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Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Vice President J.D. vance says the U.S. is prepared to go back to striking Iran if negotiations don't end in a deal. President Trump said earlier that he called off an attack on Iran after allies like Qatar in the United Arab Emirates said Iran was close to agreeing to a deal. NPR's Deepa Shivaram has more.
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The VP said Iran recognizes that having a nuclear weapon is a red line for the US and that no deal can be reached unless Iran agrees not to have a nuclear weapon. But Vance also says resorting back to military tax on Iran is still an option.
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We're locked and loaded. We don't want to go down that pathway, but the president is willing and able to go down that pathway if we have to.
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Vance says he believes that increased prices of gas and other goods that have come from the war are a temporary increase and they will come down. But in the meantime, voters are not happy with how the administration is handling the economy. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
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It'll be a rematch of sorts. In Alabama's race for governor this year, Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville will face former Democratic Senator Doug Jones, according to a race call from the Associated Press. Jones served a partial Senate term after defeating former Republican Senator Roy Moore in a special election in 2017. Then Tuberville defeated Jones in 2020 by roughly 20 percentage points. Now the two are facing off in a race to replace term limited Republican Governor Kay Ivey in this year's general election. Cook political rates. The race is solidly Republican. Health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are responding to two ongoing infectious disease outbreaks with travel restrictions. As NPR's Ping Huang reports, they say these measures are intended to protect the broader public.
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The CDC advises people to avoid non essential travel to parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo because of a growing Ebola outbreak. Dr. Satish Pillai, who works on Ebola response for the agency, says some who have been there can't come to the
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U.S. the CDC has immediately issued an order to suspend entry of certain persons from DRC, Uganda and South Sudan.
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The so called Title 42 order restricts people with non US passports if they've been in these countries in the past 21 days. Separately, an outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship has led to other restrictions. Two cruise passengers were issued quarantine orders requiring they stay at a facility in Nebraska through the end of May. Other cruise ship passengers are there voluntarily. Ping Huang, NPR News.
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The U.S. government has agreed to permanently drop tax claims against President Trump. It's part of a deal to resolve Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. The US Is forever barred and precluded from examining or prosecuting Trump, his son's and the Trump Organization's current tax issues, according to a one page document posted to the DOJ website. You are listening to NPR News from Washington. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The visit comes less than a week after President Trump wrapped up his own trip to Beijing. Putin's two day visit is likely to be closely watched as Beijing seeks to maintain stable relations with the US While also preserving strong ties with Russia. The Nigerian military says scores of ISIS fighters have been killed in several days of joint airstrikes by U.S. and Nigerian forces. The strikes have destroyed ISIS locations in northeast Nigeria and killed several senior ISIS commanders. As NPR's Joel Bright reports, at least
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175 ISIS fighters have been killed in the strikes that began on Saturday, according to a spokesperson for Nigeria's Defense Ministry. Several ISIS commanders and key figures from the group's West African offshoot, iswap, have been killed, including ISIS global second in command Abu Bilal Al Minooki. These strikes come amid growing military operations between the US And Nigeria following claims by the Trump administration of targeted killings against Christians in Nigeria. In March, more than 200 US soldiers were deployed to Nigeria for what the Pentagon described as training and intelligence purposes, but troops now appear to be undertaking combat missions. For npr, I'm Drew Bright in Lagos.
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The NFL is taking the 2030 Super bowl to Nashville in the Tennessee Titans new Nissan Stadium. It'll be the first time the game will be held in Music City after a vote from team owners. I'm Ryland Barton, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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