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I'm Rylan Barton.
“President Trump says newly planned talks”
of Iran are the last chance for Tehran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes on the country. It's just the latest deadline Trump has set to end the conflict. >> We're talking about the straight,
the opening of the straight, having it open, literally by tomorrow. Completely open. And that stays one, and phase two is we then will talk about the nuclear capacity.
>> Meanwhile, U.S. munitions stock files are diminishing, and the war has grown increasingly unpopular among voters ahead of the midterm elections. Two Republican senators who threaten to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination
to be the permanent Attorney General. Now, say they will support him. The announcement from Senator John Cornan and Tom Tillis comes after Blanche yesterday formally rescinded
the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund
to compensate President Trump's allies.
“The fund was created as part of a settlement with the IRS.”
Another part, providing tax immunity for Trump, his family and businesses remains in place. There's widespread fear that AI is taking away people's jobs, but in Utah, Arizona and Pennsylvania, a legal startup is using AI to help people overcome barriers
to employment and PR's Andrea Xu explains. >> Tens of millions of Americans have some kind of criminal record. This might be a felony, a misdemeanor, or even an arrest without a conviction. Still, any kind of record can scare off employers.
The most states allow for some records to be sealed or expunged after a period of time, but the process can be expensive. Now a startup called Rossa Legal has wittled down the costs by using AI to figure out which records can be cleared
and to draft court petitions. Ross's founder, Noelta Sudbury says, "Loyer still review everything, but with AI, we can scale our impact." >> Far beyond what would be possible
if we were reliant on human beings. >> So far, Rossa works in three states,
“but the goal is to go nationwide and reassue and PR news.”
>> Stocks surge today amid hopes that the U.S. and Iran could clinch an agreement to each ease tensions as NPR's Raphael Namaport's global oil prices also dropped. >> After a lot of recent volatility, stocks rallied after President Trump announced over the weekend
that the U.S. would hold off from attacking Iran and saying, quote, "The perimeters of a deal has been agreed to." There's not a whole lot of details, but for now investors acted with relief, sparking big gains in Wall Street,
while global crude prices fell. This has been the pattern since the war with Iran started. A lot of volatility. With markets sometimes posting big declines, but then staging enough rebounds to allow the Dow
to hit a record close with FESNP, and then just below, it's record close, hit in early June. Refone them in PR news. >> Stocks of airlines and other companies with big fuel bills rallied. This is NPR news.
The FAA has approved the smallest model of Boeing's Max jetliners for commercial service. The FAA certified the Boeing 737 Max 7 for flight today.
Nearly a decade after the aircraft manufacturer first
unveiled the plane, the certification was delayed by Boeing addressed technical issues, and heightened regulatory scrutiny following two crashes involving the larger Max 8 that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019. A new Trump administration policy requiring people
from 50 countries to pay bonds of up to $20,000 when applying for a US visa is now, in effect, critics say it targets people from low income countries, especially in Africa, and PR's a dual bright reports. >> Citizens of what these 30 African countries
are among those affected by the policy, which was first introduced temporarily in August last year. At that time, travelers from affected countries were required to pay between $5,000 to $15,000, but under the now permanent rules,
deposits of up to $20,000 must be paid. Trump administration officials say the program is designed to reduce visa over stays. But critics argue the higher deposits could place travel beyond the reach of people in low income African countries.
Starting this month, the administration is also reducing US visa processing centers across Africa, from nearly 50 to 20 centers across a few selected countries. Jewel bright and PR news Lagos. >> This South Pacific nation of Nalru has changed
to name to the Republic of Nau Aero, aligning with its national language, the change aims to honor the heritage and identity
of the world's third smallest country.
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