Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Iran says it will finalize an agreement on Monday to temporarily reopen the Strait of
“Hormuz, and PR's Hadil al-Shalty reports the deal will be signed during a meeting with”
Arad Nations. The agreement between Oman and Iran to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz has been in the works for weeks. It maps out roots that will allow ships to enter the waterway from the Iranian side and exit from the Omani end.
In an interview with an Indian media outlet, Iranian President Masood Phezashkyan, said the agreement would be signed at a meeting with Arab states on the Persian Gulf. Iran said that eight foreign ministers will be attending. The Iranian blockade of the Strait has affected global oil supplies, U.S. diesel prices hit a new American high at an average of $6 a gallon.
Hadil al-Shalty MPR News Istanbul. Some Republicans are pushing back against President Trump's promise to send $5,000 checks to Americans.
“Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says the government would have to borrow heavily to cover”
the payments. Speaking out an event in Miami, DeSantis warned it could worsen two problems that Republicans have pledged to address.
What I don't think you want to do is borrow another million trillion and a half dollars,
and then just try to flood that into the economy because that will lead to more inflation. That will lead to more debt and more inflation. President Trump told the Republican midterm convention in Dallas this week that every American adult would receive $5,000 if the party retained control of both the Senate and House this fall.
He called the payment a Trump dividend and described it as a reward for the country's economic success under Republican leadership. The CIA has declassified dozens of documents presented to U.S. presidents related to Al-Qaeda and 9/11.
“NPR's Greg Mayri reports the document show the intelligence community was concerned about”
a possible attack, but did not know the specifics. The CIA posted on its website 71 documents from Daily Briefings delivered to President's Bill Clinton and George W. Bush from 1998 to 2001. A briefing to Bush on August 6, 2001 just over a month before the attack said the FBI found "patterns of suspicious activity, consistent with preparations for hijackings, including
recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York." The briefing added, quote, "We have not been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting, saying that Ben Laden wanted to hijack a U.S. aircraft." The briefing was one of two declassified previously. The other 69 have just now been released.
Greg Mayri, NPR News, Washington. This is NPR News. American Tennis Player Ben Shelton has advanced to the U.S. open men's single final and PR's Becky Sullivan reports he won in four sets over fellow American Francis T.A.A.Fo. William Sierra Leone, Shelton is mixed race, his dad Brian, who's also his coach, is black.
No black man had reached the U.S. open singles final since Arthur Ash more than half a century ago.
This will be Shelton's first appearance in any grand-siamed final.
He's 23. He will face Alexander's verif, the German who won the French Open earlier this summer, the matcha set to start at 2 p.m. Eastern Time Sunday. Becky Sullivan and PR News. Diesel prices and the United States have reached another record high as the war with
Iran continues to disrupt global fuel supplies. According to AAA, the price for a gallon of diesel is now $6.16 a gallon. That's up 28 cents in the past week. The search could push up the cost of every day goods because diesel powers much of the nation's freight and delivery network.
Some businesses are already passing those higher costs on to consumers through added fees. A year ago, Diesel was averaging about $3.70 per gallon. I'm Mr. Johnston and PR News in Washington. This is Ira Glass. On this American life, we tell stories about when things change.
Like for this guy David, his entire life took a sharp and expected and very unpleasant term.
Take me a while to realise that it's basically because they're monkey pressed the button.
That's right, because the monkey pressed the button.
