Korva Coleman

The satirical news site The Onion says it is close to a new deal to take over the InfoWars media company owned by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

He owes more than a billion dollars to Sandy Hook families because he lied and said the 2012 school shooting was faked.

The Onion wants to take over the site and turn it into a parody of itself.

A federal bankruptcy judge rejected a sale of the InfoWars site more than a year ago.

Japan's government has scrapped restrictions on selling offensive weapons to foreign customers.

This represents both an end of a half-century-old ban on lethal arms exports and a major move to build up Japan's defense industries.

NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports.

The Authors Guild has presented the former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden with its Champion of Writers Award.

Hayden was the first woman and black person to hold her position.

She was fired last year by President Trump.

Hayden highlighted the role of libraries in her remarks yesterday.

I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.

Iran has no plans yet for another round of negotiations to end the war.

Iran's foreign minister, Ismail Bakai, gave a press briefing today.

President Trump says he'll send a delegation to Pakistan for talks.

Betsy Joles reports from Islamabad, Pakistan.

Stocks opened lower this morning as shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained stalled.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped about 15 points in early trading.

The Trump administration has opened a website for some businesses to apply for refunds for tariffs they've paid.