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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Iran says it has accepted a two week ceasefire and that it will negotiate with the US In Pakistan beginning Friday. President Trump posted online that he's pulling back on his threats after earlier pledging that a whole civilization would die if Iran didn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz tonight. NPR's Adipa Shivaram has more.
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After this very tense day, we did not see the president publicly. Very little was known about the negotiations going on. Trump announced at about 6:30pm that there had been a breakthrough. He said in a post on social media again that if Iran agreed to a, quote, complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz, quote, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.
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NPR's Adipa Shivaram reporting. A large majority of American Jews are both pro Israel and critical of Israeli government policies. NPR's Jason DeRose reports on a new poll of American Jews.
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The Jewish Electorate Institute found an overwhelming 86% of American Jews describe themselves as generally pro Israel. However, fewer than one quarter say they are both pro Israel and supportive of Israeli policies. Nearly two thirds identify as pro Israel and critical of at least some of the Israeli government's policies. Despite extensive media coverage of the involvement of pro Israel groups in recent US Primaries, few American Jews say they've been following the involvement closely. Fewer than four in 10 say they have at least heard about these efforts. The survey involved 800American Jews in mid March. Jason DeRose, NPR News.
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The Artemis 2 spacecraft continues to have plumbing woes. Its toilet is working. But as NPR's Nell Greenfield Boyce reports, astronauts are having trouble emptying its wastewater tank.
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Initially, the NASA team thought a vent out into space had gotten blocked by ice, but problems persisted even after they activated heaters and got the sun on that part of the spacecraft. Rick Henfling is an Artemis 2 flight director. He says the latest theory is that a chemical reaction might be making some kind of debris that's clogging a filter.
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Once we get the spacecraft back into the processing facility in Florida, we'll be able to get access to all the components and do a real detailed fault tree to identify the root cause.
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The astronauts are set to return to Earth Friday. They do have less high tech alternatives to the toilet they can use in the meantime. Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR news.
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Vice President J.D. vance is in Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orban's reelection bid. The Trump administration is endorsing Orban, who's trailing in the polls ahead of Sunday's election. He's running for his fifth term against a center far a center right challenger. He criticized the EU for interfering in Hungary's election. Orban has been a controversial far right figure known for his nationalist policies and opposition to immigration. This is NPR News from Washington. New research shows that financial gains for many black led nonprofits after George Floyd's murder were short lived. According to a study by Candid and abfe, only a subset of large black led nonprofits saw temporary funding increases. New funders tended to finance black led nonprofits only for one year instead of sustaining grant recipients longer term goals. In Texas, the Board of Education is discussing a new social Studies curriculum for K12 students, critics and educators. Educators gathered today outside the board meeting to protest. From member station kut, Greta Diaz Gonzalez Vazquez reports.
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The changes to the curriculum are based on a new framework that emphasizes Texas and U.S. history and DE emphasizes world history. Critics say its Western and Christian approach limits students understanding of the world. Adrian Reyna, a public school teacher from San Antonio, says the curriculum is focused on Texas and American exceptionalism, which denies
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our students and our community the opportunity to learn of some of the things that perhaps were not our shining moments, but were also critical to help us learn some lessons about how to better deal with some of the problems that we face as a community or as a country.
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The board is set to take a final vote in June. The new curriculum would go into effect in 2030. I'm Greta Diaz Gonzalez Vazquez in Austin.
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An American Airlines flight was delayed in Charlotte, North Carolina, after a swarm of bees tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco on one of the planes turbines. According to WSOC tv, the bee swarm was recorded by a passenger who said the flight was delayed by about an hour. This is NPR News from Washington.
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