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Chapter 1: What is the current status of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. As the end to the U.S. and Iran ceasefire agreement draws closer, President Trump is insisting that the U.S. has been successful in Iran and that he's not under pressure to make a deal with Iran. He also slammed media outlets for their reporting on the conflict. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more.
In an afternoon social media post, Trump framed the war in Iran, now in its eighth week, as short compared to the U.S. 's years-long involvements in past conflicts, including World Wars I and II, as well as the wars in Vietnam and Iraq. In a post shortly thereafter, he wrote, quote, "'I'm winning a war by a lot,' and criticized multiple news outlets for reporting otherwise."
President Trump tells Bloomberg that the ceasefire announced nearly two weeks ago expires Wednesday evening. A U.S. delegation plans to travel to Islamabad soon for further peace talks, according to an official familiar with the plans. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.
Farmers in the Midwest are anxious over the on-again, off-again closure of the Strait of Hormuz. NPR's Kirk Sigler reports global fertilizer and diesel prices continue to soar.
Geopolitics is just the latest stress for farmers like Justin Sherlock, who grows soybeans and corn in North Dakota. He's going into his fourth straight spring planting season in the red. The only way most farmers are still able to get a loan from the bank is because land prices are still high, and that's collateral.
Farmers are pledging everything, betting the farm, literally, to go one more year, hoping we can make it. And that's not a good place for us to be in.
High diesel and fertilizer costs due to President Trump's Iran war capping what's been a slow burn in the heartland since COVID. And then tariffs with soybean prices staying flat and inflation rising. Sherlock says something's got to give soon. Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Fargo, North Dakota.
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have formally charged singer-songwriter David with murder in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas. The teenager's dismembered and decomposing body was found in the trunk of the performer's apparently abandoned Tesla last year. L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hockman details the charges.
These charges include the most serious charges that a DA's office can bring. That is first-degree murder with special circumstances. The special circumstances being lying in wait, committing this crime for financial gain, or murdering a witness in an investigation.
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Chapter 2: How are Midwest farmers affected by the ongoing conflict and rising costs?
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