Kim Vennell

And the Strait of Hormuz is still not fully open.

A senior Iranian official says it may lift its blockade on the vital waterway today or tomorrow ahead of peace talks, but ships would still require Tehran's permission to pass through.

And while President Trump is claiming the ceasefire agreement as a victory, it's not clear how much there is to celebrate.

Because, as US foreign policy editor Don Durfee explains, the president's goals haven't been easy to define.

And as for those talks aimed at a more durable peace meant to take place on Saturday, both sides are laying out conflicting demands.

Markets surged on the ceasefire news yesterday, but traders are looking more apprehensive this morning.

For more on the reaction to the fragile ceasefire, check out our sister podcast, Morning Bid.

You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi does not plan to testify before Congress about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

That's according to the DOJ.

Bondi was subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee while she was still serving as Attorney General.

But the Justice Department says the subpoena is now invalid now that she's out of the job.

Democrats are threatening contempt proceedings, while committee leadership says it will contact Bondi's personal lawyer to discuss next steps.

A drug dealer known as the Ketamine Queen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for supplying the drugs that killed Friends star Matthew Perry in 2023.

Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty to running a stash house full of narcotics out of her North Hollywood home and knowingly supplying the ketamine that killed the actor.

It's the harshest sentence so far of any of the five people convicted in Perry's death, though two more co-defendants, another drug dealer and Perry's former personal assistant, have yet to be sentenced.

With NASA's Artemis II mission on its way back from a record-breaking trip around the moon, Beijing is feeling the pressure.

China says it wants to land astronauts on the lunar surface by 2030, but that timeline has taken on new geopolitical weight, especially with the US planning a lunar landing of its own in 2028.

Eduardo Baptista in Beijing has more.

But Eduardo says there's a lot of work for China to do before then.