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U.S. Central Command said it hit multiple military sites in Iran overnight and Iran fired back targeting U.S. sites in Gulf States. Here's MPR's carry-com." For the second night in a row, the U.S. Central Command says it struck some 90 Iranian military targets, including air defense systems and drone depots. Seven hours later, posting on X, the U.S. military said it had completed its campaign to "further degrade Iran's ability
to attack commercial shipping in the straight of our moose." Iran's speaker of the Parliament posted on X that it was retaliating, Mohamed Bagheer
“Golibos. A key negotiator talks with the U.S. to permanently and the war said quote,”
"America still hasn't learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free." Kuwait's military said it was actively intercepting incoming drones and missiles
around revolutionary guards said it was also attacking U.S. bases in Bahrain.
Carry-Con, MPR News, Tel Aviv. President Trump is back at the White House following the NATO summit in Turkey. He arrived overnight after saying that he's not sure if the U.S. and Iran will return to a full-scale war. And Ankara Trump said the interim agreement to bring the war to an end is over. Global crude oil prices rose after President Trump announced the end of that ceasefire with Iran tanker traffic to the straight of our moose had been gradually recovering,
but it appears Camila Dominozki reports there as fresh uncertainty about how much oil will be flowing.
“After the U.S. and Iran reached their tentative deal, the benchmark price for global crude”
quickly dropped back to pre-war levels. Jaime Brito with the data company Dow Jones
Energy says that was a little too optimistic. "It was basically behaving as if this 60 days of
continuous negotiation were already done and the conflict was completely terminated and there was nothing else to be worried about in the Middle East." Clearly not the case. However, the world had already been adjusting to the disruption of traffic throughormous, so after this jump, Brito does not expect prices to keep soring like they did in the spring. Camila Dominozki and Pianozki. "Prem Plattener is bowing out in a social media video, Plattener announced Wednesday night
that he is suspending his Senate campaign in Maine against Republican and Common Susan Collins, and will withdraw following sexual assault allegations that he denies and appears Elena Moore." According to Maine's election law, Democrats only haven't told July 27 to name a replacement candidate to face Collins that's less than three weeks away and stakes are really high. Democrats want to win back a majority in the Senate. They need to net four seats to get there and
“see Maine as key to doing that. It's a state Kamala Harris 1 in 2024 and they think Collins is vulnerable.”
"And you're listening to NPR news. Before leaving the NATO summit in Turkey, President Trump gave a boost to Ukraine." Trump announced that the U.S. will grant Ukraine a license to manufacture patriot missile interceptors permission to produce the air defense system came after Russia launched
a third ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital in less than a week. A group of retired
justices and judges are traveling by coach busses week through a few great lake states. They say they're making the case against what they see as the increased partisanship and eroding trust in the judicial system at large. A public media serial Donaldson caught up with him in Columbus. "Retired Republican Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Moreno Conner says the rule of law where the idea that nobody's above the law should be prioritized by all justices and judges
over politics over religion." "That all has to be left outside of the courtroom and if it's not, that person doesn't deserve to wear a black robe." "Right now, she says she worries it's not. She's among about a dozen judges and lawyers on the justice and motion bus tour. A reaction to concerns about increasing politicization of courts. It continues until Friday heading north through Cleveland to Michigan. For NPR news, I'm Sarah Donaldson and Columbus, Ohio." "Yeah,
the Wimbledon tennis tournament, 23-year-old British player Arthur Ferry is through to the semi-finals ferry needed a wildcard invitation to enter the tournament, but he beat night's seed Flavio Coboli on center court Wednesday and will face Alexander Sparaff in Friday's semi-finals." "This is him." "Hi, it's Terry Gross, host of fresh air. Hey, take a break from the 24-hour news cycle with us and listen to long-form interviews
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