U.S., Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire. And, Trump-backed Clay Fuller wins House race

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The U.S. and Iran reached a ceasefire deal yesterday, simply hours earlier than President Trump’s deadline for Iran to fulfill his calls for. Underneath the settlement, Trump introduced that the U.S. and Israel would halt bombing for 2 weeks, contingent on Iran following by way of with its dedication to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Oil costs plummeted and shares soared after the announcement of the deal. Brent crude oil dropped by greater than 13% to $94.74. Within the early hours of the ceasefire, Israel disputed that the deal included a pause of its assaults on Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and continued its assaults at this time.

🎧 NPR’s Franco Ordoñez tells Up First that the deal marks a major shift from Trump’s posts yesterday and over the weekend, when he threatened Iran in a profane social media submit and demanded it open the Strait. Many analysts, together with Nate Swanson, who labored on the Iran portfolio through the Obama administration and the early Trump years, imagine Trump underestimated Iran’s resilience. Swanson says that Trump believed if he utilized sufficient strain and induced sufficient harm, Iran would finally capitulate. The U.S. has acquired a 10-point proposal from Iran, which the president described as a workable foundation for negotiations.🎧 Iran’s overseas minister Abbas Araghchi posted a press release on X expressing gratitude to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for facilitating a ceasefire. His assertion additionally made it clear that Iran will preserve management over the Strait, and any ships permitted passage within the subsequent two weeks will accomplish that on Iran’s phrases. Whereas there is a sense of aid in Iran, persons are cautious, NPR’s D. Parvaz says. Whereas state media confirmed pictures of jubilant crowds waving flags within the streets, Parvaz says that for a lot of, the ceasefire alerts the tip of any hope of actual regime change.🎧 The market noticed loads of aid after the ceasefire announcement, however NPR’s Maria Aspan says it is unclear how lengthy that can final. Traders are swinging from hope to concern and again once more, she says. She provides that this whiplash is completely different from the market modifications People noticed final 12 months from tariffs. What occurs subsequent hinges not solely on the president’s actions but additionally on Iran’s response. A battle can be far more difficult to unwind than tariffs, Aspan says.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement acknowledged in a letter in response to lawmakers’ questions that the company is utilizing spy ware instruments that may intercept encrypted messages as a part of its efforts to disrupt fentanyl trafficking. Performing director Todd Lyons mentioned within the letter, which was reviewed by NPR, that ICE’s Homeland Safety Investigations makes use of numerous instruments as a part of its mission to disrupt and dismantle overseas terrorist organizations. His affirmation that the company is utilizing spy ware comes as ICE intensifies its use of surveillance applied sciences to seek out individuals within the U.S. with out authorization as a part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation marketing campaign.

Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller has received the U.S. Home Race in Georgia to interchange Marjorie Taylor Greene. He’ll characterize the state’s 14th Congressional District in Washington, D.C., for the rest of the present time period. Fuller secured 56% of the vote, and Democrat Shawn Harris received 43% of the vote within the runoff race. Fuller has dedicated to upholding Trump’s agenda in Congress.

A federal choose in Louisiana dominated Tuesday that telehealth entry to abortion treatment will stay obtainable for now. The choose granted a request from the Meals and Drug Administration to place a maintain on the case whereas it completes a overview of the security of mifepristone, an abortion treatment that has been obtainable within the U.S. for greater than 25 years. The choose ordered the company to replace the courtroom on its progress in six months.

➡️ At the very least 38 abortion clinics closed final 12 months in states the place abortion stays authorized, based on information from I Want an A, a venture that helps individuals discover abortion choices. Even in states that lately handed constitutional amendments to guard abortion rights, clinics have shut down because the U.S. Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Now, communities are establishing options, equivalent to pressing care clinics, to assist fill the hole.

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JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon says it’s his job to talk out on many points. In his annual letter to shareholders of the U.S.’s largest financial institution, he addressed banking points and financial dangers, together with inflation and the Iran battle, expressing the corporate’s readiness for any problem. In an interview with Morning Version host Steve Inskeep, Dimon defended the battle’s basic function however acknowledged the potential for financial blowback, together with the potential of a recession. He additionally mentioned he does not fear a lot about the best way Trump’s contradictory statements are inclined to have an effect on monetary markets. “I’ve to take care of the world I received,” he mentioned. Watch or hearken to the interview to listen to Dimon’s ideas on the battle, economic system, AI’s function within the office and extra. You possibly can learn the article about their dialogue right here.

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This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.