Live from NPR news in Washington, Unrieland Barton by President J.
Iranian officials created a good foundation for a final deal to end the Iran war.
“Iran says there have been a major progress to end Israel's attacks on Lebanon and called”
the first real test of negotiations, as NPR's Jackie Northman reports, one concession
the Trump administration made is to temporarily allow Iran to sell oil on the world market. 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, a 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 Besant wrote on social media that the oil waivers follow Iran's commitment to open the street of Hormuz and to allow international nuclear inspectors back into the country. There have been punitive sanctions on Iranian oil for decades.
Exporters there have relied on so-called shadow fleets of old tankers to move crude, primarily
to China. Jackie Northman, NPR News. A federal judge's ruled that a revamped federal tool that states have used in their efforts to identify illegally registered non-citizen voters is unlawful and cannot be used. Plaintiffs argued upgrades to the program aggregated Americans' sensitive personal data
in a way that could result in voters being wrongly purged from voter roles. Hot and windy weather is posing challenges for firefighters in the southwest, NPR's Kirk Sigler reports one wildfire is forced the evacuation of Yureka Utah. Authorities say the fire was human-caused and is one of a half dozen large blazes now burning in Utah, including a smaller but fast-moving fire near the University of Utah that's
been kicking up smoke over the Salt Lake area. Utah, like most western states, is coming off its driest and warmest winter on record as was noted by Governor Spencer Cox. Companies for the next few days will offer little reprieve for Utah and Arizona, where one of the biggest priorities is the pocket fire, burning just a few miles to the north
of Sedona. Kirk Sigler and PR News. Argentina's Leonardo Messi made World Cup history today after two goals against Austria. He now owns the all-time World Cup record with 18 goals, and here's William Jones reports. Messi is widely regarded as the best player of his generation during his two decade
career, he's been recognized as the world's best player on eight occasions. He captain Argentina to World Cup glory and Qatar four years ago, at 38 years old, this could be Messi's last World Cup, and with Argentina winning today, he'll once again be playing in the knockout stage of a World Cup. William Jones, NPR News, and PR.
Mexican President Claudia Shane Baum says her country is trying to restart oil shipments to Cuba soon, a move that could provide much needed relief as the island's crisis
“deepened, and given a lack of petroleum, Mexico became a key fuel supplier to Cuba after”
the U.S. attacked Venezuela in January, and halted critical oil shipments, but the shipments
were suspended. After President Trump threatened tariffs on any country that provides or sells oil to Cuba. Significant numbers of Americans say they're receptive to religious expression in public schools. Jason D'Rose reports on the findings of a new survey from the Pew Research Center.
Nearly eight in ten U.S. adults say they favor allowing students to voluntarily pray in student-led groups. Strongest support comes from white evangelicals and black Protestants. The Pew poll found that fewer than half, 46% say public school teachers should be allowed to lead their classes in prayer, and only a very small percentage, say those prayers
should be required. The Pew Research also found that 50% of those pulled favor displaying the 10 Commandments in classrooms, divisions exist along party lines, with more than seven in ten Republicans favoring these displays while about seven in ten Democrats, oppose them. Jason D'Rose and PR News.
The Senate has passed a bipartisan housing bill that aims to bring down home prices and increase the supply. The vote represents one of the most sweeping efforts in recent decades to reduce federal regulations for housing and increase local control, the legislation ban's corporate investors from buying single-family homes.
U.S.'s closed mixed today, you're listening to NPR News from Washington. 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?”
Recent sources and methods, as we talk through with NPR reporters in Beirut, Tel Aviv and
