friday evening. President Trump
once again weighed in saying there should be military intervention. He says he could make Chicago safe in one month. It's NPR. Support for NPR. This is our glass. On this American life, one thing we like is a good mystery. Sometimes it's about really big things. But most times, the little mysteries are the best. Our lost and found is currently filled with pants. I don't
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