"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Iran continues to say it's close to a deal with Oman to open the Strait of Hormuz,
“but reiterated demands on the U.S. today.”
It appears Frank Lankford has more." Mohamed Boggersol God, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said the Strait won't reopen until the U.S. quote "corrects its behavior according to Iranian state media." Iran's demands include the U.S. ending the war and "aggression" against Iran's allies
in Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and Iraq. Iran also insisted the U.S. provide full compensation for damage from past attacks on the country. The demands appeared to dampen hopes that the Strait was about to reopen. President Trump initially predicted the war with last four to five weeks.
It's now approaching six months. The wars increased gas and other consumer prices, which Trump had pledged to bring down.
“The midterms are three months away, and pure reached out to the White House for comment”
on Iran's conditions, but has yet to hear back. Frank Lankford and pure news, Tel Aviv. The Senate passed a temporary spending bill that would keep the government funded through early December. And pure Scott Newman reports the bill now heads to the House.
In a 90-to-six vote, the spending measure was passed in the early morning hours Saturday, by lawmakers before they head home for a five-week recess. The bill, which still must be approved by the House, generally keeps the government funded at current levels through December 11. Most Democrats voted for the bill after securing a provision that blocks money for U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
They also rejected a $1 billion request from the White House to begin work on a new Trump
class battleship.
“Since the 1990s Congress has frequently relied on temporary spending measures, instead of passing”
a comprehensive budget, Scott Newman and PR News, Washington. Families across the country are struggling more than ever to pay for child care. State impact, Oklahoma's Beth Wallace reports from the sooner state where data shows the cost of infant care has gone up more than a third since 2022. There are many reasons for the soaring costs.
During the pandemic, some states held off on adjusting how much they reimburse child care providers for families on subsidies. rural COVID money dried up and inflation is driving up prices resulting in providers making cuts. Providers like Rachel Proper of Oklahoma City's child care incorporated.
They had to cut quality measures and really kind of get down to doing basic child care as opposed to really doing those things that are exceptional and bring magic to our classrooms. The states are experimenting with fixes to spread out child care costs and lighten the load on families. For NPR News, I'm Beth Wallace in Tulsa.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Ukrainian President Zelensky is in Serbia today for talks on economic ties and security issues.
The visit is the first by a Ukrainian President in eight years and it comes as Russian
attacks on Kiev and its surrounding region, killed at least four people, including a child. Zelensky says deliveries of Patriot Air Defense Interceptors has slowed and he says the U.S. has agreed to let Ukraine manufacture Patriot's systems, but that the bureaucracy is slowing the process of obtaining the license. Hollywood continues to set summer box office records and appears Bob Mandelo has more.
Going into this weekend, after just seven days in theaters, Spider-Man brand new day had posted half a billion dollars in ticket sales in North America. That's faster than any movie in history. Asmots have spidey zipping past $1.5 billion worldwide by Sunday, meanwhile Christopher Nolan's IMAX epic, the Odyssey has reached a billion dollars in ticket sales worldwide.
But there's no snappy, out of spider catchphrase for them as a box office phenomenon, they're doing better than Barbon Heimer did in 2023. Hi Barbee! Hi Ken! All of which has industry analysts predicting a $4 billion summer for North American
cinemas, and Hollywood's first $10 billion domestic year since 2019.
Bob Mandelo and PR news. On Wall Street stocks saw this week as investors shrugged off news that U.S. employers cut more than 20,000 jobs last month. The week that I was up 3% the Nasdaq up more than 5%. I'm Jeanine Herbst and PR news in Washington.
This week on Wayway Don't Tell me we talked a legendary Oscar in Emmy winning icon, Sally Field about her starring role in the 60s television series, The Flying None. I was on a 50-foot crane, and they would climb into a site of a building, like Spider-Man. Don't miss our full conversation in the rest of our games, listen to the Wayway Don't Tell
