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to Qatar to talk with Iranian officials about next steps in peace agreement, both sides

have traded attacks in the Gulf region and the ceasefire remains shaky.

But NPR's resherlock reports Iran says it's not going to Qatar to meet U.S. officials. Iran says this meeting is with Qatar officials on topics including the release of billions of dollars of frozen assets. That was in the men around him of understanding this MOU signed

between the U.S. and Iran. Iran's president has said he expects around half six billion

dollars of these frozen assets in Qatar to be released in this interim phase. And Piers Rouge Sherlock reporting. Today's the last day of the U.S. Supreme Court's current session. The justices are expected to rule on President Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship part of the 14th Amendment. It isn't interpreted to mean every person born on U.S. soil receives American citizenship. Trump argues that it does not. Michigan's Democratic

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is threatening to pull her state's national guard troops from

Washington, D.C. That's if they're used for President Trump's ongoing anti-crimed task force in

the U.S. Capitol. And Piers' Catalone's door reports. In a strongly word and letter to the head

of Michigan's national guard, Governor Whitmer reiterates that the 161 troops from her state

in D.C. are only to be used for operations surrounding the America 250 celebrations, not President Trump's task force. The letter comes after a video which NPR has authenticated began circulating on social media, showing national guard troops identifying themselves as from Michigan, patrolling the Georgetown waterfront, far from the America 250 celebrations. Until recently, only Republican-led states had sent national guard members to D.C.

where thousands of armed and uniform troops have been patrolling the streets for months, as part of Trump's efforts to fight crime. Catlonsdorf MPR News, Washington. It is primary election day in Colorado. The Democrats in the state hope that their nominees

will help them win control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

From Colorado Public Radio, rate Solomon has more. Democratic voters in Colorado's eighth congressional district will choose a candidate to challenge Republican and comment-gave evidence in a toss-up race that could determine control of the U.S. House. Democratic state representative, many root now, is the front runner and he's considered more progressive than his opponent, former state representative, Shannon Bird.

In Denver, longtime Congresswoman Diana DeGett is facing an uphill battle to protect her seat from a primary challenger on her left. Democratic Socialists may not cure us. Meanwhile, Colorado Governor Jared Polis is term-limited and voters across the state are choosing nominees from both major parties to replace him. One of the Democratic candidates is sitting U.S. Senator Michael Bennett. For NPR News, I'm Ray Solomon.

You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Dangerous heat is lingering in the central U.S. and spreading toward the east. Forecasters have posted extreme heat warnings from Topeka Kansas to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and South to Nashville, Tennessee. It will feel like more than 100 degrees there today. This heat will surge east in the next couple of days. The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat watch for the east coast all the way up to

Massachusetts. In Paraguay, the government has declared a national holiday today after what's being called the biggest upset of this summer's World Cup. Paraguay knocked Germany out of the tournament and a penalty shootout, Katherine Osborne reports. Germany is a four-time World Cup champion. Paraguay had not won a game outside of the group stage of the tournament in 16 years, but when the two teams met on Monday afternoon in Foxboro, Massachusetts, a scrappy Paraguay

fought Germany to a one-one tie. They held the tie in extra time and then won on penalty kicks, triggering celebrations across the South American country and in Paraguayan communities throughout the United States. Paraguay's president, Santiago Pena, decreed a national holiday was needed to mark what he called an epic triumph. For NPR News, I'm Katherine Osborne in Rio de Janeiro. Oh, but that's not all. The Netherlands were also knocked out of the World Cup, losing to Morocco

yesterday and a penalty shootout. That means the two of the World Cup's most successful countries of all time, Germany and the Netherlands are both packing their bags and going home. I'm Core of a Coleman NPR News in Washington. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery. Sometimes 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 know

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