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What recent developments are there in U.S.-Iran relations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. Peace talks between Israel and Lebanon scheduled for this afternoon in Washington are being moved to the White House. Meanwhile, there are no signs of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. Today, President Trump said the U.S. is intensifying its efforts to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz, writing on social media that the U.S.
military will shoot to kill. Yesterday, the Iranians attacked three cargo ships in the Strait and captured two of them calling it retaliation for the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. NPR's Jane Araf is in Amman, Jordan, and says it's hard to separate out aggression from posturing.
President Trump has threatened to shoot, to kill anyone on Iranian gunboats laying mines in that Strait of Hormuz. And that does sound severe. But as for what's been happening out there on those waters... There have been more incidents, but we have to remember that the U.S. is blockading the Strait of Hormuz, but it's not in the Strait of Hormuz.
So it's unclear whether we're much closer to a confrontation.
Earlier today, the U.S. military said it seized a second tanker associated with smuggling Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean. A new national poll about youth from Harvard University finds that just 13 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds believe the country is on the right track. NPR's Elena Moore reports.
46 percent of young Americans say rising prices and inflation are an urgent crisis, and many feel increasingly doubtful about their economic future. Just 29 percent believe they'll be better off financially than their parents, while 26 percent say they'll be worse off. It's a three-point difference. Five years ago, it was a 21-point difference, skewing toward better off.
What's more, folks are down on the political system, giving both parties roughly the same low approval rating of about 25 percent. Respondents were also more likely to say politicians care more about the interests of the elite over people like themselves, by an 11-point margin for Democrats and a whopping 41-point margin for Republicans.
Elena Moore, NPR News. The nation's second-largest school district voted to limit screen time for all grade levels and worked towards eliminating it for the district's youngest students. NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reports.
The Los Angeles Unified School District switched course on its technology policy this week with a unanimous vote to curb screen time for all of its students. Last year, the school district instituted a cell phone ban, following suit with many states around the country.
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