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between Iran and Oman to reopen the state of Hormuz. Oman sits on the southern side of the
“critical waterway that's been blockaded by Iran since the US and Israel began their”
war back in February. It appears a deal outshelty reports. Iranian state media said that the agreement between Iran and Oman bans any U.S. or Israeli ships from moving through the straight of Hormuz and that Iran will charge a fee of up to 7% of the value of a ship's cargo and impose a fine of up to 20% of that value if these conditions are broken. It said that ships will enter the straight of Hormuz through the northern
corridor of the straight near the Iranian coast and they will exit through the southern corridor near the Omani coast. The US has been strongly opposed to any fees imposed on ships
moving through the straight. The White House is yet to officially comment on the agreement.
Hedil Alshalci and PR News Istanbul. President Trump has signed two executive orders and a new attempt to limit birthright citizenship. The orders signed Thursday are narrower and scope
“after the US Supreme Court rejected Trump's previous effort. Senate Holdman Security Committee”
voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and referred him to the Justice Department for Potential Prosecution. The vote along party lines came after Fauci refused to answer questions during a hearing last week on the COVID-19 pandemic. Kentucky Republican Senator Ram Paul chairs the committee during Thursday's meeting. Paul said Fauci was wrong to rely on the Fifth Amendment because he received a full pardon from former
President Joe Biden. All he had to do is tell the truth. More than 100 times though, he refused. The chair ruled that Dr. Fauci's assertion of the Fifth Amendment privilege was unsupported in light of the pardon and the testimony he offered in his opening statement. Democrats accuse Republicans of laying a trap for Fauci who has said that Senator Paul has an unhinged obsession with him and wants to see him behind bars.
“47 states have now reported cyclists parisist cases with two deaths and more than 12,000”
cases in Michigan alone. But state health officials say it's now safety lead us again, Kate Wells with our partner KFF Health News reports. Michigan Health officials now believe that most of the exposures happened between late June and early July. They're basing that on falling case counts and a drop in ER visits and given that they think most of the contaminated product is no longer available and that Michiganers can return to quote routine guidance for lettuce
and salad greens and quote. But consumers in other states are still confused about what is safe to eat because iceberg lettuce grown in Mexico and distributed by Taylor Farms was shipped to 27 states before it was recalled. Kate Wells with KFF Health News and you're listening to NPR News. Tennessee voters went to the polls Thursday setting up house races for the November mid-term elections. In the state's ninth congressional district,
Democrats chose state lawmaker Justin Pearson as their nominee. Pearson gained national intention when he was expelled from the Tennessee House for protesting in support of gun control measures. He will face Republican state Senator Brent Taylor. The ninth district was once majority black it was redrawn after the Supreme Court's ruling that week in the federal voting rights act at change part of President Trump's strategy to secure more Republican seats.
Open AI the maker of chat GPT is asking a federal judge to dismiss Apple's lawsuit against it. The case alleges that former Apple employees and went to work for the AI company stole trade secrets and Pierce John Ruach has more. Open AI is developing consumer devices for artificial intelligence. Apple says former employees involved took confidential information and that open AI soldered out Apple sued in July. In a motion filed in federal court,
open AI says the Apple lawsuit is "rotten to its core and based on merit-less claims." It says Apple launched the case without adequate investigation and built it on selectively excerpted communications and lawful conduct presented out of context. It accuses Apple of trying to make up for its shortcomings in the market for talent and failures on the AI front by launching the lawsuit. The case highlights growing macaroni between one-time partners and it could take years
to play out John Ruach and PR news. The midterms are coming and that means the new cycle which is already intense is about to get more intense this fall. So this summer is a perfect time
to make sure your news diet is calibrated. I'm Leila Faldin on a first-week unpack the three
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