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Trump says the pause was needed to finalize a settlement with Iran to end the war.

Yesterday, the U.S.

military sank six small Iranian boats that it says threatened commercial ships.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the move was aimed at helping stranded civilian sailors.

There are about 1,500 ships stuck in the Persian Gulf.

About 1,000 of them are large ocean-going vessels like oil tankers.

The tone is ratcheting up again between the U.S.

and European allies.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports EU leaders say they reject President Trump's latest threat to raise tariffs on European car imports.

A video posted by FBI Director Kash Patel appears to be using AI to rip off an iconic music video by the Beastie Boys.

NPR's Jeff Brumfield has more.

A majority of Republican state senators in Indiana, whose opponents were endorsed by President Trump, have lost their primary elections.

Trump targeted seven state senators who voted against mid-decade redistricting.

Trump has been pushing Republican-led states to redraw congressional maps to boost his party's chances in the midterm elections.

This is NPR.

One of the top art museums in Paris has opened a new gallery dedicated to orphaned masterpieces plundered by the Nazis.

The exhibit at the Musée d'Orsay is part of France's reckoning with Nazi-era looting.

The paintings are hung so visitors can read the backs.

That's because the inventory marks map how the pieces moved from private homes into Nazi hands.

The Department of Education is investigating Smith College over alleged Title IX violations for admitting transgender and non-binary students.