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What are the latest developments in U.S.-Iran relations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. There were fresh indications today that the U.S. and Iran are working toward resumed talks to avert new hostilities in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran. Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command says that no ships have gotten all the way through the Strait of Hormuz. since a U.S. naval blockade was put in place Monday and one that did go through turned back. At the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, research director Dana Stroll says the parties are at a point where everyone needs a closing deal.
They do need a deal. So does the United States. At the end of this war, as the fog clears from the damage, the problems that plagued Iran before the war are going to continue to They can't keep the lights on. They can't provide electricity. They've mismanaged their water. They can't protect their people. They can't stabilize their currency. And those problems are only going to compound as this naval blockade continues.
Dana Stroll at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. A man who received a pardon from President Trump for assaulting police in the January 6th, 2021 Capitol riot has agreed to plead guilty to new charges of child sex abuse. NPR's Tom Dreisbach reports.
David Daniel assaulted police protecting the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, and he was set to be sentenced when President Trump issued mass pardons to the riot defendants. But that pardon did not cover additional charges against Daniel for possession of child pornography. Now Daniel has agreed to plead guilty to illegally inducing two children to engage in sexually explicit conduct. The children were both young girls, according to court filings, and one victim was under 12 years old at the time of the abuse. Daniel is one of dozens of former January 6th defendants who have been charged or convicted of crimes since receiving Trump's pardon. Tom Dreisbach, NPR News.
Millions of people in the Midwest are under threat of tornadoes today after at least a dozen twisters reportedly touched down yesterday, striking Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Kansas. Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports.
Volunteers in Iowa, Kansas are cleaning up after a tornado cut a path across town, tearing up dozens of homes and businesses. Colton George says he was watching from the parking lot of his temporary home, the Knights Inn Motel, until management shoot him in the basement.
Well, I was laughing about it, honestly. Had a few beers in me. Then you walk out and it's surreal. You're like, damn, you're homeless now.
The tornado smashed the hotel's windows, blew the roof off, and took parts of the walls with it. George says he salvaged only a laundry basket full of wet clothes and two beers. Another twister hit Hillsdale, Kansas, ripping apart more than 50 homes there. Despite the destruction, no one was killed. For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris in Kansas City.
On Wall Street, the Dow closed up 317 points. The Nasdaq gained 455. This is NPR. Oil prices retreated today. Brent crude fell more than 4% to roughly $94 a barrel, above the $70 a barrel price pre-war, but below a $119 peak. Americans are getting bigger tax refunds due in large part to the signature tax law passed by Republicans last year. But NPR's Stephen Passaha reports that so far... Few Americans are noticing the bump.
The average refund is about $350 more this year compared to the same time last year. And most filers should receive at least some bump, according to Andrew Louts with the Bipartisan Policy Center. But the center surveyed Americans and found only 27 percent think last year's tax changes favor them.
We know that the vast majority of Americans are going to get a tax cut this year from this bill, but people don't perceive it as that, right?
Even among Republicans, only 35 percent said the tax changes favor them. Part of that could be because the White House projected average refunds around $1,000, not the $350 that's been the case so far. Stephen Basaja, NPR News.
The American Postal Workers Union is launching a TV ad campaign to promote voting by mail.
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