Steve Inskeep

He later became a tough critic of the president.

His plea for mishandling classified information would resolve the criminal case the Justice Department brought against Bolton last year.

And that's a first for this Friday, June 5th.

I'm Steve Inskeep.

And I'm Michelle Martin.

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Republicans joined Democrats in the House to pass a resolution to limit the president's war powers.

I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Fadl, and this is Up First from NPR News.

The president says he cursed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called him crazy in a call that may have helped to stop more planned strikes on Beirut.

At some point, they said, baby, we got to stop this.

We got to stop it.

Israel's war in Lebanon is complicating talks with Iran.

Now there's a new ceasefire.

Will it actually stop the attacks?