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What are the latest developments in U.S.-Iran relations?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Vice President J.D. Vance is expected to arrive in Islamabad today at the head of a U.S. delegation which includes President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Special Envoy Steve Woodcoff. They are to hold talks tomorrow seeking to shore up a ceasefire shaky over Israel and Hezbollah exchanging fire. and Iran's chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump's handling of the war is drawing criticism and some praise among Americans. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from Asheville, North Carolina.
George Peary is an emeritus professor of political science. Other than taking out the leaders of a corrupt and repressive regime, he sees nothing good about the war.
I think it's a disaster from the beginning. It is separating us from our NATO as well as their Arab allies. And it is impacting the world's economy in ways that I don't think this administration had any clue about.
But Laura McHugh, an investment advisor, sees Trump making the world safer for the U.S. That includes the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. That did send a message to the bad guys. And I think it sent a message to them that it could happen to you. And she hopes someday Iranians can topple their government. Frank Langford, NPR News, Asheville, North Carolina.
The White House is warning staff to not place bets on popular prediction market sites. NPR's Bobby Allen reports on new scrutiny over whether government officials are abusing confidential information for profit.
A staff-wide email from the White House management office put Trump officials on notice over prediction market sites like Cauchy and Polymarket. It said it's a criminal offense to use non-public information to make money on betting markets about federal policy, military strikes, and war.
It comes as a number of suspiciously well-timed bets have raised alarms, including six-figure Polymarket bets on a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran hours before an announcement was made. Regulators have cleared the lane for the prediction market industry to boom in Trump's second term.
But accusations that insiders could be profiting off of classified military intelligence have put the sights on the defensive. Bobby Allen in PR News.
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