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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump says Saudi Arabia needs to establish diplomatic relations with Israel as part of a deal to provide them U.S. nuclear technology. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports. The new condition throws the agreement into
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doubt on social media. President Trump also said the deal would include no uranium enrichment. He said the deal is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords, an agreement that normalized relations between Israel and several Arab countries. But Saudi Arabia so far has been reluctant to join, which now throws into question the nuclear agreement. The new deal would allow the Saudis to build power plants using US Technology. It has raised many concerns across Washington and parts of the globe. Some leaders fear it could set off a nuclear arms race across the Middle East. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
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The White House Congress remains divided over President Trump's handling of the Iran war. NPR's Claudio Grisales reports. Today, lawmakers split on votes pushing Trump to end the conflict.
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The Senate voted against advancing a measure to force Trump to end hostilities against Iran shortly after, the House voted to approve a similar resolution. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says his party will keep forcing the votes was
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perfectly appropriate and right and part of our obligation as the opposition party to force our Republican colleagues to vote again and again and again until they see the light.
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However, most Republicans argued that the measures would weaken the US Position with Iran. Four House Republicans joined Democrats to approve a war powers resolution, while fewer decided to cross the aisle for a similar measure in the Senate. Claudia de Sales, NPR News, the Capitol.
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The Secret Service says a member of Vice President J.D. vance's security detail is being investigated over a suspected news leak. A spokesperson says the investigation is tied to a report from msnow that said some Secret Service agents had privately expressed frustration over last minute travel requests from Vance and his family. At least 14Americans have been detained so far at the U.S. canadian border under a new U.S. policy aimed at keeping Ebola out of the country. NPR's Rob Stein has the story.
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State and federal health officials say more than a dozen Americans trying to get home from the Democratic Republic of Congo were held at the Fort Drum army facility in New York State. All have now been allowed to go home for the remainder of a 21 day monitoring period. The detainments were made under a controversial Trump administration policy designed to keep the Ebola outbreak in Africa from spreading to the U.S. a federal health official says the policy is protecting the public. Critics say the policy is unnecessary, legally questionable and could backfire. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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This is NPR The Minnesota man who shot and killed Democratic state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Vance Belter pleaded guilty last month. He was sentenced after survivors of the attack and family and friends of the victims spoke about the enduring trauma of that night and the loss. Belter avoided the death penalty with his plan. Eli Lilly's new experimental obesity drug is getting closer to the finish line. The company says it will submit the medicine for FDA approval next year. NPR's Sydney Lupkin reports.
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Eli Lilly is studying retatrutide, which is part of the next generation of obesity drugs currently being studied. While Wegovy and Zepbound Target the GLP1 hormone, this new drug works on three hormones, GLP1, GIP and glucagon. New trial results show patients with severe obesity and cardiovascular disease taking the highest dose of retatrutide lost up to an average of 56 pounds over 80 weeks. And patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes lost up to an average of 50 over the same time. Eli Lilly says it plans to submit the findings to a peer reviewed medical journal. And although the company had said in May that it was aiming to submit retatrutide for FDA approval by the end of the year, it now says it will do so in the first three months of 2027. Sidi Lupkin, NPR News, Hawaii.
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Lawmakers have raised the minimum legal age for riding in a truck bed from 12 to 16. Many see it as a part of island culture, especially in rural areas. But safety concerns have grown as roads become busier. This is NPR News. Want to hear this podcast without sponsor breaks? Amazon prime members can listen to NPR News now sponsor free through Amazon Music. Or you can also support NPR's vital journalism and get npr@plus.npr.org that's plus.npr.org.