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Chapter 1: What recent developments occurred regarding U.S. military actions in Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. President Trump says there will be no U.S. strikes on Iran tonight. On social media, he called off the operations. He also said, as he has before, a peace deal is imminent. NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben has more on this latest salvo in a series of whiplash proclamations from the president.
Just hours ago, President Trump had said the U.S. would hit Iran, quote, very hard. But now in a post on social media, Trump says he's canceled the strikes as a result of talks with Iran. He wrote, quote, Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved. He added that the U.S.
's naval blockade of Iran will remain in effect until an agreement is signed. This week, the U.S. and Iran traded strikes after a U.S. helicopter was downed near the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has announced several times that a peace deal in the war was imminent, only for it not to materialize. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.
President Trump today named Jay Clayton to serve as Director of National Intelligence. Last week, he named another man to serve as acting DNI. And the ensuing fallout led to the looming lapse of a key spy tool. NPR's Eric McDaniel reports.
Jay Clayton is a lawyer and federal prosecutor. He also served as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. It's unclear at this point whether Bill Pulte, named by Trump to serve as DNI in an acting capacity, will still do so.
In fact, Democrats sank the renewal of spy legislation that allows the government to collect the communications of hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals located outside of the U.S. each year, in large part because they didn't trust Pulte to oversee the program, as well as other aspects of more than a dozen intelligence agencies.
The program is due to lapse tomorrow, but intelligence gathering under the tool will continue under the existing authorization. Eric McDaniel, NPR News Washington.
High inflation is not stopping U.S. households from spending. The Bank of America Institute reported credit card and debit card spending was up 5.1 percent in May from a year earlier. NPR's Stephen Bishaha has more.
Even if you take gas out of the equation, spending was up 3.9 percent. Consumers also bought more tickets to fly, despite airfare being up 27 percent from last year. David Tinsley is senior economist at the Bank of America Institute, and he says the spending is continuing despite economic tailwinds from inflation. Almost to a surprising extent. Most consumers are weathering those.
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Chapter 2: Who has been appointed as the new Director of National Intelligence?
Professional golfer Phil Mickelson has had his membership at a San Diego-area country club revoked. Amid allegations, he made unwanted physical contact with a female employee. Multiple sources told Golf Digest that Mickelson is no longer welcome at the club. He had been a member there for years. The woman reported the advances to management.
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