Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
The U.S. says it's launching strikes on Iran after it says Iran attacks commercial
“ships in the state of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command says an statement that, quote, Iran's”
aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire. The U.S. also revoked a license that authorized the sale of Iranian oil today. The U.S. Treasury had authorized Iran to produce deliverance sell oil through August 21. After talks last month, seeking a final deal to end the war. A new lawsuit accuses the Department of Homeland Security of sharing a silent application
details with the government of Iran, as NPR's Hemenibu Steel reports the allegations are based on interviews with detainees and undisclosed testimony with an Iranian official. Lawyers with the left-leaning public citizen litigation group argue that the administration began sharing information about the applications with Iran in March 2025. Michael Kirkpatrick is an attorney with public citizen.
Law is very clear that information within an asylum application or other applications for similar forms of protection can not be shared, particularly with the government that the individual is fleeing.
“In a statement provided to NPR, I says the allegations that I shared asylum application records”
with the Iranian government are false. Kirkpatrick says the Trump administration has so far sent three deportation flights and over a hundred people to Iran.
Others have been deported to so-called third countries like Panama and the Central African Republic.
Hemenibu Steel and PR News, Washington. President Trump arrived in Turkey today for the first of two days at the NATO summit. It comes as a tense time for the alliance as Trump continues to criticize member nations defense spending, and as the Russian war in Ukraine rages on, and PR's at Danielle Kurtzlevin has more.
More leaving for the summit, President Trump had expressed optimism about bringing the Ukraine war to a close, when asked an anchor about why he feels that way, Trump didn't elaborate. He added that he cares about ending the war, even though he doesn't consider it very geopolitically important to the U.S.
“"If that's Europe, much more, we did out Europe, but it doesn't affect the United States.”
We have a notion in between, but you know, it's just I can't stand what you want to do." On July 4th, the President spoke to the leaders of both Russia and Ukraine. He scheduled to speak in-person to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday afternoon. Danielle Kurtzlevin and PR News anchor.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner should step aside after a sexual assault allegation, Democrats across the U.S. are withdrawing support from Platner after the allegation with which Platner denies, Platner has canceled town hall events this week. The allegation involves a woman who claims Platner sexually assaulted her in 2021, Maine Law
has tight deadlines for replacing candidates. This is NPR. Allegionaires' disease cluster in New York City has second-war than 20 people in two Upper East Side neighborhoods that is eases a rare type of pneumonia that can be deadly if untreated the bacteria that causes it grows in warm water and can spread in building water systems
like shower heads, hot tubs, and cooling towers. Broadway is going to get a whole lot more rhinestones this December when Dolly a true original musical begins performances at the St. James Theatre, Jeff London reports. The video dropped early Tuesday morning. Dolly Parton holding a guitar with a bedazzled butterfly on it says, "I can officially announce
that Dolly a true original musical is coming to Broadway." The musical, which she co-authored with Maria S. Schlatter, will feature many of Barton's
hits, including Jolene and I will always love you, as well as new songs written for the
story. Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sheer will helm the production, which opens on January 19th, 2027, Dolly Parton's 81st birthday. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York. A court has ordered a Chinese tea chain to pay the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton a million
and a half dollars over copyright infringement claims over the four-pedal flower from the fashion houses 130-year-old signature monogram, but some are accusing Louis Vuitton of monopolizing traditional Chinese patterns. The fashion brand says the monogram was inspired by a neogothic ornamentation. This is NPR News.
This week on up first, President Trump heads to the NATO Summit with a stark warning for Iran, make a deal where the U.S. will quote "finish the job, or tracking what the escalating tension means for energy prices."
Plus, a critical Senate race upended as Democrat Graham Plattener faces sexual assault
allegations. That's this week on up first. Listen, every morning on the MPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
