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What is the latest update on the U.S.-Israeli negotiations regarding Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump says he expects an agreement to be announced soon on ending the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. But no details have been made public, and Iran hasn't said where it stands on the proposal. NPR's Greg Myhre has more.
President Trump said Saturday on Truth Social that an agreement has been largely negotiated, but he acknowledged details were still being worked out. The president claimed the agreement would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though he didn't provide specifics. Trump took to Truth Social again on Sunday to say that the deal under negotiation would keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.
The proposed deal appears to leave many of these difficult questions for further negotiations. Iranian officials and media reports say the U.S. and Iran have been making progress, but add that differences remain on key issues. Greg Myhre, NPR News, Washington.
The head of Customs and Border Protection told Congress that his agents followed agency policy, this in response to questions about the death of a blind man released from their custody. NPR's Jimeno Bustillo has more.
In a letter first shared with NPR, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said Nurul Amin Shah Alam did not display signs of distress and his agents observed no disability requiring special assistance. Shah Alam was a 56-year-old mostly blind Rohingya refugee who was found dead in Buffalo, New York, several days after he was released from immigration custody.
The comments by Scott were made in response to questions from New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Scott said the Office of Professional Responsibility opened an ongoing investigation and that the Homeland Security Department's inspector general was notified. Jimena Bustillo, NPR News.
Spring is normally peak buying time for houses, but the housing market has been stagnant for the last three years, due in large part to high mortgage rates. NPR's Stephen Basaja reports, so far this spring, the selling season has also been a bit tepid.
There are some positive signs. Contract signings for homes were up four and a half percent year over year. But signings in April are still about nine percent lower than they were four years ago. Wesley Harvey is a real estate agent in Nashville. He says demand picked up when average mortgage rates fell below six percent in February. But the war against Iran has set those rates back up.
And sure enough, when the interest rates start peaking back up, you see that demand drop. And I've seen it on both the buying side and as a listing agent.
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