NPR News: 06-19-2026 2AM EDT
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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Vice President J.D. Vance is defending the initial agreement with Iran. Vance spoke at a White House briefing Thursday, saying Americans are already benefiting from it.
I think the president's peace plan in Iran is already bearing real fruits for the American people.
What recent developments are there in U.S.-Iran relations?
Last night, 12.5 million barrels of oil went through the Strait of Hormuz. That is a high since the beginning of the conflict. Oil prices are down nearly at their level from the pre-war conflict. Gas prices dropped below $4 a gallon today for the first time since the conflict. And importantly, they're going to keep falling further given how low oil prices are.
Fans have been expected to participate in a formal signing ceremony and meet with Iranian negotiators in Geneva Friday, but that trip has been delayed. The White House is citing difficult logistics for a new round of negotiations. The postponement follows a report that Iran is delaying its delegation over Israel's ongoing military campaign in Lebanon. A Dallas County medical examiner has ruled the death in ICE custody of a 41-year-old Afghan asylum seeker to be an accident. Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider says a county announced a finding on its website Thursday more than 90 days after the man's death.
Mohammad Nazir Pakhtiwal served alongside U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan for more than a decade. He and his family were evacuated to the U.S. and resettled in Texas after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. On March 13, he was seized outside his home by ICE agents. He was taken to Dallas Parkland Hospital that evening with chest pains and shortness of breath. According to ICE, his tongue swelled the next morning. Hospital staff administered epinephrine and attempted life-saving measures, but he died. Paktiwal's brother, widow, and children are still baffled, saying in a statement, "...we do not understand what kind of accident takes a healthy 41-year-old man who is in the care of the United States government."
For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
The Trump administration reversing course on its effort to shut down a network of ocean research stations. The National Science Foundation announced Thursday a halt to the removal of floating observatories off four states and the coast of Greenland. John Ryan of member station KUOW reports.
The reversal comes after the U.S. Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to block the Trump administration from dismantling the ocean monitoring system. The high-tech stations have been in place for a decade off Alaska, North Carolina, the Pacific Northwest, and Greenland. They monitor ocean conditions, including storms, temperatures, and oxygen levels. Their data is available in real time to the public. Six observatories off the northwest coast had been quietly pulled from the sea starting last September. They've been sitting in an Oregon warehouse. The Science Foundation now says those observatories will go back in the water after being serviced.
You're listening to NPR News. New York City Thursday, the Knicks celebrated their NBA title win with a ticker tape parade down Broadway and a ceremonial key to the city from Mayor Zoran Mamdani. NPR's Brian Mann reports a massive crowd of Knicks fans turned out for the celebration.
People roared with happiness as members of the 2026 NBA champion Knicks rolled past our floors. There were celebrities like Timothee Chalamet and Spike Lee at the parade, but most of the people packed along Broadway were simply New Yorkers, like Kevin Nestor, who stuck with the Knicks through a championship drought that lasted 53 years.
A sigh of relief. Finally, we got it. I cried a little bit. Great for the city, great for our Knicks fans. Best feeling ever.
To beat the San Antonio Spurs, the Knicks had to claw their way from behind in games four and five. During the ceremony at City Hall, Mayor Mamdani thanked the team for bringing the city together with pure, unfiltered joy.
Brian Mann, NPR News, New York. The city mounted a massive security operation for the parade.
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