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The Iranian government predicts the Trump administration's threats of unprecedented economic
sanctions will further increase anti-American sentiment, and PR's J.N.A. reports on the latest salvo as the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran stretches into a six month." Trump on Wednesday in a social media post said Iran had missed the chance to make a deal and would face unprecedented economic warfare and isolation. A 60-day deadline expired this week without a return to negotiations to end the
war on Iran, begun by the U.S. and Israel in February. A U.S. blockade is still in place, and Iran is still heavily restricting traffic through
“the straight of Hormuz, a crucial oil-waterway.”
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Iraqji on Thursday called Trump's threats "economic terrorism," and to divert attention from U.S. economic problems. J.N.A.R.F. and PR News, Aman. The U.S. has to contend with rising global oil prices that's pushed average gas to lean prices back above $4 a gallon.
It's also facing a record $40 trillion plus in federal debt. The Treasury Department sent out some measures designed to relieve financial pressures. Treasury Secretary Scott Besen says the U.S. would at least double the size of its government debt buybacks yields on the 30-year and 10-year Treasury bonds rose to date. Shares of Walmart are down roughly 9% after the company reported slower sales growth in
the latest quarter compared to what Wall Street analysts had expected. Retail giant also said a cautious forecast for the rest of the year. Your sent piers are lean to sell you.
“To be clear, Walmart sales are growing, they're up 2.6% in the U.S., but for the first”
time in several years, this growth came in lower than Wall Street expected. Walmart sales historically beat expectations. Much of the growth in the latest quarter came from online sales fueled by Walmart's growing advertising business. One bit culprit that dampened sales the company said was a change to regulations on how
pharmacies charge for drugs. Shoppers still visited about as often as they did a year before, but this time they spent less on average per purchase.
Walmart also says it's received nearly $3 billion in tariff refunds and has been putting
some of that toward lowering prices on thousands of items. Alina Siluch, MPR News, California has adopted the nation's strongest wildfire regulations for landscaping around houses and piers lower in several reports.
“Most wildfires are spread by tiny burning embers carried by the wind.”
When those catch and dry plants next to houses, they can ignite. Now, California residents in wildfire prone areas will have to manage plants within five feet of their house, only low-lying plants are allowed or well-maintained trees. The rules were delayed several years over concerns from homeowners about the cost and impact on landscaping.
For existing houses, they go into effect in three years, lawn summer and PR news. It's MPR. Prince Harry and his wife Megan say they're planning to move back to the United Kingdom relations between Harry and his British family have been strained since he and Megan gave up royal duties and moved to California more than six years ago.
Museums of the Nation's Capital will be busy this weekend making sure nothing precious breaks. As MPR's Rachel Treesman explains, that's because the course for this weekend's Indie Car Race in Washington, DC will take cars at top speeds, right past multiple arc galleries and history museums.
The race cars will travel at up to 180 miles per hour, right past landmarks like the National Archives Building and Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
The third historian Mary Okin worries the vibrations could harm the artifacts inside.
Independence Avenue is a 25-mile per hour zone that's not some accidents of faith that it's a great idea to violate. Indie Car and the White House say they are following all protocols and don't expect damage. The National Gallery of Arts says it ran vibration tests on his taking precautions.
That includes boarding up some outdoor sculptures, Rachel Treesman and PR news. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter today to Customs and Border Protection demanding more information this coming days after Watchdog Group warned that forced labor process on sugarcane fields in the Dominican Republic, which is a major U.S. trade partner. The Labor Department finds unemployment claims fell last week by several thousand to 206,000
layoffs remain at historically low levels. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.
