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Iran says it has approved an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that would allow Iranian authorities to oversee in-bound shipping traffic. But the White House says no country will be allowed to control the waterway, and Piers Frank Gordonias reports. President Trump had been saying all week that good things were happening, and then
a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz would happen very soon. But the split of her who controls the Strait has thrown the agreement into question. Justin Logan of the Think Tank Kato Institute pointed to the differing interpretations of one single paragraph, paragraph 5 of that MOU that caused all the problems. "It's a bit like the unstoppable force that meets the removable object."
"I mean, neither country's public position at least has changed significantly, and that
was what caused the memorandum of understanding to implode in the first place."
Iran continues to maintain, they want control over the Strait, while the U.S. is seeking a return to the status quo, Franco, or Donas, NPR News."
“A key Republican Senator of Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says, "He will back Todd Blanche's”
nomination as Attorney General, smoothing the way for his ultimate confirmation by the full U.S. Senate. Blanche had faced concerns from all Senate Democrats and some Republicans in the Chamber over 1.8 billion dollar anti-weaponization fund, as well as other actions of the Department of Justice under the Trump administration.
A judge ruled this week that meta must pay New Mexico's 567 million dollars at some top of 375 million impenalties from a previous phase of the state's lawsuit over the harm to children's mental health. New Mexico Attorney General Raoul Torres has been representing the state against the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, and he spoke to NPRs here and now.
We've always understood that we, by ourselves, couldn't do this, but by taking a lead
and showing that this is a line that can be taken by other states and other jurisdictions. We've fundamentally provided a blueprint for everyone else in this country and around the world to hold this company accountable." The Democrat is running for a reelection in November. The Trump administration is proposing major changes to the Clean Water Act aiming to cut
red tape and construction costs, but is racial con with Mountain West News Bureau reports some states are creating their own safeguards. Colorado is launching a program to regulate its wetlands and seasonal streams through years ago a U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowed federal oversight. New Cole Rowan oversees a new permitting system that Colorado designed to fill the gap.
This work is really critical in protecting Colorado's water quality.
“It's really important for businesses and an agricultural to have clarity so they can continue”
their development in a safe way. New Mexico is following Sue and Delaware Governor Matt Meyers signed new state wetland protections into law last month. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Cohen and Boulder, Colorado. You're listening to NPR News.
As parts of the southwestern U.S. and door historic drought conditions, the water level at the nation's largest reservoir by storage capacity is at its lowest level on record. Government data show lake meets pool elevation now sits at 1,040.5 feet. Lake Powell is also at historic lows. Persistent drought conditions in the southwest have electrically low water levels at several
major Colorado River Basin reservoirs.
Racens applies water to up to 40 million people and 5 million acres of farmland in the
U.S. and Mexico.
“About 7 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's disease, a degenerative”
brain condition for which there is no cure. NPR's ping-wong reports on a new development that could point toward a new direction for treatments. One of the primary markers of Alzheimer's disease is a protein called tau in its long-tangled form.
New research in the journal Neuron shows that under stress, tau proteins enter mitochondria, the part of the cell that converts nutrients to energy. Reversed the process causing the release of toxic molecules. Bingway Lou is a professor at Stanford Medicine and senior author on the paper. "Initially, we think this may actually help with organisms cope with this stress, but
too much of this thing would eventually kill neurons and cause this cognitive deficit." Lou and his colleagues conducted research on flies, mice, and lab grown neurons with signs of Alzheimer's. When the scientists blocked this process, each recovered and was more resilient to future stress.
This week on the NPR Politics Podcast, another progressive Democrat, Edges Out and Establishment Candidate. Abdul El-Sayed, one Michigan Senate primary campaigning on affordability, health care, and ending U.S. military aid to Israel. Join us as we break down his victory and what it could signal for November's midterms
on the NPR Politics Podcast.
