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Chapter 1: What recent developments occurred in the Iran ceasefire situation?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump held a White House Situation Room meeting today as he weighs moving forward with a deal to extend the Iran ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says the agreement has not been finalized. As NPR's Greg Myrie reports, the current ceasefire has been fragile.
The U.S. and Iran have had back and forth attacks throughout the week. The U.S. said it shot down Iranian drones threatening U.S. ships. Iran fired a missile at a U.S. military base in Kuwait, which was shot down. So the current ceasefire has been in place for nearly two months now, and it's been mostly holding.
But this week was a very strong example of how vulnerable the truce remains, especially if there's No diplomatic breakthrough.
NPR's Greg Myrie reporting. A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to Ebola. The decision came after backlash from medical workers and activists. The U.S. intended to send people who had been exposed to Ebola to Kenya instead of flying them home. The high court in Nairobi halted any agreements until petitions are heard next week.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions on President Trump's involvement in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files. She defended the Trump administration's release of the files as lawmakers scrutinized a process that was delayed and included personal information of potential victims, as NPR's Ava Berger reports.
Bondi said a lot of the same stuff we've already heard from her in public hearings. Bondi said Todd Blanche oversaw the Epstein document review. He was the deputy attorney general at the time and took over the top spot at the Justice Department after Bondi left in April.
Bondi also said that she stood behind her work as attorney general, saying she was, quote, proud of the department's record under her leadership.
NPR's Ava Berger reporting, consumer debt reached its highest level on record in March, about $18.2 trillion, according to Equifax. NPR's Stephen Basaha reports more of that credit card debt is being held by lower income families.
There is a K-shaped divide in this growing debt. That's a reference to how it graphs out when the rich are getting richer and the poor, if not getting poorer, certainly aren't doing as well. Emmeline Aleph is an advisor leader with Equifax and says while many families are coasting by, lower income families are increasingly relying on credit cards.
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Chapter 2: What was the outcome of the U.S. court ruling on the Ebola quarantine plan?
area, above some 250 spellers from all 50 states. Ty sent the 14-year-old into a lightning round.
Shrey, during the spell-off, you correctly spelled a total of 32 words.
32 words in 90 seconds. That was seven more than his competitor.
And that means that, Shrey, you are the two-time champion.
Hours of daily practice, he says, helped make the spell off a no-brainer.
Spelling fast is what I do every day. So, you know, a spell off just kind of came naturally and it was just like another day of spelling.
As an eighth grader, this was Shrey's last year of eligibility. With his free time in his retirement, he says he'll work on math and tennis competitions. Amy Held, NPR News, Washington.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has given away her ticket to the World Cup opening match. The first female president in Mexico's history donated her ticket to Yolette Cervantes Cuaquegua, a young indigenous woman from Veracruz. She was chosen for her ball handling skills in a contest. This is NPR News from Washington.
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