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Libby Casey
Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Libby Casey. It's still not clear when the US And Iran will hold peace talks. Vice President Vance was expected to head to Pakistan to lead a second round of negotiations, but a White House official says Vance is currently attending meetings at the White House. President Trump says he does not want to extend the ceasefire, but NPR's Franco Ordonez reports the president did not close off the possibility entirely.
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Franco Ordonez
In an interview on cnbc, Trump left little room for extending the ceasefire even if talks were progressing.
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Donald Trump
I don't want to do that. We don't have that much time.
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Franco Ordonez
And he warned the consequences without a deal are significant.
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Donald Trump
I expect to be bombing because I think that's a better attitude to go in with, but we're ready to go. I mean, the military is raring to go.
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Franco Ordonez
Trump continues to swing between saying negotiations are going well and that the conflict will end with a, quote, great deal, but also warning that if talks fail, the US Is ready to go militarily. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
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Libby Casey
The White House Energy Secretary Chris Wright is now saying he does not know the future of energy prices. He was questioned at a Senate budget hearing this morning after saying on Sunday that Americans could be stuck paying more than $3 a gallon until next year. Today, Wright said he thinks gas prices
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NPR Announcer
peaked last week in contrast to the last administration. Our goal is as low of possible of energy prices. And yes, we were proud to have gasoline prices below $2 a gallon earlier this year, and we look forward to getting them back there.
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Libby Casey
President Trump had called Wright's remarks that gas could remain over $3 until 2027, quote, totally wrong. As of today, according to AAA, the national average price of gas is slightly over $4, up from $3.15 a year ago. Minnesota Governor Tim Walsh is launching a new political action committee to recruit Democratic candidates in rural communities. Minnesota Public Radio's Dana Ferguson reports.
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Dana Ferguson
The second term governor says he's starting the federal campaign effort to get more Democratic candidates to run in rural districts around the country. He pointed to his time serving southern Minnesota in Congress after flipping the district from red to blue. And he says other teachers, nurses, laborers and veterans could pick up the mantle for Democrats if they opted to run where they live. Walz is not seeking a third term as governor. Some of his remaining campaign funds could help boost prospective candidates. The governor says Republican policies have hurt small towns and Democrats can help bring jobs and keep rural hospitals open. Minnesota Republicans say walls and Democrats have lost touch with rural voters. For NPR News, I'm Dana Ferguson in
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Libby Casey
St Paul, the British royal family is celebrating what would have been the late Queen Elizabeth's 100 birthday today. She died in 2022 at the age of 96, the UK's longest living monarch. This is NPR. The cost of buying U.S. land has gone up on average more than 75% since before the pandemic. That's significantly faster than inflation. NPR's Stephen Basahov reports that will likely make the country's housing shortage worse.
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Stephen Basahov
Not only is land more expensive, there's a lot less of it to buy. According to a new report from realtor.com both houses and land got snatched up in a pandemic era buying frenzy. And the problem when it comes to
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Donald Trump
land, as my grandpa would say, God only makes so much ground.
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Stephen Basahov
Joel Berner is a senior economist@realtor.com as for the consequences of less, more expensive
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Donald Trump
land, but what that means is that homes are going to continue to be expensive, that new construction is going to continue to be challenged and will continue
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Stephen Basahov
to face a housing shortage in the US the average price for an acre in the Northeast has more than doubled since 2019 to more than $47,000. Stephen Bassaha, NPR News.
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Libby Casey
Jurors have heard opening statements in Harvey Weinstein's New York rape retrial. A new jury got its first look today at a case that remains unresolved nearly eight years after the disgraced movie Tycon's arrest. Tycoon's arrest. Weinstein has been convicted of some sexual assault charges and acquitted of others in trials on both US coasts. The case goes back to 2013. A previous rape conviction was overturned, followed by a jury deadlock. He has pleade not guilty. Weinstein is serving a prison sentence in California. In U.S. stocks, the Dow S&P 500 and Nasdaq have lost early morning gains. This is NPR News in Washington.
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