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What are the latest developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The U.S. and Iran have opened talks today in Oman. NPR's Jackie Northam reports some of the negotiations concern Iran's nuclear program.
There were plenty of changes to location and time and which countries would participate ahead of these negotiations in Oman's capital city, Muscat. On the table for discussion is Iran's nuclear program, its support for proxies such as Hezbollah and Hamas, and limiting its arsenal of ballistic missiles. These are the first official talks the U.S. and Iran have held since the U.S. bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities last June. Iran is in a weaker position than a year ago when Israel devastated its air defenses last summer. The U.S. has been building up its naval and air defense systems as a show of force in the region. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
President Trump has unfailed a new website. It's called TrumpRx.gov. Consumers can search it for discounts on some brand-name medications, but they have to pay in cash to get these instead of using their health insurance. Trump is doing this by offering a carrot to drug makers. He'll lower certain tariffs on them if they lower certain drug prices in the U.S.
Under the most favored nation agreements my administration has negotiated, the United States will pay the lowest price paid by any other country. So We're taking the lowest price paid for drugs. We will pay equal to whatever the lowest price anywhere in the world, that's the price that you're going to be paying.
Dozens of drugs are covered from weight loss to fertility treatments. But some drug policy experts say it's not clear how many people will benefit. For people using insurance, co-pays are probably cheaper than the cash prices on the new website. The brother of Today's Show host Savannah Guthrie has released a second video online. The family is pleading for information about their missing mother, Nancy. Cameron Guthrie says they've heard nothing about her since she disappeared last weekend. From Arizona Public Media, L.M. Boyd reports, Arizona authorities have now released a suspected timeline of Nancy Guthrie's apparent abduction.
Officials say Guthrie came home just before 10 p.m. Saturday. Her doorbell camera was disconnected around 2 a.m. After that, Guthrie's pacemaker disconnected from the phone. Officials say blood found outside the home belonged to Guthrie. And FBI Special Agent Heath Yonke confirmed that ransom notes sent to news outlets are being taken seriously.
There has been no proof of life. And there was no other demands within that letter. So they're still waiting for communication.
FBI confirmed that there was a ransom deadline. For NPR News, I'm Ellen Boyd in Tucson.
On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are higher. You're listening to NPR News. A New Jersey congressional district held primary elections to fill the seat vacated by new governor Mikey Sherrill. The Democratic contest is still too close to call. It's between former Congressman Tom Malinowski and labor activist Annalilia Mejia. Big tech company Amazon says it plans to spend $200 billion this year on AI data centers and other tech needs, but investors are spooked over the big AI bet. Amazon shares dropped by 10 percent yesterday. NPR's Alina Selyuk has more.
Amazon says its capital expenditures will increase more than 50% this year compared to last as it's diving deep into the AI market. And note that Amazon is among NPR's financial supporters. On the earnings call, the first question for Amazon executives came from an analyst who asked to help investors, quote, get to their level of confidence about AI investments.
How does Trump's new website aim to lower medication costs?
CEO Andy Jassy made an impassioned speech saying the company has been quickly making money from any expansion of its AI capacity. Every customer experience that we know of today is going to be reinvented with AI. Which he argued will push more companies to spend on cloud computing, and Amazon is the leading competitor. Alina Selyuk, NPR News.
The National Weather Service says the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic regions will get another round of frigid air this weekend.
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