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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

President Trump says he's paused a tax on Iran, posting on social media last night that

the two countries agreed to the outline of a deal. He says he agreed to cancel the attack subject to being able to rapidly make a deal. Ariana Tabatabi is with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and also served in the state and defense departments during the Biden administration. He says that it appears to be similar to the memorandum of understanding sign between

the US and Iran in June. There's the cycle that we have entered into for months now where we're seeing periods of escalation and escalatory rhetoric followed by, "Hey, we're very close to a deal, we're going to get there and essentially walking back the threats."

So, you know, I think President Trump had over-estimated how much he could achieve militarily

and I think Iran might now be over-estimating what it can achieve.

The plomatically, based on the cycle that we're in.

Speaking there, two NPR's morning edition. Police in Twin Falls, Idaho have identified the suspect in yesterday's mass shooting that left at least three people dead, seven injured. OECD Public Radio's James Dawson has more. Police say the gunman was 24-year-old Chad Williams, who opened fire at an in-and-out burger

at about 230 Saturday afternoon before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Taking at a press conference, Twin Falls County Sheriff Jack Johnson praised a local resident and an off-duty state trooper who shot back at Williams. These people are true heroes in our community and their actions diverted the shooter and no doubt saved many lies.

In and out issued a statement confirming one of the dead worked at the restaurant.

Identities of the victims have not been released.

Several of those injured are still being treated at a local hospital. For NPR News, I'm James Dawson and Boisey. Investors on Wall Street will get a better picture of the country's employment with the release of the latest jobs day to this week. All top companies, such as McDonald's, will also post their earnings.

And Pair's Raphael Nam has more. After stop for the next expected job growth in June, investors would be keen to see whether that was a one-off or part of a slowing trend in the labor market. The data comes as investors are still adjusting to Kevin Gorses' tenure as the new Federal Reserve Chair. The Fed last week kept interest rate steady, even as inflation remains fairly

high. A slowing labor market could further complicate the Fed's job. Although there will be plenty of time to ponder things, since the next policy meeting is not until September. Investors will also be eyeing earnings, including from McDonald's, as well as AirBnB, which

could see a boost thanks to bookings related to the World Club. You as future contracts are trading higher at this hour-dow futures up about 3/10 of a percent. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Authorities in Moscow are investigating a bombing at a restaurant last night that killed

at least three people as a terrorist attack. They say a woman tried to enter the restaurant's terrorist carrying a box. She was stopped by a security guard and the box exploded, killing the woman, the guard, and a third person. Russian media is reporting that several high-ranking Russian military officials were at

the restaurant at the time. The USDA says it's doing more to help combat the new world's screw-worm, a parasite affecting livestock in the southwestern U.S. mainly in Texas.

It's allocating $25 million dollars for another sterile flight dispersal facility this

time in Arizona. There's already one in Texas, and in a Kravinsky with Member Station KJZZ has more. The USDA announced the facility in the Arizona border town of Douglas around 1,000 miles from the existing facility in Texas. The Arizona facility will disperse sterile new world's screw-worm flies, which meet with

normal screw-worm flies to dwindle the population. A method USDA says is the most effective for eradicating the flesh-eating parasite. The border has been closed to livestock from Mexico for over a year to protect against the spread of the parasite, but is set to reopen next month starting in Douglas, Arizona. Either Arizona, North, Southern, neighbor, Sonora have confirmed any cases of new-world

screw-worm as both Mexico and the U.S. work to fight their own outbreaks. For NPR News, I'm Nina Kravinsky, and our most CEO, Mexico. And I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

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