Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held.
Peace talks in Switzerland ended today with the U.S. and Iran agreeing to a road map
to reach a final deal.
“As NPR's Jackie Northam reports, one concession, the Trump administration made, is to temporarily”
allow Iran to sell oil on the world market that includes in the U.S. The Treasury Department lifted oil sanctions on Iran for the next 60 days. This gives Iran a huge economic boost after years of having to sell crude and other petroleum products at cut rates, largely on the black market. The move is part of the interim agreement between the U.S. and Iran that was reached
last week. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant wrote on social media that the oil waivers follow Iran's commitment to open the state of Hormuz and to allow international nuclear inspectors back into the country. There have been punitive sanctions on Iranian oil for decades.
The orders there have relied on so-called shadow fleets of old tankers to move crude primarily to China, Jackie Northam and PR News. Groups tied to the artificial intelligence industry are spending tens of millions of dollars to influence elections, from congressional to local races, as NPR's Shannon Bond reports
“the midterms have become a proxy battle in the war over how AI should be regulated.”
AI focused superpacks have already spent over $43 million on congressional races this
cycle, according to Open Secrets, a nonprofit that tracks campaign spending. Two groups stand out. One is funded by investors in OpenAI. It warns that too much regulation will stifle innovation. Another set of superpacks is funded in part by rival anthropic, which is called for more
AI regulation. In some races, the groups are jumping in on opposite sides, like in New York's 12th congressional district, where they've collectively spent more than $15 million supporting and opposing state-assemblyman Alex Boris, all in a bid to shape how future regulations might be written. Shannon Bond and PR News.
Around one in five adults say they have taken a GLP-10BCD drug at some point, and PR's Sydney Lupkin reports when health insurers say no, that may not be the last word.
If you're insurer, won't cover that founder of GoVee, there are steps you can take.
Need the fine print on your policy. While many plans don't cover these drugs for obesity alone, they may cover them for obstructive sleep acne or to reduce the risk of heart attacks or strokes. Check with your insurer to make sure your documentation for these conditions made it to the right place.
Be prepared to appeal. Dr. Caleb Alexander is a professor of epidemiology in medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. I know it's hard to imagine that there will come a day when we no longer see these access barriers for GLP ones.
Meantime if you're struggling with insurance, your doctor's office may have staff that's able to help. City Lupkin and PR News. And you're listening to and PR News from Washington. Dozens of suspected tornadoes have been reported across the Midwest this weekend.
They killed three people in Illinois and Kansas. Utah is dealing with several wildfires where the entire town of Eureka is under mandatory evacuation orders affecting hundreds of residents because of what officials say is a human-caused wildfire. Dozens of places burning across the US many in the southwest amid hot dry and windy
conditions. Music executive Clive Davis died today. He was 94 years old. For decades, Davis shepherded the careers of stars like Bruce Springsteen, Arita Franklin and Alicia Keys.
And here is Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports. Clive Davis started out as a music industry lawyer. Perhaps his biggest talent was his ability to spot a star. As a producer and label head, he launched the careers of artists ranging from Janice Joplin to Kelly Clarkson.
Most famously, Davis signed a 19-year-old Whitney Houston to his label, "Arestor Records" and helped turn her into a chart-topping icon. Davis was also a master of reinvention, guiding musicians like Carlos Santana and to later career pivots that became huge victories. Davis's family writes, "He left an indelible mark on culture that will endure for
generations." Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and PR news. One of the world's best soccer players said a World Cup record today, twice. Lino Messi scored his 17th then 18th goals in tournament play, leading defending champs Argentina to a two-tenile victory against Austria.
This is and PR news. This week, on sources and methods, we unpack the memorandum of understanding signed by President Trump, which he says will pave the way for a formal peace deal with Iran.
“But if this really is the beginning of an end to the war, who won and who lost?”
Listen to sources and methods as we talk through with NPR reporters in Beirut, Tel Aviv and Cairo.
